Marketing case study on TUI Travel: PESTEL and SWOT

Marketing case study on TUI Travel: PESTEL and SWOT INTRODUCTION TUI illustrates one of the most amazing and successful strategic change of a firm, among the largest European companies. From 1997 to 2003, its management turned one of the oldest steel and mining conglomerates, known as Preussag, into TUI the undisputed European leader in the tourism industry a fast growing but very volatile and competitive industry. TUI is a world leading international leisure group which operates in 180 countries in the world and serve 30 million people. It headquarters in crawly near Gatwick airport in UK. It has 5000 employees and 146 aircraft. From the last ten years tourist industry growing at an annual pace of 4.1%, 2005 is the best year of the industry. In financial year 2009 TUI travel revenue is 13.9 billion. In order to become a European leader, the group embarked on a steady programme of major acquisitions while divesting the non-cour business. 1st January 2000 the Happing Touristic union was renamed TUI Group and jumped in the European market. Terriest attacks in New York (2001), BALI (2003) and Madrid (2004) can traumatic effect on international travel from 2000 to 2004. In 2005 tui took full control of leading Canadian container shipping line, and merged its container shipping division with it. EXTERNAL ANALYSES Factors that outside the organization which can affect the organization over all These factors are PESTEL POLITICAL All the rules and regulation which can be imposed government of the country where the organization can exit. What kind of facilities that the government can give the company to compete in the industry? Tax relief, in case of loss how much tax refund? Can government give the merger and acquisition when TUI can enter the other countries like Asian (china, India)? Security problem is also face all over the world, just like terrorist attacks in New York IN 2001, in London bus blast can affect too much in the international economy and international tourist industry in 2000 to 2004. Because all word can connect with each other with as the global village thats why company cant face any problem to merge and acquisition with German companies, in UK , USA , India in china and other countries all over the world European counties, Asia pacific, American, Africa, middle east Some government can impose heavy tax on companies that why it can create a problem with tui when they merge with them ECONOMICAL Currency exchange rates can also a big problem for tui when he can goes in the other countries. Difference between Pakistani currencies any UK and others same with the other countries. In all over the world whole economy run on oil prices when they can fluctuated in can create a problem same situation with tui. Lower barrier to enter in the market can create a complex position in competition. SOCIAL Tui can give the customer holiday packages, online booking facilities Brand is a unique thing that company can offer to its customers. Its about the perception of the customer different brand for different countries. If we can follow the BCG matrix is can tell the good position of the company. All the other companies tui can also adopt the policy of going green TECHNOLOGICAL Tui can introduce on line facility for its customer to purchase ticket and any information that they need. In this way they can cut staff cost and intermediates. Your customer is only one click far away from you and anywhere else. Tui can launch TV programmes, save customer data base to keep in touch with the help of video conferencing. In 2002 they can reengineering their work and decrease their fuel efficiency they can work on more productivity. Tui can also use EDS planning system for the cost efficiency. Health problem is also face by the tourist industries. Even how WHO cant impose any bane to go the countries in which swine flow is (HINI) LEGAL Different counties government can impose different kinds of rules and regulation regarding health and safety (Aviation Safety and Regulation). Some trade laws just like ban on merger and acquisition. Different airport right for some carriers. If the government can want to monopoly he cant give permission to the company to made air- port in a country. Company can take permission from the government ENVIRONMENTAL In German TUI AG can introduce environmental system according to ISO14001 in their head quarter. Both the management system like climate protection and biodiversity and in house system just like, wastage management, energy protection can give tui world-wide recognition to good environmental policy. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE When we can talk about industry structure of tui we mean industry life cycle or swot analyses of the company. SWOT Swot analysis can be used to just like other analytical tools like PESTL and porter five forces to analyses the internal and external position of the company Strength and Weaknesses; Strength is the internal factor of the tui travel which can use company to remove weakness. For this purpose company can use its fiancà © department, it accounting, HR, marketing to improve weakness, the company can improve its weakness. Company can use its technological, strategies, distribution channel, its product quality, management to overcome the poor assess to distribution, low customer retention, weak brands, absence of important skills, etc. Opportunities and threats; Today is a word of competition, tui travel can have a too much threats for the externally, tui can have a opportunities to overcome the threats like technological advancement, new distribution channel, low taxes, liberalisation of geographic market, introduce new packages for the holiday, online ticketing facility, to overcome the technological advancement, change government policies, tax increase Competitive analysis Competitive analysis can help organization to think about the following things. Its main competitors are Thomas cook, My Travel group, Rewe Touristik. 1. Competitors past present and future history 2. Future investment criteria 3. Basic strategies These can solve our different problems and answer the questions What our competitors? What are their objectives? Whats their weakness and strength? Porter five forces can also tell us about the competitors position these all include external factors Threat of entry Barriers to new entrance Too much capital and resources are required. 70% share can be controlled by 10 leaders Brand loyalty can also be problem for new entrance. Economy of scale should be high Substitutes In airline industry there is no substitute. People can use other ways but nothing is better than air jet. Company can offer different seasonal offer for the customer Bargaining power of suppliers If the company have low share in the market then supplier power is also to be high. Four market leaders cover more than 50 present markets there is threat of backward integration. Its show only supplier moderate barging power. Bargaining power of buyers Emergence of internet and online there is low switching cost of buyers. Companies have fewer substitutes limit the barging power of buyers Competitive rivalries Moderate level of competition exists in industry. Fix cost also to be high favour the company. And there is 8% market share between two companies (Thomas cook 13% and tui 21%). Due to these reasons there is low chance of competition. Resource and capabilities Companies have some internal resources and some external resources Financial resources Tangible resources Includes the company air jets, busses, premises that they can hire, production plant which can work for production of goods. Intangible resources The resources which we cant see directly, its include tui brand company can has near about 200 brand in which include Tui Thomson Novellas frontiers Tui Deutschland The moorings Tui ark Marmara Fritidsresor Late rooms.com Turchese Hayes Jarvis Air tours Etc. These are the main brand which can be offered by the company for its loyal customers. Technological Company can introduce on line booking system for the convenience of its customers, and minimize cost. Well known logo smile to represent a number of companies in which UK tour operator Thomson Holiday. TUI has a 80 tour operator and 155 aircraft around the Europe. Tui have a number of big hotel, ships people can purchase ticket online anywhere from the world. Human resources Culture and vision We are a leading world travel group we have a strong value in and culture in the eyes of our loyal customers. We always keep in mind our customers expectation and the time which they can spend with us. We want to do something new every day. We can look the opportunities which can be helpful for our customer and make value add for them External resources and capabilities Alliance with partners Company can also alliance with Air Berlin seal and tui CEO says we are very happy to deal with German company in this way we can reach the German market and give excellent performance and we despite the recent uncertainty. Distribution Our choice is to provide customer holiday option for meet their expectations we also know the dynamics of the industry. Customer can purchase on line tickets from our tour operators in anywhere in the world. Porter value chain Firm infrastructure Tui can have a big structure it can add value at every aspect, like its marketing department, finance department, RD department and all other can add value Technology development Tui can introduce new air crafts, busses, and accommodation and on line ticket facility for its customers. Research and development To compete in the industry company can increase its product line. Tui can introduce new packages on holiday, on special occasion at crimes on Easter give extra facilities to its customers and charge them more Supporting activities Receive customer and security check is an important thing then company can luggage handling facility for its customer In flight service like dinner, lunch, drinking and other faculties like newspaper, internet etc. Marketing sale and booking facility all over the world direct or online from their retail shops or online use of net. Profit margin which the company can take to spent on these actives and money they can earn VA=sales revenue purchase on profit and loss A/C depreciation Company structure Company can have 200+ brands and product for wide variety of differentiated and flexible travel experience for fulfil expectations of their customers. Company strategic goals is to increase shareholder expectation Company want to Leading International Leisure Travel Company. Capitalized market  £2.5 billion. More than 50000 colleges operating across 6 countries. Strategy synopries Strategy is a well planned series of action. Tui strategy is to create superior share holder value by being the world leading leisure travel group providing customers with the choice of differnetiated and good experience For achieveing this purpose company can set four areas in which they can focuse Product and content Distribution and brand People and operational effectiveness Growth and capital allocation Product and content Attention on the customer and change booking rates Earlier Booking trend Different product to our competitors and unique in the marketplace People and operational effectiveness Our employess are our asset Business model that can react to chage demand Yeild management systemand development of sophisticated capacity Increase profit margin up 30 basis points from 2.9% to 3.2% Integration progressing well with total synergies upgraded to  £200m Distribution and brands Good relationship with the customer Keep in mind customer choice Highly trusted brands that provide value and quality Growth and capital allocation 11 niche high growth businesses in specialist sectors Progressing in growth plans well in Russia CIS Increase return on invested capital to 9.2% Consolidation with Canadian market through proposed strategic venture with sun wing Company challenges Tui industry activates are shows that the company can contributes 11% of GDP and its exports are 12%. Fifty worlds least develop countries rely largely on this activity for economic development and in this way and tourist spending shows that tourist spending reaches the bad position. UN world tourism organization estimates that this industry emits around five present global carbon emissions of which 2 present are aviation and the remainder are mostly for transport and accommodation. We can display our part in reducing carbon wastage, protect biodiversity and limit the water we can use directly and other indirect way to save biodiversity as this forms an integral part of our product when our customer are holiday they can experience. These all are the hurdles which the tui travel can face. Our policy in this situation is this to avail social economic and environment benefits and make travel experience more comfortable and minimal environmental impact, respect the culture and people of destinations can gain more and more benefits To achieve these goals we know that we are alone, but we alone lead the travel industry throughout. For this purpose we can take following steps. Business decisions should be sustainable development. Sustainability impact on our day to day operation should be minimize Change the holiday options which cant meet our requirements For attracting more customer take customers experience what they want from them. Made new brands and new techniques in industry revolution and set a benchmark it there is no competitive To avoid negative impact put something back into environment. Use our influence for the development. Give customer more incentive and relaxation for attract more and more customers. We should support our supply chain for the purpose of minimizing effects. Strategic choice By strategic choice we mean which strategy tui use to become a most successful in all over the world? What is there policy? What techniques which they can use? What are their suppliers? How the company can grow in international industry? What is their growth rate, what is their price policy? What is their market policy? What is their strength? What their weakness? What their strength? What are the opportunities that the company can avail to become a successful in the industry? To evaluate these questions we can use following techniques and models Ansoff matrix Market penetration Market penetration we mean existing product in existing market. If the company can introduce package in the existing market he should be penetrate the market he should start form the bottom level just cover its cost and not make too much profit. For the purpose of consolidation tui should use this policy in market to compete in industry. Companies can penetrate the market into the Following three ways Gaining competitive customers Improve product and service quality Attracting nonusers or the customer who use other company product or services Product development If the company can introduce new product in same market he can spend too much on advertisement. He should launch specific location oriented packages, just like buy one get one free. Company can introduce low cost operation and packages, if he can introduce high cost less chance of success. Companies can use this technique to for Utilization of excess production capacity To increase its product line to stay in the market Exploit new technology Increase overall market share Market development Tui should be concentration on Russia, India, and china and make important to always show its own presence in the market. This strategy should go toward following two concepts Business to business In which company can sale its ticket to their franchise and their agents can sale product or introduce new packages to the customer. It has low headache to the company Business to customer If the company direct connect with the customer online and sell their product just like tui international for the purpose of given tickets, online ticket confirmation, updates, take customer bio data etc. Diversification If the company can introduce new product in new market, what is policy? What is the position of our competitors? What are their weaknesses? Can company use their weakness to make himself strength? Diversification may be related or unrelated. Diversification may be backward, forward and horizontal integration Backward integration when the tui can extends its activities towards its input such as suppliers of raw materials Horizontal integration when a company turn into business related to its activities International strategy of company Tui can serve over 30 million customers all over the world and work in 180 countries of the world. Company turnover is near about 80million Euros per year. To set long term strategy first choice holidays join tui in July 2001 and in 2002. Tui is a founding member of toi. As a specialist in emerging markets sectors is an international portfolio of travel business, company can focus on specific segment or geographical sector or country. Sector includes 40 business operation form North America, Europe and recently emerging markets in Russia and Ukraine. Company can also focus on student education tours and trips to the Far East, Africa or Australia. Company to selling brands include mostravel, turchese and Hayes Jarvis. Joint venture in Russia with CIS made tui profitable and give a chance to a company to work with their local companies. Advantages of joint ventures and alliances Tui travel can share any kind of risk with other companies. Government can give the company relaxation to entry Company can have a more resources and these resources can open new wind in the mind of thinkers Company cant face any problem in licensing There are some disadvantages of joint adventure Make good relationship with foreign partner. Too much limited ability to coordinating activities in other countries Due to these limitations company some time face a loss General strategies of tui Travel Cost leadership Company can work at lower cost and broad target in all over the world. Environment can affect the company policy just like Iceland problem in all over the world flight, company can bear loss, what company can do to sustain Example To maintain its cost standard PIA (Pakistan international airline) can fly more flight to cover its cost We should keep in mind that cost leadership is minimizing cost to the organization to deliver the product or service. What the customer can pay it is different issue. Differentiation The way by which tui travel can differentiate product or service to gain the competitive advantage. For this purpose company need exact information of industry. Company should need Ability to deliver high quality product or service. Research and development Attractive sale and marketing staff to all over the world Focus strategy By which a tui travel focus on niche market where there is advance and luxury hotel for loyal people, business class in air jets, excellent pick and drop facility to airport to hotel etc. On the basis of these strategies company cant set its prices or goals lot of other models like PESTEL, BCG, and ANSOFF MATRIX can be helpful for the company to make their decision. If the company low cost strategy is attractive to attract more and more customer it is successful. But there is lot of other factors like porter five forces how can company remove hurdles which he can face Strategy in action We can discuss the process which company can follow, organizing resources, changing and which strategy is company can use. Company structure Tui can registered in London stock exchange and it formed 2007 by the merge of first choice holiday PLC tourism division Company main aim is to create superior shareholder value, and the company aim is to get maxim profit to merge and requisition What the company want to do Lead international leisure Travel Company. 2 200+ products and brands company can have. 3 2.5 billion Market capitalisations$ 4 Company can have 3500 retail shops and 146 aircrafts in Europe. 5 More than 50000 worker can work in 6 continents in all over the world. Company main aim is to make profit and employee number. For this purpose company can give different packages to customer. Change in strategy Change in climate is known as a greatest environmental challenge facing in all over the world and it is important issue for the tui international. As we know carbon emission can effect on green housing and put important part in global warmth. June 2009 tui travel complete carbon disclosure project regarding their planning to carbon management. Adaption change Tui travel can change his strategy according to situation of economy. For made any kind of change company can ask himself following questions Can there acceptable demand and conditions? Can it give sustainable competitive advantage? Does it have a good strategic fit? Does it avert threats and take opportunities? Does it meet stakeholder expectations? It consists with core competencies and strategic capabilities? Kinds of change Adaption change If tui travel can change his policy according to see current situation of stakeholders. For example company can introduce new package in holidays, in Easter, in Crismis festival. Evolution change Sometime tui travel can give packages to customer just like free insurance, free transport to their own restaurants etc. Revolution change Due to any reason just like volcano ash in Iceland can create a problem in all over the world especially in Europe. All over the world flights for UK is disturbed. Some companies fly extra flights to recover this loss. This can create a big history in life of airline industry. Reconstruction change If the change can around the current situation, tui travel can change its policy day by day. Conclusion/Recommendation Tui travel can have a good understanding of internal and external issues; these things can help him to face the stakeholders of the company. Its targets and ambitions formed on the basis of an inclusive process and do address its material issues In his sustainable development Report Company can have describe its targets, visions, missions, associated polices its board level commitment to achieve its goals. Solution of sustainable development challenges Tui travel can perform as a role model and made a long term policy. Tui travel focus on embedding and implementing its sustainable development policy and associated ambitious targets. Tui travel should be less management focus and more on stakeholders to determine their overall impacts to see their strength and weakness. Tui travel formalise its external stakeholder engagement process to better capture and report specific outcome of their stake holders and find solutions to its sustainable development challenges.

College Savings Essay

Why is it important to go to college? I believe the answer is crystal clear. Attending college provides me with an opportunity for a better future. The economy now is not the same as it was in the past. Those who graduate high school are finding it extremely difficult to obtain high-paying jobs. The United States has been reformed into an economy dependent on knowledge. Graduating college provides the graduate with more desirable opportunities and options. It is a proven fact that having a college degree increases your chances of receiving a high-paying job; and isn’t that what we strive to achieve in our lives? The reason I wake up everyday and attend school is to one day have a high-paying job, that will make all the years of education worth it. However, though a college education is immensely important, it carries a heavy price tag. Unfortunately, the cost of tuition goes up every year, preventing many teens from attending college. I myself do not allow that unfortunate fac t to discourage from obtaining a college education. I am aware of the numerous available financial aid options. Though I am only in middle school and still have a couple more years before I can start college. I believe that I should be preparing myself for the future years ahead considering the fact that they are critical in my success. I often find myself searching the web for colleges and imagining myself attending those colleges in the future. But unfortunately, daydreaming is not going to get me anywhere. Once I snap out of it, I began to search for strategies that will benefit me in my quest to attend college. In my opinion, it is critical to form a strategy early on in the game. The sooner the better. The amount of money needed to attend college is great, so saving money early on is the best way to go. I have become aware that scholarships and financial aid do not pay for everything! Though they offer a tremendous amount of help, I will have to pay as well. That is why starting early is crucial. Of course, I will not be able to accomplish my goal without the help of my parents. They are the ones who will guide me and offer the necessary assistance that I desperately need. Making my parents aware of my strategy is the second step and probably the most important. Considering I am still a minor, their help is essential. The chances of receiving a scholarship or financial aid is not guaranteed! I cannot afford to place all my hope in the idea of a scholarship or grant and neither can my parents. We have to think ahead and prepare for the challenges that I will have to face. It is important for my parents and I to find out as much as we can about financial aid and the necessary requirements we have to meet to be able to receive the aid. Though the price of education is being raised, so is the amount of financial aid I can receive. The financial aid package that I will be given to me is determined by the college that I wish to attend. That is why I’m already searching online for colleges that I picture myself attending, and familiarizing myself with their criteria for incoming students. Receiving financial aid or any type of support is ultimately up to me. Scholarships are not given to everybody. I have to earn it. In order to improve my chances of receiving a scholarship, I have tried absolute hardest to obtain excellent grades. Most of my friends believe that middle school holds little importance. I disagree. It’s vital to put your maximum effort in your studies from the get-go. When I apply to colleges, I want them to realize that I’m serious about graduating and having a successful future. I cannot afford to begin to take college seriously in high school, because it may be too late. If I start preparing myself and researching about college early on, I will be ready and prepared when my high school years arrive. Which surprisngly are right around the corner. Forming a saving strategy is essential in my plan to attend college. There are various companies and websites that offer me the help and guidance to form my strategy. For example, the 529 Plan. The 529 plan is a tax-advantaged investment plan built to encouraging f uture college attendees to save for a college education. But these programs are not the only way to go. My school counselor and teachers also offer their expertise on the topic of college. My school’s faculty, for a fact, has my best interest at heart. They are constantly giving me advice on high school and what lies ahead. Now that I am in my eighth grade year, the topic of high school has been popping up more frequently in our discussions. I am still young and do not know all there is to know about college and the best way to start saving for it. So, I rely on the help of my teachers, counselor and of course, my parents. With their advice and support, I will be able to form a strategy that will help me save money for college. It is obvious that I cannot depend on their help alone. It is I who has to take their advice and put it motion. For example, I am allowed to work part-time at the age of 14. I know that it is extremely difficult to balance work and school so, I have decided to begin working during the summer. With of course m y parents consent. Having an income will help me tremendously. College costs a lot of money and considering the fact that my parents don’t have the biggest income, I’m grateful for the fact that I will be able to work and offer my parents a lending hand on my savings for college. Neither of my parents have a college education. I do not judge them because I know the challenges they have encountered, for I have witnessed them myself. My entire family was born in Cuba where a college education was difficult to achieve. When we first arrived in the United States, my parents found it extremely difficult to get job. This caused my family to go through many struggles. Struggles that we are currently experiencing today. Witnessing these struggles have given me the determination to have a successful future. I do not wish for my future children to go through what I have gone through. My parents understand this. Not only do they understand it, they encourage it. They are constantly referring to me as their ‘better future’. It is clear that they want me to succeed. They don’t want me to be constantly worrying about not being able to pay the bills or rent. They want my future to be worry free. They understand how important college is and have already began taking the necessary steps to guarantee that I attend. Having my parents support is essential for I do not think I would be able to do it on my own. Though they are not familiar with steps that need to be taken to get into college, they are trying their best to help me achieve my goal in any way that is necessary. Most people already know why college is important; it opens numerous doors and provides many opportunities and advantages once you have graduated. It has been proven that people with a college education earn nearly twice as much than those who only have a high school diploma in their pocket. You go to school to get good job, to earn money and have a successful f uture. A college education guarantees that. A college education increases my chances of living the life I have always wanted. The life my parents wish for me. In the United States today, having a college education is extremely important. Without it, you will most likely get nowhere. I would know. My parents do not have a college education. I have watched them suffer financially and the thought of me having through go through their struggles terrifies me. I do not want to live in constant stress over late payments or having no money to buy food for my kids. I know how difficult it will be to attend college. I know that I will have to make sacrifices to guarantee my future. But I am willing to make those sacrifices because I only the consequences that I will face if I don’t. Most people will not understand why I have decided to start saving up for college or even thinking about college so early on. But I have my reasons. College is more important to me than people realize. It’s the key to a successful future. My successful future!

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Essay on The Theme of Freedom in Poetry - 2575 Words

The Theme of Freedom in Poetry Write about three poems on freedom: On Liberty and Slavery (George Moses Horton), Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar) and Caged Bird (Maya Angelou). I have chosen to write about three poems on freedom: On Liberty and Slavery (George Moses Horton), Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar) and Caged Bird (Maya Angelou). The full text of the poems is attached. I chose these three poems because the subject matter appealed to me and I believe that the poems convey their meaning very effectively. Upon researching the poems, I discovered that Caged Bird was in fact inspired by Sympathy, which accounts for the similarities in language and imagery, as outlined below. All three poems deal with the subject of†¦show more content†¦This poem uses 4-line stanzas (quatrains) and an ABAB rhyming technique, with 8 syllables for the 1st and 3rd lines and 6 syllables for the 2nd and 4th lines. The effect of the rhyming technique gives the poem a religious feel; the rhythm and the repetition of certain words (soar, alas, deprived) add to the effect of chanting. The use of alliteration provides another rhyming effect (lain and languished, roll through my ravished ears, gift of natures God, sacred sun) throughout the poem, lending a sense of endlessness and continuation. The petition to Heaven reinforces the religious theme; the poem is written as a 1st person narrative, a plea from an individual to a higher power be released from their suffering. Liberty is given physical aspects; it is described as a cheerful sound and golden in comparison to the hardship, toil and pain of the narrators current situation. The language reinforces the contrasts within the poem - Liberty is described with words such as cheerful, joyful, soar, golden, gift, cooed and heavenly. Slavery, in contrast, is described using words such as slavish, chain, rage, foul oppression, bondage, grief and storm. Hortons use of language is astonishing, considering his origins. On Liberty and Slavery was first published on 8 April 1829, in a Massachusetts newspaper, the Lancaster Gazette. It is remarkable for a number of reasons; it wasShow MoreRelatedGiving A Voice : Langston Hughes, An American Poet And Social Activist967 Words   |  4 Pagestranscend time. Hughes wrote his poetry so eloquently that his poetry can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the reader’s personal background and what they bring to the reading. Even today his readers can connect to his poetry because he discusses subjects that we are faced with today, such as identity issues. Hughes is known for focusing on issues that were confronting the nation during his time. Hughes used his African-American roots to highlight the themes of his poems. Hughes’ poemsRead MoreWalt Whitman And Langston Hughes1009 Words   |  5 Pagesin these categories; structure and technique, themes, and effect on people and society. 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