has had, and will continue to have a significant impact on travel, tourism, and hospitality.

has swept through our lives, dramatically changing the way we research, learn, purchase, and sell.

is the number one product sold on the Net.

 was becoming a valuable tool for both individuals and business.

 were among the first to see the Web as an easy and inexpensive way to sell their product directly to the public

has changed everything. It was much less expensive to sell travel through computers than through people.

These sites provide details on places, products, and data almost always with links to other relevant sites.

Information can easily slide into subjectivity on the Web, with experts of self-proclaimed experts giving their views

Suppliers that recognize that the Net provides a cost-efficient, easily updated way to distribute their products

Often with booking engines to permit online purchases

This companies permits consumer to bid on travel

A function that enables you to make Web-based reservations in real time.

Software that permits you to access and retrieve documents on the Web

A list of _______ that consumers are likely to want answers to.

The first page you see on a Webs site. It usually gives basic information

A global system of computer networks that enables you to access and communicate with any other computer connected to it

An online program that looks for sites containing words, word combinations, subjects, and other information that match what you have indicated you want to know more about.

The "address" of a Web site

A system within the internet that organizes information, both text and visuals, into pages that can easily be retrieved and displayed.

-FB and similar sites are intended to build and maintain relationship, to keep in touch, with what your friends or even celebrities are up to. FB has created an official page for business.

Allow you to send out instant, short messages -It's a great way to communicate right-now, real-time, thoughts, including travel

Permit you to post and share photos, something that travelers have done since the very beginning of photography.

-Enable users to share all sorts of video.

Business-to-business networks. Enable colleagues, suppliers, and similar individuals or groups to communicate about shared issues.

Any asset that helps or assists the business

A list of assets that are considered as being a business tool

 Number attached to a tool during the manufacturing process

Method of recording a number or code on to an asset

 Electronic tags that can be attached so as to locate the asset within a reasonable distance

The place where a business tool is to be stored when not in use

 Business tool that controls the activities of the computer

Website that provide information on social activities of its members

 A set of characters and letters to verify that access is allowed

-A standard telephone that requires a physical connection to the telephone network

Details any special storage conditions required by a business tool

 Camera positioned so as to record access to a business tool or tools

- The process of preparing a tool for later use

- The process of making an unusable tool usable

 Using people and resources that are within the confines of the business

Using people and resources that are not within the confines of the business

Harm inflected upon a tool that is not a result or accepted business usage

 that support the operation or care of a business tool

A type of security camera that records images of people, typically used in public places in order to deter crimes.

- A software that travel agencies use to sell airline tickets or book hotel rooms.

 A software that facilitates a hotel's reservation management and administrative tasks.

 a convenient way for customers to pay using one of many payment methods (cards).

-where retail transactions are made. Equivalent to cash register

can be considered as any asset that helps or assists the organization to achieve its stated aims or objectives. There are various types of tools that may be used in a business varying in size, complexity, danger, and importance to the business operation. There are the large, heavy tools such as stoves, refrigerators, cars or freezers.

is a broader term which holds multiple businesses that includes the hotels, restaurants, accommodations, transportation etc. It is one of the biggest and the most diverse industries in the world which grows at a faster pace.

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