Retail Travel Operations in the Travel & Tourism industry 2 - Lesson Plan

This resource is designed specifically for Unit 7 of the Edexcel BTEC National qualification 'Retail Travel Operations', although it will be of relevance to centres following other awarding bodies' programmes.

Aim

To carry out a more detailed investigation of the UK's retail travel environment. The lesson will focus on the role of technology, consumer tastes and economic pressure and the impact of these trends on the retail travel sector.

Learning objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• Know more about the structure of the retail travel industry
• Know the meaning of integration in the sector
• Analyse the trends at work in the industry
• Analyse the impact of technology on the industry
• Investigate case studies from within the sector
• Investigate a wide range of sources of information

Resources

• Activity - Retail Travel Operations in the Travel & Tourism industry 2
• Projector/PC/Internet access

Lesson structure

1. Outline the key learning objectives of the session
2. Hand out the activity sheet
3. Navigate to a Biz/ed presentation linked to in the activity
4. Guide learners through the activity tasks
5. Discuss the case studies of real firms in the activity
6. Review the learning objectives of the session