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highway neighbors | Loose-knit group of communities and businesses situated along the road system. |
land / cruise package | A vacation package that includes a cruise and hotel accommodation at or near the port of embarkation. |
essto | Educational Seminar for State Travel Officials. |
fly / drive package | A vacation package that includes air transportation and rental car use. |
gateway | City, airport or area from which a flight or tour departs. |
brc | Business Reply Card. |
sauna | Squash court |
value | The relationship between the benefits associated with a product or service and the costs of obtaining the product or service. |
incentive travel | (1) A trip offered as a prize, particularly to stimulate the productivity of employees or sales agents |
cooperative agreement | A cooperative agreement is a written legal instrument reflecting a relationship between a Federal agency and a state or local government, tribal government, or other non-federal recipient in which the principle purpose is to transfer money, property, services, or anything of value to the state or local government or other recipient to stimulate or support a public purpose authorized by federal statute |
balcony | Sky Garden |
value added | Value added is the 'value' that a producer adds to the raw material goods and services and/or transformed goods it purchases in the process of production |
volume purchase | The purchase of large quantities of a product or service. |
swimming pool | Tennis court |
second officer | A title for a pilot who is third in command, the Second Officer usually holds a relief role on long-haul flights |
aba | American Bus Association http://www.buses.org/ |
offline connection | Connection between two different carriers that is a change of planes which also requires a change of carriers |
direct | Flights that must keep the same flight number throughout, though it may stop for a change of aircraft (equipment). Differs from nonstop flights, which travel directly from the originating airport to the final destination without stopping for connections or layovers. |
harbour | Mountain |
product life cycle | The cyclical pattern of demand for most products from “new and exciting” to “old and dated.” Almost all products (tourism and otherwise) have these cycles. |
special event tour | A travel package that features major happenings, such as concerts or sporting events, as the reason for the journey. |
turnaround time | Time required to clean, disassemble, and/or remove objects from a function/guest room and reset it for another function or guest. |
retail agency | Travel company selling directly to the public, sometimes a subdivision of a wholesale and/or retail travel organization. |
alaska’s southwest | Regional marketing arm of Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference. |
star tv | Steam Room |
city | Disney |
force majeure | a circumstance, the occurrence of which could not be prevented by the party responsible for the performance of an obligation, and is the cause of the failure of the latter (e.g., war, natural disaster, etc.). |
garden | Sky Garden |
pet friendly | Playground |
equipped kitchen | Furnished |
mountain | Sea |
transfer | The service of transportation from the modes of transportation (air, rail, bus, ship, boat) terminal to the accommodation. |
tariff | (1) Fare or rate from a supplier; (2) Class or type of a fare or rate; (3) Published list of fares or rates from a supplier; (4) Official publication compiling rates or fares and conditions of service. |
deadheading | Making a trip or a segment of a trip without passengers, such as driving an empty |
ecotourist | Similar to voluntourists, ecotourists are eco-conscious individuals who travel primarily to observe or preserve; they may go to observe wildlife as a study aid or preserve an endangered species actively. |
club bar | Clubhouse |
interpretation | The process of educating visitors to national parks and other cultural or historical facilities through the use of signs, markers, etc. |
cultural tourism | This is travel with regard to a region’s culture and history |
bell captain | The person in charge of luggage at a hotel. |
theme tour | A tour that’s designed around a concept of specific interest to the tour takers, such as history or sports. |
garden | Terrace |
sauna | Soccer Field |
ada | Americans with Disabilities Act. |
iacvb | International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. |
the tourism product ratio | The tourism product ratio is the proportion of the total supply of a product or service that is consumed by tourists |
shuttle bus | Squash court |
harbour | Open |
bed and breakfast | accommodation, the cost of which includes only breakfast (RB, BB). |
git | Group Inclusive Tour |
air traffic control | Usually refers to the control tower at the airport, but may also be a control center somewhere else in charge of controlling an large area of sky to keep air traffic safe. |
break-even point | The point at which revenues and expenses are the same |
amhs | Alaska Marine Highway System. |
nta | National Tour Association |
cvb | Convention and Visitors Bureau |
outdoor swimming pool | Playground |
tourist | A tourist is any person travelling to a place other than their usual environment for less than 12 months and whose main purpose is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. |
shop-tour | trip with the purpose of purchasing of certain commodities, specific for the host country. |
pet friendly | Swimming pool |
dining room | Ensuites |
shuttle bus | Swimming pool |
basketball court | Billiard room |
tour operator | A company that creates and/or markets inclusive tours and/or performs tour services and/or subcontracts their performance |
indoor swimming pool | Jacuzzi |
ustdc | U.S |
partially furnished | Renovated |
barbecue area | Broadband |
english breakfast | full breakfast usually includes fruit juice, scrambled eggs with ham, toast, butter, jam and coffee or tea. |
aft | Towards the rear of the craft, lengthwise, such as the stern of a ship or the tail of a plane |
incentive tour | A trip offered as a prize or performance bonus, particularly to stimulate the productivity of employees or sales agents. |
budgeted income statement | A budget that tracks revenues and expenses |
car park | Car Port |
allotment | A certain number of rooms, cabins or other items held by an operator to sell, usually by a certain date. |
airline alliance | These are agreements of cooperation between groups of airlines |
metal | Similar to equipment, it is the aircraft of the airline controlling the flight |
tour supplier | Those who supply the travel trade with a specific component, experience, attraction, and activity. |
fly / cruise package | A vacation package that includes the air transportation to the port of embarkation and the cruise itself. |
gym | Jacuzzi |
car port | Club bar |
shells | Preprinted brochures with photos, illustrations, and graphics but no text; also called slicks. |
distance learning | Any activity in which the learner participates in a resource education experience from a location remote from the resource in question and without the personal presence of a agency representative, i.e |
aias | Alaska International Airport System. |
ground operator | A company that provides local travel services, including transportation or guide services. |
squash court | Star TV |
dot | Department of Transportation |
badminton court | Barbecue area |
catering | provision of food and drink outside a cafe or restaurant of the accommodation facility. |
clia | Cruise Lines International Association. |
aba | American Bus Association |
supplier | The actual producer and seller of a unit of travel merchandise, such as a carrier, hotel or sightseeing operator. |
tourism | temporary departures of citizens from their permanent residence in recreational, educational, vocational, business, sports, religious and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited |
house limit | The maximum amount the the hotel will allow on credit before requesting payment. |
standby | Referring to a passenger who does not have a confirmed seat on the intended flight, such as in overbooked flights, and must “stand by” until a seat becomes available or otherwise the next flight. |
green | Harbour |
steam room | Swimming pool |
packaging | Combining at least two or more related and complementary products into a single-priced package. |
playground | Shuttle bus |
aerobics room | Barbecue area |
teaser piece | A teaser piece can either be a rack brochure (*see “rack brochure” above), or a mailer, giveaway, or some other promotional piece that is intended to “tease” the receiver into taking a specific action. |
billiard room | Broadband |
continental breakfast | a light breakfast consisting of coffee or tea, juice, rolls, butter and jam. |
system | A voluntary building rating system that evaluates environmental performance from a "whole building" perspective over a building's life cycle |
wait-list | List established when there are no more ready available spaces; names waiting for cancellations. |
international date line | Opposite the Prime Meridian, the International Date Line is another arbitrary line going from north to south that advises where one calendar day ends and another begins |
broadband | Club bar |
safari | guided tour in order to hunt or explore the local nature, as a rule in Central Africa. |
aerobics room | Badminton court |
naca | National Air Carriers Association. |
inbound tourism | Vacation travel to the United States from other countries. |
word-of-mouth promotion | Personal communication about a product or service from one customer to another. |
glamer | Group Leaders of America Travel Show www.glamer.com |
broadband | Cable TV |
balcony | Roof Top |
car port | Pet Friendly |
economic impact study | Research into the dollars generated by an industry and how these dollars impact the economy through direct spending and the indirect impact of additional job creation and the generation of income and tax revenue. |
independent tour operator | A travel professional who plans tours and markets these packages to consumers.Intermodal Tour: A tour using more than one means of transportation. |
commission | An amount, which may vary, that a travel agent or tour operator receives from a supplier for marketing/selling transportation, accommodations, services or other products or services. |
escorted service | A prearranged travel program, usually for a group, with escort service |
independent tour | An unescorted tour sold through agents to individuals |
room only | accommodation, the cost of which does not include meals (RO). |
trade show | A meeting that features free-standing vendor displays and booths |
first officer | The pilot in the cockpit sitting on the right with 3 stripes on their shoulder epaulets, often referred to as the copilot because they are the second in command |
archipelago | An archipelago is a grouping of islands, essentially |
discover america | The U.S |
boutique hotels | luxury mini-hotels, which combine a high level of comfort with the original interior and homely atmosphere. |
asta | American Society of Travel Agents. |
extended stay | This is a term that usually means that the hotel or resort property quotes their prices in longer segments than daily rates |
chain-ratio method | A method for forecasting market demand by multiplying a base market figure by a series of consumption constraints. |
star tv | Swimming pool |
garden | Open |
acoa | Alaska Campground Owners Association. |
games room | Gym |
fixed costs | Costs that don’t change with sales or production levels. |
squash court | Steam Room |
gate | The specific area in an airport where passengers board a plane for a flight |
open | Sea |
bed capacity | the total number of beds in an accommodation establishment. |
cloak room | Dining room |
essto | Educational Seminar for State Travel Officials |
shuttle service | vehicle (plane, bus, train), which makes very frequent flights, mostly for a very short distance. |
prime meridian | An imaginary and completely arbitrary line that runs on a north-south axis |
day tour | An escorted or unescorted tour that lasts less than 24 hours and usually departs and returns on the same day |
stern | Rear of a ship or the tail of an aircraft; specifically, the aft-most point of the hull of the craft. |
tarmac | Originally defined as the material used to pave roads and runways, made of little, broken pieces of stones and tar mixed together, it is now common to refer to the runway(s) of an airport as the tarmac |
charter | a contract between the owners of the vehicle (ship, plane, bus, etc.) and the charterer (lessee) for rental of the vehicle or its part for a specific flight or date. |
hsmai | Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International www.hsmai.org , www.abt-travel.com |
outbound tour operator | A tour operating company that takes groups from a given city or country to another city or country. |
market segment | A limited portion of the total consumer market. |
broadband | Car park |
aparthotel | the type of hotel rooms, close in design to the form of modern apartments, including space for cooking (the cost of food is usually not included in price) |
half board | accommodation, the cost of which includes two meals (optional): breakfast and lunch or breakfast and dinner (RD). |
study room | Utility room |
sauna | Steam Room |
garden | Roof Top |
focus group interview | A research interview format in which a trained, objective moderator facilitates respondents’ discussion of a given topic |
knot | The term for a unit of speed equaling one nautical mile per hour |
gym | Pet Friendly |
descriptive research | A form of marketing research that is used to provide detailed answers about customer markets. |
green | Mountain |
certification of tourist services | quality control procedure for the proposed products of the tourist company with the subsequent issuance of quality conformity certificate. |
conversion | Getting "heads in beds" or otherwise closing the sale |
reclamation/complaint | a statement of the one party that the other party has not fulfilled (in whole or in part) its obligations and the requirement, in connection with this, of the appropriate compensation. |
pet friendly | Satellite TV |
wholesale | Sale of travel products through an intermediary in exchange for a commission or fee generally at reduced tariffs. |
frequent lodger program | The hotel industry’s equivalent of a frequent flier program; one who stays at a particular hotel chain of properties can reap rewards from a frequent lodger program |
atia | Alaska Travel Industry Association. |
sky garden | Terrace |
port | When facing forward, the side of the ship or aircraft that is on the left; this is not necessarily always the left side, as the left side can change when facing rear |
trade mission | Group tour with a business rather than vacation purpose. |
booking form | A document which purchasers of tours must complete to give the operator full particulars about who is buying the tour |
special interest tour | A tour designed to appeal to clients with curiosity or concern about a specific subject |
tour operator | A company that creates and/or markets inclusive tours and/or performs tour services. |
variance report | A summary of how much a company has gone above or below budget. |
avsp | Alaska Visitors Statistics Program, a visitor study conducted by the State of Alaska, Division of Community and Business Development. |
shuttle bus | Soccer Field |
billiard room | Cable TV |
playground | Sauna |
almf | Alaska Land Managers Forum. |
green | Open |
playground | Satellite TV |
incentive tour | A trip offered as a prize, usually by a company to stimulate employee sales or productivity. |
consortium | A group of persons/companies that pool together their resources to obtain benefits such as commissions, advertising, etc. |
conversion | Getting “heads in beds” or otherwise closing the sale |
sustainable travel | Every aspect of the holiday process has some negative impact on the environment, from booking flights on the computer, to making three takeoffs and three landings each way due to two layovers |
nagpra | Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 25 U.S.C |
carrier | Any organization that transports passengers or goods. |
basketball court | Car park |
budgeted balance sheet | A budget that measures total assets and liabilities. |
duty-free imports | Item amounts and categories specified by a government that are fee of tax or duty charges when brought into the country. |
arta | Association of Retail Travel Agents. |
upgrade | To move to a better accommodation or class of service. |
folio | An itemized record of a guest’s charges and credits which is maintained in the front office until departure |
jacuzzi | Jogging Track |
charter | To hire the exclusive use of any aircraft, motorcoach, or other vehicle. |
jogging track | Outdoor swimming pool |
errors and omissions insurance | Insurance coverage equivalent to malpractice insurance, protecting an agent’s or operator’s staff if an act of negligence, an error, or an omission occurs that causes a client great hardship or expense. |
travel agent | A company or individual engaged in selling transportation and other travel services and products directly to the consumer. |
arr | Alaska Railroad. |
european plan | a hotel rate that includes only the cost of accommodation (without meals). |
outdoor swimming pool | Pet Friendly |
consolidator | A person or company which forms groups to travel on air charters or at group fares on scheduled flights to increase sales, earn override commissions or reduce the possibility of tour cancellations. |
escorted group tour | A group tour that features a tour director who travels with the group throughout the trip to provide sightseeing commentary and coordinate all group movement and activities. |
tourist receipts | the receipts of a country in the form of consumption expenditures or payments for goods and services made by foreign visitors out of foreign currency resources. |
sports tourism | type of active rest; active and targeted forms of physical training and exercises, such as swimming, jogging, cycling, etc |
outbound operator | A company that takes groups from a given city of country to another city or country. |
balcony | Garden |
comp. | Complimentary. |
familymoon | A term used to describe a type of honeymoon a newlywed couple can make along with their children from previous relationships. |
city | Garden |
destination management company | A for-profit company that operates similar to a CVB by providing planning and execution services for the convention and meeting market. |
supplier | Those who supply travel trade with product |
car park | Club bar |
ethno tourism | Focusing on exploration of indigenous populations and their respective culture and traditions |
soccer field | Squash court |
cable tv | Car park |
tour shells | Brochures containing artwork, graphics and/or illustrations but bare of copy, which are overprinted by individual tour operators or wholesalers with their contact information. |
secondary information | Research data that was collected by another company or person and usually for a purpose that’s different than the research objectives and tasks at hand. |
strategic plan | A report that describes a company’s mission statement, goals, objectives and strategic actions. |
roof top | Sky Garden |
land operator | A company or individual providing such services as hotel accommodations, sightseeing, transfers and other related services, exclusive of transportation to and from a given destination |
aerobics room | Billiard room |
off-site programming | Educational or interpretive activities conducted by agency personnel outside the agency’s unit jurisdictional boundary. |
total capacity | the total number of beds in a hotel company or a specialized accommodation facility. |
aaa | American Automobile Association. |
product extension | An add-on product or service, which enhances the experience of your product and generates additional revenue |
interpretative programming | Activities conducted in a recreational environment which seek to connect the participants to the meanings and values of the resource being experienced. |
car park | Shuttle bus |
group leader | An individual who has been given the responsibility of coordinating tour and travel arrangements for a group |
dcced | Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development |
itb | International Tourism Exchange, held annually in Berlin, is the largest single travel trade/consumer show in Europe. |
jogging track | Playground |
geotourism | Tourism that sustains or enhances the geographic character of the place being visited--its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents |
usual environment | Usual environment is the place or places a person occupies within their regular routine of life (except places visited for leisure or recreational activities only). |
disney | Green |
equipment change | Term used by airlines meaning that the equipment (plane) will be changed for a different one, possibly because of mechanical failures or other issues. |
destination management company | A company that operates similarly to a CVB by providing planning and execution services for the convention and meetings market. |
aplic | Alaska Public Lands Information Center. |
aidea | Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. |
block-charter | rent of a certain part of the vehicle for one or more scheduled flights. |
gym | Indoor swimming pool |
cultural tourism | type of international tourist travel, where tourists get familiar with national cultures, customs and traditions in the host country. |
ensuites | Living room |
ascvb | Alaska Society of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. |
gateway city | A city with an airport, usually an international hub airport, that serves as an arrival and departure point for further connections to outlying cities and/or countries. |
preand post tours | Optional extension or side-trip package before or after a meeting, gathering or convention. |
tia or tiaa | Travel Industry Association of America. |
satellite tv | Shuttle bus |
icta | Institute of Certified Travel Agents. |
bulk fare | Fare available only to tour organizers or operators who purchase a specified block of seats from a carrier at a non-commissionable price |
barbecue area | Basketball court |
conditions/climate | the level of prices for tourist services and products prevailing in the market at a certain point in time. |
trekking | hiking over rough terrain without special training of the participants. |
concession | A private business that operates at a public facility. |
fully independent travel | A custom-designed, prepaid travel package with many individualized arrangements |
marketing | The promotional activities that bring buyers and sellers together. |
pow wow | TIA’s annual meeting for U.S |
ava | Alaska Visitors Association |
purser | On a cruise ship, the ship purser ensures that all ship attendants are taking care of the guests, and may help customers fill out any necessary customs forms, though most attendants help with that. |
charter | To hire the exclusive use of a transportation vehicle. |
swot analysis | A summary of a company’s strengths and weaknesses, and the environmental opportunities and threats that will most influence it. |
baggage allowance | The amount of baggage a passenger may transport without having to pay extra charges, determined by carrier. |
high season | the period of greatest activity in tourism, the most popular time of year to travel; the period of the highest rates for travel services |
roof top | Terrace |
alaskatia | Alaska Travel Industry Association. |
group tour operator | Operators who work primarily with existing groups and provide group and/or charter tours |
tourist | any person whose permanent place of residence is in another country, who stays in the Philippines for at least 24 hours for any reason other than following an occupation remunerated from within the Philippines. |
green | Sea |
medium haul | A relatively average distance traveled; most consider a medium haul flight to be between three hours to six hours in length. |
in-bound tour operator | A tourism operator that usually serves groups arriving from another country using domestic ground transportation. |
glamer | Group Leaders of America Travel Show http://www.glamer.com/ |
target market | The group of customers who will be the focus of a company’s marketing efforts |
downgrade | To move to a lesser level of accommodations or a lower class of service. |
franchise agreement | an agreement on the transfer of rights and privileges of the manufacturer of travel services for their sale (distribution); it involves the use of the brand of a franchiser as a warranty of services quality. |
ardor | Alaska Regional Development Organization. |
jogging track | Pet Friendly |
games room | Golf driving range |
confluence | This is the meeting point of two flowing bodies of water, such as streams or rivers; the place where they come together |
tour | Any prearranged (but not necessarily prepaid) journey to one or more places and back to the point of origin. |
carrier | A company that provides transportation services, such as motorcoach companies, airlines, cruise lines, and rental car agencies. |
sabbatical | A hiatus from school or work, usually for two months to perhaps over a year in length |
cable tv | Club bar |
doom tourism | Travels to places that are potentially endangered, or “doomed” towards extinction, due to natural and/or man-made causes |
deposit policy | A specified amount or a percentage of the total bill due on a specified date prior to arrival. |
scheduled tour | Designed for a group of people who will purchase tickets or seats individually |
shuttle bus | Steam Room |
garden | Green |
frequent lodger | The hotel industry’s equivalent of a frequent flier; one who stays at a particular hotel chain of properties, mostly to reap rewards from a frequent lodger program. |
dnr | Department of Natural Resources |
aerobics room | Basketball court |
hsmai | Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International http://www.hsmai.org/ |
wayfinding signage | Signs to aid the public in orienting themselves geographically within a specific location and which identify functional units within the location. |
pr | Public relations. |
pet friendly | Shuttle bus |
value-added tax | A type of tax system which adds a fixed percentage of taxation on products and services at each step of production or service delivery. |
special interest group tour | A tour for clubs, societies and organizations whose members share a common interest. |
equipped kitchen | Renovated |
break-even pricing | Pricing a product based on a forecast of the break-even point and the cost of achieving the break-even point. |
mountain | Open |
barbecue area | Billiard room |
package tour | A saleable travel product offering an inclusive price with several travel elements that would otherwise be purchased separately |
control tower | Often referred to as simply the tower, the people in the Control Tower oversee aircraft movements at the airport, including ground traffic, inbound aircraft, and departing aircraft. |
satw | Society of American Travel Writers. |
ski pass | a pass or permission to use the lift at a certain place for a descent on skis or a snowboard. |
jacuzzi | Outdoor swimming pool |
cooperative advertising | Advertising that promotes and is sponsored by two or more companies or governmental agencies. |
rtc | Rural Tourism Center. |
direct marketing | Sales and marketing communication that feature direct interaction between a company and its customers without any distribution intermediaries. |
property | In the hospitality industry, any lodging facility, such as a hotel or motel. |
add-on | Optional tour arrangement the customer may choose. |
jacuzzi | Playground |
on-site programming | Educational or interpretive activities conducted by agency personnel within agency’s unit jurisdictional boundary. |
educational programming | Activities conducted in partnership with formal education institutions and which seek to meet both the institution’s specific education outcomes and the agency’s resource stewardship goals. |
hostel | a type of hotel with a small set of services; mini-hotel, where beds are sold with shared facilities |
satellite tv | Sauna |
gym | Outdoor swimming pool |
shuttle bus | Star TV |
preformed group | A tour group in existence prior to the tour, the members of which share a common bond, interest or organizational affiliation |
golf driving range | Gym |
trade show | A product showcase for a specific industry |
pre-board | This is when boarding begins, when families with children or persons with disabilities can board the aircraft to allow them extra time to settle in, before calling the rest of the passengers. |
receptive tour operator | A local tour company that specializes in services for incoming visitors using leased motorcoaches |
escorted tour | An organized tour led by a professional tour manager. |
value-based pricing | Pricing a product based on buyer perceptions of value rather than actual product costs. |
ecotourism | A type of tourism in which vacationers travel to unusual places to observe ecological systems and endangered wildlife species in their natural habitat. |
voucher | Documents that are exchanged for goods and service to substantiate payment that will be or already has been made. |
shoulder season | The period of time between the "high" tourist season (busiest) and the "low" tourist season (slowest); usually the spring and fall for areas that have high summer popularity. |
back-to-back ticketing | An airfare booking ploy used by savvy fliers to circumvent high fares from airline’s fare system by purchasing two sets of R/T tickets for either one or two flights, while making use of knowledge that Saturday stays usually are cheaper than midweek R/T flights |
eco-tourism | Tourism product that focuses on the environment and local culture. |
furnished | Renovated |
netrate | Wholesale rate to be marked up for eventual resale to the consumer. |
indoor swimming pool | Outdoor swimming pool |
final approach | This is a reference to the landing sequence when the plane has made all necessary maneuvers and is directly in line to land, without needing to turn or maneuver again. |
shoulder season | The time between high and low seasons, or peak and off-peak seasons |
basketball court | Broadband |
gateway | City, airport, or area from which a flight or tour departs. |
tour package | travel plan (route), covering the basic elements of the holiday: transport, accommodation, excursions and other services. |
carrier | Transportation operator such as airline, bus, steamship line, railroad, etc |
cvb | Convention & Visitors Bureau. |
estuary | A body of water connecting a flowing river and a larger body, such as a sea or ocean |
apron | The area surrounding the gate areas of a terminal, generally used for parking and maintenance of planes. Sometimes used interchangeably with the word ramp, though ramps may have a slightly different definition. Generally, the pre-flight activities are done on ramps, and aprons are areas for parking and maintenance. |
pre- and post-trip tour | An optional extension or side trip package before and/or after a meeting, gathering or convention. |
override commission | Extra commission paid by suppliers for quantity or volume sales. |
waitlist | A list of clients awaiting transportation or accommodations at times when they are not available |
voucher | Document to be exchanged for goods or services, substantiating that payment has already been made |
asmp | Alaska Society of Media Photographers. |
tourism north | Joint highway travel marketing program conducted by Alaska, Yukon, Alberta, British Columbia and Prince Rupert. |
bungalow | a separate building used for tourist accommodation; this type of accommodation is often offered in the tropics and the southern countries. |
motor coach | A large highway passenger vehicle used to perform any travel service other than scheduled transportation for individually ticketed passengers (see Bus). |
simple random sample | A sample that draws a group of respondents randomly from all members of the population. |
recreation | The activities that people pursue in their leisure time. |
rmo | Regional Marketing Organization. |
collateral | Brochures, posters, and other materials used to support tourism promotion. |
sauna | Shuttle bus |
variable costs | Costs that change with sales or production levels. |
gap-packer | A type of backpacker who may tour several countries in one, single adventure during a school/work hiatus, such as a gap year. |
equipped kitchen | Partially Furnished |
modified american plan | A rate plan where breakfast and dinner is included in the price, but not lunch |