Travel services

Travel services

Of or relating to the service of organizing and arranging travel plans.

Industry: Tourism & hospitality

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maternity tourism

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

Also known as birth tourism, maternity tourism is the act of traveling to a foreign country to give birth to a baby so the newborn would then become a citizen of the destination country. This only ...

flight deck crew

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

The pilots, flight engineers and navigators responsible for flying an aircraft, as distinct from cabin crew.

flight recorder

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

Device carried in the aircraft which records technical information about the flight and which should be recoverable in case of an accident. Also known as in-flight recorder and referred to as the ...

foreign escorted tour (FET)

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

American term for an inclusive tour abroad with a courier.

gangway

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

A) Passage between rows of seats in an auditorium. B) Ramp for embarking and disembarking ship passengers. (C) Staircase on wheels used to load and unload aircraft.

ring-and-ride

Tourism & hospitality; Travel services

A term used in community transport for a scheme which enables users such as disabled and elderly people to telephone and arrange for door-to-door transport, usually by taxi or minibus.