TTP – Travel Weekly Quiz (Reproduced by kind permission of Travel Weekly)

How much do you know about the Industry you work in?

Try our quiz to find out!

If a Client asked you about doing the Inca Trail, would you know which part of the world they were talking about? Do you know your Maldives from your Mauritius and your Minorca from your Majorca? In short, are you a high flyer who is destined for better things in 2004, or are you doomed to lose your clients this year to a rival agent who knows more than you do? Check your answers to the following questions at the end of the quiz to see how you score.

1) Formentera is a small island off which Spanish holiday hot spot?

a) Majorca

b) Ibiza

c) Minorca

d) Tenerife

2) Toronto, Hong Kong and Bali. Which of these was not on the World Heath Organisation’s banned list during the SARS crisis?

3) Which country does not border Jordan?

a) Syria

b) Iraq

c) Iran

d) Saudi Arabia

e) Israel

4) What is a mini ATOL?

5) In which country would you find Raffles Hotel?

6) In which country is Mount Fuji?

7) Where does the Inca Trail lead to?

a) Machu Picchu

b) Recoleta Cemetery

c) Petra

d) The Masai Mara

8) What is the currency of Vietnam?

9) What is the currency of Brazil?

a) the peso

b) the real

c) the Bolivar

10) You can get married almost anywhere these days, but in which of these places is it still not possible to tie the knot?

a) Alcatraz

b) The Empire State Building

c) The Sea

11) Holiday Autos Founder Clive Jacobs sold out to Lastminute.com last year, but for how much?

12) What does APD stand for?

13) The founder and chairman of one of the big four stepped down in 2003, but do you know

a) his name

b) what company he set up, and

c) what it’s called these days?

14) What’s the name of the international airport in Chicago?

15) Air 2000, Bakers Dolphin, Accoladia and British Airways commission payments to agents. Which one of these still exists this year?

ANSWERS

1) b, Ibiza

2) c, Bali

3) c, Iran

4) A licence that allows agents to create their own packages while still ensuring holidaymakers have financial protection when travelling under split contracts

5) Singapore

6) Japan

7) a, Machu Picchu

8) c, the dong

9) b, the real

10) c, despite the romantic notions of getting wed on the ocean, a wedding is not legal unless it takes place while the ship is in port

11) £39.7 million

12) Air Passenger Duty

13) A, David Crossland; b, Airtours; c, My Travel (score one point for each)

14) O’Hare

15) British Airways commission payments. New payments of 1% came into force in December 2003. First Choice has ditched the Air 2000 and Bakers Dolphin names, while Accoladia, the name for the joint venture between BA Holidays and Thomas Cook Holidays, also disappeared last year.

SCORE

0-4 points: Blankety Blank

Well, that’s what you risk getting in your next pay packet unless you brush up on your general knowledge and geography. Buck your ideas up if you want to sucees in this business.

5-9 points: The Weakest Link

Well, you’ve escaped being bottom of the class – just. But you’re going to have to work a lot harder in the year ahead if you want to do well in your chosen career.

10-14 points: Have I got news for You

The good news is that you’re almost there and if you push yourself a bit further, you could do well this year. If you work hard, you’ll no doubt see your bank balance boosted with all the commission that starts to roll in.

15-17 points: Winner Takes All

Congratulations. You give travel agents a good name and if you have ambitious plans to move further up the career ladder, you’re going about it the right way. You’re a high flyer who is set for bigger things during the year ahead. Keep up the good work.