Business Tools & Technologies Midterm Quiz - Julianne Telen Open Note Test in Preparation For Midterm Exam

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BUSINESS TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES MIDTERM QUIZ - JULIANNE TELEN

OPEN NOTE TEST IN PREPARATION FOR MIDTERM EXAM

1. What makes Information Technology plays a vital role in the tourism and hospitality business? Y

2. What are the uses of MIS which makes it significant to the tourism and hospitality businesses? E
3. Differentiate B2B from B2C transactions in today's tourism and hospitality industry. You can give
4. Compare and contrast how booking websites provide information to their customers.
5. What are the advantages of creating your own website if you own a tourism and hospitality bus
6. Enumerate uses of IT in the tourism and hospitality industry.
7. What are the 3 forms of Information that are made available to users of an MIS?
8. Enumerate the 6 features of an MIS that tourism and hospitaity professionals need to know.
9. What are the limitations and disavantages of an MIS ?
Information Technology plays a vital role in the tourism and hospitality business in a way that it uses various types of technolo

The uses of MIS that makes it


significxant to the tourism and
hospitality businesses are that [1]
it supports strategy decisions of
an organization, [2] it improves
the accuracy and integrity of
financial statements and
performance reports, [3] it brings
together massive amounts of data
needed by top-level management,
[4] provides a central location to
store business data, [5] provides a
common language for managers
to understand processed
information, [6] it increases sales
and makes the business grow
better, [7] it provides a company a
greater market share, [8] it
improves people's performance,
[9] it anticipates future
problems/trends, [10] amd it
helps in controlling various
operations of an organization.

B2B is a form of a business transaction that involves either a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or a wholesaler and a retailer wh
Booking websites each have their own uniqueness in designing their website, creating an appealing look for potential guests a
The advantages of creating your own website if you own a tourism and hospitality business is that you can freely design the co
Managing destination resources,
inventory of tourism and
hospitality resources, managing
sites and attraction, identifying
suitable locations for tourist,
managing tourist statistics,
managing inventory, managing
consumer behavior, managing
establishment's performance, and
marketing of products and
services

The 3 forms of information that are made available to users of an MIS are: [1] Cyclic or Preriodic Reports, [2] Special Reports, a
[1] Capable to handle voluminous data, [2] Generates reports for management's use, [3] Convenient to be accessed and can b
Some of the limitations and/or disadvantages of an MIS are that its outputs can be dependent on the input entered and its pro
es various types of technology that settles for information and management in the industry. With the use of IT, transaction and managing b

wholesaler and a retailer while B2C pertains to a transaction between a business to a customer. Example of B2B is when a customer orders
g look for potential guests and customers, with the graphic designs of booking websites according to their hotel style, each curates to gues
you can freely design the content you have in your mind without any limiations, and that you can express yourself according to the busine
ports, [2] Special Reports, and [3] Results or Outputs of Mathematical Simulations.
nt to be accessed and can be integrated with other systems, [4] Flexible, [5] Facilitates quick search and retrieval of information, and [6] M
he input entered and its process, it is not effective as it is when information is not shared with others in an organization, it cannot substitu
T, transaction and managing business became efficient and hassle-free. Some examples that make IT in Hospitality and Tourism Business

2B is when a customer orders from a food franchise in the mall, while in B2C, example of this is when a customer directly purchases from
tel style, each curates to guests their questions and concerns, which are room types, room rates, aaccomodations, and its precise location
urself according to the business you have professionally.
eval of information, and [6] Management-oriented
rganization, it cannot substitue judgements of managers in decision making, and it is not valuable for making non-programmed decisions.
pitality and Tourism Business vital are its effectiveness in managing resources, statistics, sites and attraction, marketing of product and ser

omer directly purchases from a small business shop online.


ations, and its precise location.
g non-programmed decisions.
marketing of product and services, identification of locations for tourists, and many more.

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