Transportation & Accommodation Management

Hotel Industry – An introduction. Classification of Hotels on the basis of Physical characteristics, Tariff pattern, Size, Price level, Facilities and Geographic location., Star categorization of Hotels. Room types, Rates and Reservation in Hotels

Organizational structure of a Hotel, various departments of a hotel – Front office ,House keeping ,Food & Beverage ,Personnel ,Marketing etc. Case study on ITDC group .

Aviation Industry - An introduction, History of Aviation and role of aviation industry in Tourism. The new policies adopted by state- Open sky policy, Frequent flier programme. Performance of Full service providers and low cost carriers. Cruises.

Case study of Indian carriers – Air India(NACIL) and Kingfisher Airline , Indigo.

Airline Ticketing- An introduction to Airline ticketing, the five Air freedoms, Airline Geography, Airport codes , Air Fare ,Basic Airline Ticketing procedure.

Railways – History of Railways in India ,Role of Railways in development of Tourism in India ,steps taken by Railways to promote tourism in India.

Case Study on Palace on wheels