The document discusses tourism in India from a service marketing perspective. It provides an overview of the tourism industry in India, including its size and growth rate. It then profiles three major tourism companies operating in India - Thomas Cook, Cox & Kings, and Expedia. It describes their history, operations, products, and processes. Finally, it performs a SWOT analysis of the tourism industry in India and outlines the future prospects for tourism growth in the country.

1. TOURISM INDUSTRY
-A SERVICE MARKETING PERSPECTIVE
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2. TOURISM AS A SERVICE
INDUSTRY
• Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure,
or business purposes. The World Tourism
Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment for not more
than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other
purposes
• Tourism as a service industry includes transportation services,
such as airlines, cruise ships, and taxi cabs; hospitality
services, such as accommodations, including hotels
and resorts; and entertainment venues, such as amusement
parks, casinos, shopping malls, music venues, and theatres.

3. TOURISM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
• Tourism industry generated INR 6.4 trillion 6.6% of nations GDP
• 39.5 million jobs have been created by this industry i.e. 7.7% of the
total employment
• The sector is predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 7.9%
from 2013 to 2023
• India ranks third among countries with the fastest growing tourism
industries over the next decade
• India ranks 41st in the world in terms of foreign tourist arrivals
• Foreign exchange earnings in terms of INR amounted to 94487
crores.
• Number of Indian national departures from India during 2012 was
14.92 million

4. 3 COMPANIES
THOMAS COOK
• Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) of
Melbourne, Derbyshire, England founded the travel
agency Thomas Cook & Son (popularly nicknamed Cook's
Tours) in 1841 that became Thomas Cook AG before
eventually becoming Thomas Cook Group in 2007
• In 2007 Thomas Cook acquired fellow MyTravel group for
$5.5 billion.
• Today its 50:50 owned by German Retail group
KarstadtQuelle and the Lufthansa airline.

5. COX AND KINGS
• Cox And Kings is the oldest established travel
company in the world, its history stretching back
to 1758 when Richard Cox was appointed as
regimental agent to the Foot Guards. Cox &
Kings is now an independent tour company with
offices in the Australia, United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom, India, the United States and
Japan.
• Its global headquarter is in London.

6. EXPEDIA
• Expedia Inc. is the American-based parent
company to several global online travel brands.
• Founded as a division of Microsoft in 1996,
Expedia was spun off in 1999, and was later
purchased by TicketMaster in 2001
• Expedia, Inc.’s companies operate more than 100
branded points of sale in more than 70 countries.
• Expedia also powers travel bookings for over
10,000 partners such as airlines and hotels,
consumer brands, and high traffic websites
through Expedia Affiliate Network, 80% of which is
powered by their API.
• In late 2011, Expedia, Inc. spun out TripAdvisor
Media Group, retaining its portfolio of travel
transaction brands.

7. SERVICE MARKETING MIX-7P’s

8. PLACE
THOMAS COOK
• The company 1st set up its office in India in 1881 & has
been providing world-class travel services for 132 years.
• Its footprints currently extends to over 251 locations(
including 28 airport counters) in 101 cities across India,
Mauritius & Sri Lanka and is supported by a strong
partner network of 131 Gold circle partners & 162
preferred sales agents in over 100 cities.
• The various subsidiaries world wide are: Thomas Cook
UK, Thomas cook Netherlands, Thomas cook France,
Thomas cook Belgium, Thomas cook Destinations.

9. PLACE
COX AND KINGS
• It operates in 19 countries through its subsidiaries,
branch offices and representative offices.
• In India, it has 255 points of presence covering 164
locations through a mix of 14 branch sales offices, 58
franchised sales shops and a mix of 185 General Sales
Agents (GSAs) and Preferred Sales Agents (PSAs).
EXPEDIA
• The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington,
with additional operations in nearly 70 offices across the
globe.

10. PRODUCT
THOMAS COOK
• Holidays, Foreign Exchange, Visa & Passport, Hotels , Flights and Insurance.
COX AND KINGS
• Travel services, Luxury hotels and Visa & Passport services
EXPEDIA
• eLong
A leader in online hotel reservations in China
• Trivago
A leading online hotel search company.
• Venere
The online hotel reservation specialist in Europe.
• CarRentals.com
Offering a huge selection of cars, locations, and rental agencies.
• Classic Vacations
A top luxury travel specialist.
• Expedia CruiseShip Centers
One of North America’s leading retail cruise vacation experts.
• Expedia Local Expert
Providing in-market concierge services, activities and experiences.

11. • Expedia
One of the world’s leading full service online travel brands.
• Hotels.com
One of the world’s leading accommodation booking
websites.
• Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN)
Powering travel bookings for thousands of active affiliates.
• Egencia
A global full-service travel management company.
• Hotwire
A leading discount travel site offering opaque travel deals.

12. PRICE
• Seasonal Pricing
• Discounting
• Package Deals
• Commission
• Last minute Pricing

13. PROMOTION
THOMAS COOK

15. PROMOTION
COX AND KINGS

17. PROMOTION
EXPEDIA

19. PEOPLE
• Employees – physical appearance,
knowledgeable, pleasant and friendly,
trained.
• The people who sell and service product are
an extremely important part of tourism
marketing. Friendly personal service and
trained employees can make or break a
tourism business.
• Customers are the direct receivers of the
service.

20. PROCESS
• There are different types of processes involved in running a
tourism business
 administration,
training,
planning and strategizing
recruitment
distribution
 purchasing & service delivery.
It is important to ensure that these processes are planned and
carried out properly so that operations run smoothly and
problems are rectified quickly

21. PROCESS
Booking
• Online
• Face to face
Travel
• Specific destination
• Pick Up
Service
Delivery
• Accommodation
• Destination visit

22. PROCESS STEPS FOR CUSTOMERS

23. PROCESS STEPS FOR PROVIDER

24. THOMAS COOK
Thomas Cook is committed to dedicating time and effort in the
pursuit of an excellent standard of service for all our customers. In
other words, exceptional service from exceptional people:
• Proactive implementation of travel policy.
• Responsive, accurate handling of travel arrangements.
• Optimum use of travel expenditure.
• Travel support and emergency assistance worldwide.
• The management information essential to control travel costs.
• Maximum value in supplier relationships.
• Continuous assessment and improvement of our service, based on
quality principles and practices.
• Efficient after sales service

25. COX AND KINGS
• Best Brand for over 250
years and been
operational non-stop
since 1758.
• One Stop Travel
Fulfillment Center
(Online as well as
Offline Fulfillment) for
all Travel related
services including a
range of third party
products
• Integrated Information
Technology Platform to
offer centralized
reservation systems
for all business units
• Excellent Supplier
Contracting Terms &
Capabilities
• Strong online Presence
• Timely & Accurate MIS
• Knowledgeable Staff
• Support via BPO & Call
Centers
• Innovative Products
Design and Creative
Marketing
• Global Shareholder of
Radius

26. EXPEDIA
• Expedia was voted the 2013 World Travel Award for World’s Leading
Online Travel Agency Website 2013-under the travel technology –
category where-in the nominations were adjudged on the parameters of
customer satisfaction and quality of service, overall business
performance, product innovation, staff relations and development, CSR
and contribution to local community, commitment to sustainable
policies, fulfillment of long-term corporate vision.

27. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Tangible aspects – advertisement
Complimentary gifts
Local aircrafts

29. EXPEDIA
COX and KINGS
THOMAS COOK

30. SWOT ANALYSIS OF TOURISM
INDUSTRY IN INDIA
STRENGTHS
• India's geographical location
• Rich culture heritage and colorful festivals.
• A wealth of archeological sites and historical monuments.
• Well known Indian hospitality
WEAKNESSES
• Inadequate infrastructure to match the expectation.
• Restrictive Airline Policy of the Government of India.
• Overcrowding of popular tourist centre.
• Inadequate marketing and information channels.
• Some places are inaccessible, especially in winter.

31. SWOT ..
OPPORTUNITIES
• More proactive role from the government of India in terms of
framing policies.
• Growth of domestic tourism.
• Potential for private sector's investment in tourism projects.
• Availability of high quality human resource.
THREATS
• Strong Competition within states of India and abroad.
• Economic conditions and political turmoil in
other countries affects tourism
• Terrorism is a major setback of the region.
• Disorganized tourism development.
• Environmental factors also impose a threat.

33. Future of Tourism in India
• International tourist arrival in India is expected to grow at a
Compounded Annual Growth Rate of 7.9%
• Indian outbound tourist departure is expected to reach 20.5
million by the year 2015.
• Domestic tourist visits is expected to increase by a Compounded
Annual Growth Rate of 12.29%.
• Indian tourism foreign exchange earnings is also expected to
grow at a Compounded Annual growth rate of 7.9%

34. Future of Tourism in India
• The total market size of Indian tourism and hospitality sector
stood at US$ 117.7 billion in 2013 and is expected to touch US$
418.9 billion by 2022.
• India is expected to receive nearly half a million medical tourists
by 2015, implying an annual growth of 30 per cent.
• The number of medical tourists coming to India has registered a
growth of 40 per cent in the past six months.
• The inflow of medical tourists is expected to cross 45 lakh by
2015 from the current level of 25 lakh.

35. Future Of Tourism In India
• The Government has allowed 100 per cent FDI under the
automatic route in the hotel and tourism related industry.
• The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, has signed
bilateral agreements/ memoranda of understanding (MoU) with
47 countries, a tripartite agreement between India, Brazil and
South Africa and a multilateral agreement between India and
Member States of Association of South East Asian Nations
(ASEAN) for cooperation in the tourism sector.
• Cruise shipping is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing
components of the global leisure industry. India with a vast
coastline, and undisturbed idyllic islands can be a potential
tourist destination for cruise tourists.

36. Future of Tourism In India
• World tourist arrivals expected to increase by 43 million every
year on an average from 2010 to 2030.

37. Thank You