Travel Dictionary - Softcover

Dervaes, Claudine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0933143583 ISBN 13: 9780933143586

Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 1998

Synopsis

For travelers and tourism agencies worldwide, this encyclopedia of information contains over 6,000 terms, codes, acronyms and abbreviations of travel, and includes travel industry associations, consortiums, reference books, magazines, and newsletters. Time zones around the world are listed as well as countries and capitals, currencies and currency codes, airline codes, and city/airport codes in both encoding and decoding formats. From "arunk" to "Z- time", the terminology also comprises many political, social, cultural, technical, and geographic elements, and numerous American terms are defined for foreign tourism consultants. From world facts and trivia, to international geographical terms, metric conversions, and world area maps, this dictionary covers it all!

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Review

Abbreviations for States and Provinces, Travel Industry Organizations, Decoding Worldwide City/Airport Codes, Decoding and Encoding Airline Codes, A to Z of Terms, Codes, Abbreviations and Acronyms, Travel Industry Reference Books and Publications, Communication Code and 24-hour clock, U.S. Time Zones Map, Countries, Currencies, and Currency Codes, U.S. States and Capitals, Computerization Codes, Car Rental Company and Information Codes, Hotel Company and Information Codes, Fare Indicators and Web Sites.

Synopsis

Provides definitions for five thousand travel-related terms, including codes, abbreviations, and acronyms, with tables for the business traveler and information on airports, time zones, and currency names.

Edition details

• Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0933143583
• ISBN 13: 9780933143586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372