... competition through globalization, deregulation, and changing customer demands. Customers are becoming ever more knowledgeable and have higher expectation i.e. instant accessibility around the clock reservation and demand valued added services at discounted prices. Until recently travel agencies have made reservation for about 80 percent of airline tickets, over 90 percent of tours and cruises, and a substantial but lesser percentage for booking of ... an independent licensee. They offer customers home mortgages, refinancing, and home equity loans. OVERVIEW Priceline was started in 1996...

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... are other distribution systems, such as on line booking, and airlines" home delivery tickets. 8- Pricing After the deregulation, pricing policies changed drastically, airlines started to offer a wide variety of fares discounted below the regular price. These discount were accompanied by several restrictions such as advanced booking, no refund, no changing dates, etc. Therefore people unwilling to meet these restrictions paid a higher ... ...

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