...Case Synopsis Remember to always indent the first line of a paragraph (use the tab key). The synopsis should be short (2-3 sentences). Keep it simple…notice 2-3 sentences NOT paragraphs. State the Assignment Question The question that plagued Exotic Adventures Inc is whether to cancel a South American tour on October 8. What are the ramifications of cancelling the trip prior to October 8, cancelling the trip after Manaus, turning around before Iquitos, or completing the upstream tour? Case Analysis Exotic Adventures Inc. (EAI) is a travel company that operates expedition-style voyages mainly to Polar Regions. EAI also offered voyages between season to the islands of the South Pacific and the Atlantic also covering the Amazon River. The company decided to offer these additional excursions to assist in defraying fixed business cost (Shaw & Hulland, 1999). EAI first began excursions through the Amazon River Basin during the high water season of March 1997. There were two options; option one was the upriver voyage from Belem, Brazil to the town of Iquitos, option two was a downstream voyage from Iquitos to Belem, Brazil (Shaw & Hulland, 1999). The company then became convinced that it would be good to offer tours during the low water seasons, which for this area happens in October. This would offer tourist a greater opportunity to view the local wildlife, which during the high water season would normally retreat inland away from the river’s edge (Shaw & Hulland...
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...Exotic Adventures Inc. Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc. is an organization that has provided cruises up and down the Amazon River since March of 1997. The company has been advised that the water levels in the river are reportedly abnormally low and are required to make a decision about their already booked voyages (Sharw, 1999). State the Assignment Question Should Exotic Adventures Inc. continue with the voyage or inform their passengers about the cancellation and refund them their money? Case Analysis Exotic Adventures Inc. needs to make an important decision in regards to continuing with their cruises or suspend them and refund their passengers their voyage fares. The voyages have continued to be a success for the company since the first voyage in 1997. It was observed that during flooding and high levels of water in the river, the wildlife would move inland; whereas when the water levels were lower, the river’s edge were full of wildlife. Through completed research, the company found that during the best sailing time, that is low water season, the levels never reached lower than 18 feet which was a good depth for the vessel to safely sail (Shaw, 1999). Exotic Adventures Inc. charges $4,000 per person for the tour. This package includes flights and lodging. In August of 1998, the vessel was almost completely booked with 99 passengers to later sail in October 52 up the river and 47 down the river. However, this is when the company began to receive news that...
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...Exotic Adventure Inc.: Amazon River Voyages Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc. (EAI) is offering Amazon River voyages during the low-water season in October. However, early reports from agents in Brazil have warned that water levels are unusually low due to El Niño. They also received conflicting report from agents in Peru stating that the water levels were satisfactory and have been traversing the river just fine. Currently, EAI has a total of 99 passengers booked for these voyages. A decision needs to be made on whether to proceed with the voyages or to cancel them (Shaw, 1999). State the Assignment Question Based on the information provided in this case study, should EAI proceed with the booked voyages or cancel it? Case Analysis In this case study, EAI needs to determine the most advantageous course of action under conditions of uncertainty. EAI has planned a new voyage that they have very little experience and knowledge in because they have only run routes during the high-water season. For safety reasons, the vessel can only operate in waters with adequate depth for the draft. Early in September, EAI began receiving reports that water levels were low due to El Niño. This information was being provided by agents in Brazil, however, reports from agents in Peru were contradictory saying that the water levels are fine and are being used. Currently, there are 99 passengers booked for the trip and it is five days away from departure. The first option is to cancel...
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...Running Head: Exotic Adventures Inc Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: QNT 5040 Submitted to: Yuliya Yurova Submitted by: Joy Starks N00623592 8841 Southampton Drive Miramar, Fl 33025 305 458 3129 954 441 5468 Date of Submission: 1/24/2010 Title of Assignment: Exotic Adventures Inc CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student's Signature: Joy Starks ***************************************************************** Instructor's Grade on Assignment: Instructor's Comments: Executive Summary Exotic adventures operate Amazon River voyages. The company operates successfully during high water season in March from Belem, Brazil on the Atlantic coast to Iquitos, Peru. After research Exotic adventures expanded their voyages to include low water season in October. During September Exotic adventures had to make a decision whether to cancel a voyage or to continue the voyage based on ambiguous information regarding safety issues in unusual low water levels. Method of analysis was conducted by a decision tree technique. Exotic Adventures had three options...
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...Hector and Achilles There are many comparisons between King Agamemnon, Achilles, and Prince Hector. All three of these men set out for a common goal of gaining respect of others, glory, honor, and they all show some type of leadership to acquire these personal goals. Each is willing to fight for what they desire, but go about gaining their desires in different ways. During the battle of Troy, the different character flaws set one another apart. Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army, shows much more of a resemblance to Achilles than he does of Hector. Even though Agamemnon is not as strong as Achilles, he shows the same hot temper and prideful streak as Achilles. Due to the demand of Agamemnon for Achilles to give up his war prize, Briseis, Achilles decided to sit out the war to repay the anger Agamemnon makes Achilles feel. Both these decisions result in many Greek losses that is owed to each mans stubbornness. Agamemnon’s pride makes him more arrogant than Achilles. Agamemnon makes others feel the effects of his pride at every opportunity possible, whereas Achilles’ prideful nature flourishes when something is done to anger or frustrate him. So normally when Achilles is in the presence of the King, things result that hurt the armies moral and make it difficult for the Greeks, who were more numerous than the Trojans, to defeat the opposing Trojan army and obtain the city of Troy. Due to these personalities, Achilles and Agamemnon also differ...
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...The following is an analysis of the case, Exotic Adventures Inc.: The Amazon River Voyage. It details why tour operator, Exotic Adventures, Inc. (EAI) should proceed with their tours on the Amazon River between Brazil and Peru amidst concerns. Brazilian agents are reporting that low level waters may jeopardize an upcoming tour while Peruvian agents on the other hand, are suggesting that all would be fine to proceed with the tour. The analysis includes data analyzing costs involved and whether or not it would be profitable for EAI to proceed with the entire tour plans, shorten the voyage midway by turning back at Manaus or cancel it just days before and refund passengers their fares. Assignment Question With just five days left before passengers leave their homes for the voyage, considering all information presented to Exotic Adventures Inc. including weather, costs and savings, and analyzing all of the options using the Decision Tree Model graph analysis, what is the optimal decision that Exotic Adventures Inc. should make regarding the tour? Case Analysis Exotic Adventures, Inc. which operates expedition voyages via vessels in different regions including Brazil and Peru, planned a tour down the Amazon River between Belem, Brazil and Iquitos, Peru during the month of October. The tour is described as adventurous and educational because passengers get to see much of nature's plant and wildlife up close in a comfortable boat designed to manoeuvre down rivers once water...
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...The Exotic Adventure Inc Case Case Synopsis The Exotic Adventure Inc, main objective was to offer the Amazon River Voyage an exciting journey consequently during a low water season. Nevertheless, the company had to make a complicating decision’s continuing on with the voyage during the low water season or canceling the voyage completely. In addition to those two option’s EAI had to make the proper decision hoping it will not affect their clientele with the company. State the Assignment Question In order to understand the concept of the Exotic Adventure Inc, in this case there are several question’s that should be addressed and analyzed. It’s possible to say that the information would continue to be ambiguous regarding the water level for the voyage. On the hand, the EAI would processed as planned and jeopardize not only the customers safety but losing a substantial about of funds for the company. Based on the case the main observation is that the company has five days to consult with those customers and cancel the trip or continue the voyage as planned despite the navigational information provided. Case Analysis Exotic Adventure Inc, (EAI) operated expedition style voyages primarily to the Polar Regions. These voyages were concentrated in the Arctic in the summer and Antarctica in the austral summer. As well, EAI operated voyages between seasons to the island of the South Pacific and the Atlantic and in the Amazon...
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...Exotic Adventure study Case Case Synopsis Exotic Adventure Inc must decide if continue with the planned itinerary or cancel the trip at some point. They information available to make a decision is not accurate enough and it could be compromised with the other parties interest. State the Assignment Question Should Exotic Adventure Inc select option one (cancel the trips) or option two (continue as originally planned and monitor the water levels)? Case Analysis The Exotic adventure Inc is a company that operates voyages in the Amazon river, between Brazil and Peru, their main operation is conducted during high water season considered to be March. They decided to adventure and open a new itinerary during the month of October, advised by some prominent naturalist that thought the trip will be more productive given that the water level is lower during that time and tourist will get more wildlife view. Studies were conducted by different agents in the local area (Brazil and Peru), initially they both agree that the water level during this time was high enough to make the trip safety. Once the itinerary was open to the public the response was good, 99 customer booked to travel during that time at $4000 each. The revenue this will generate for EAI will be $155,000 after expenses (99*4000-expenses). During the month of September the agents from Brazil started advising EAI that the water level in the river was lower than expected, therefore; this will endanger...
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...Exotic Adventures Inc. Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc. is a company that specializes in providing voyages to tourist who primarily want to visit the Polar Regions. Although many come to Exotic Adventures to explore Mother Nature and its beauty, it can be very disheartening when now Mother Nature affects voyages from happening. This sort of incident has now put managers of Exotic Adventures in a difficult position where they now have to decide what to do. The voyages that are provided through Exotic Adventures consist of a boat sailing through 18 feet deep water. The problem arises after a drought in Central America causes water level to drop to 14. Brazil has marked these waters as unsafe to maneuver through but Peru says the water is perfectly fine. Although 14 feet may seem fine for the boat, the owners are debating if they want to risk this to satisfy the customers and also what would be more profitable and or less cost affective. Managers would have to decide between three options to see what would be more affective and of best interest to the company Case Analysis Option One The first option would be to cancel the entire voyage. If the company were to indeed cancel expected monetary value would equal to 184K. We derive at this number by first multiplying the total additional cost (184k) by the percentage amount (0%). In other words, because of there is no probability that nothing will occur and is certain to happen, this keeps the additional cost equal...
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...Exotic Adventures Inc: The Amazon River Voyage Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc (EAI) operates voyages along the full length of the Amazon River from Belem, Brazil, on the Atlantic Coast to Iquitos, Peru. They normally operate in high water season and were now offering trips during the low water season also. Unfortunately EAI received reports from Brazilian authorities that waters were unusually low this year but Peruvian authorities indicated all was fine. State the Assignment Question Due to the fact that EAI is receiving biased and conflicting information from the Brazilian authorities and Peruvian authorities, they must gather as much unbiased information as possible and draw their own conclusions. Should EAI take the trip all the way to Iquitos, Peru? Should they take a shorter version of the trip stopping in Manaus, Brazil? Or should they cancel the trip completely? Case Analysis Exotic Adventure Inc. (EAI) is a company that operates expedition-style voyages primarily to the Polar Regions. The company typically operates voyages in March, which is high water season, offering one voyage upstream and a return voyage downstream. After much research EAI decided that it would start operating voyages in October the low water season and included it in the company’s brochure. By early August, 52 passengers booked the upriver voyage and 47 booked the downstream voyage, both in October. These numbers were just above break-even for the company (Shaw, 1999). In early September...
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...The Case for Exotic Adventures Inc. Case Synopsis This case study will analyze the case for Exotic Adventures Inc., which provides customers with expedition like travel that is adventurous from the Amazon. The dilemma causing the need for this analysis is the seasonal and water level dependency which puts their trip at risk due to wildlife issues during low level season. Naturalist suggest that October trips are most favorable, leaving EAI with three options to consider for this analysis, one to cancel the trip all together, two to continue with plans and cut trip short halfway, and third is to anticipate completing the entire trip. State the Assignment Question Less than one week prior to the passengers’ departure, EAI is faced with the questions of should they cancel the trip and refund those 52 passengers who have already paid their money? Should they continue with the voyage and return midway should the water levels be too low while taking into account all of the cost aspects? Or should they risk it and plan on having the entire trip at all costs? Case Analysis Before deciding on which option is more cost effective, we must first understand what Exotic Adventures offers their customers. Their primary service is to provide passengers with expedition type voyages. EAI also provides customers with trips to the Amazon during the low river seasons. This offer is primarily during the month of October. They offer complete packages including air, lodging, and cruise...
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...Business Modeling Submitted to: Dr. Sabrina Segal Submitted by: Marcelo Gonzalez Mg1494@nova.edu Date of Course Meeting: Online Date of Submission: 01-21-12 Title of Assignment: Week 3 Case Analysis CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and any assistance that I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, or words, either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. Student Signature: Marcelo Gonzalez Instructor(s Grade on Assignment: Instructor(s Comments: Exotic Adventures Inc.: The Amazon River Voyage Case Synopsis Exotic Adventures Inc (EAI), is a company that offers expedition style voyages to the Amazon River among other destinations. Based on the recommendation of some experts, the company has decided to launch a new low water season route, that even though it has good demand because of its wild life proximity, it has a lot of risk because the water level may not permit that the vessels can go through. A month before starting the first trip, the company starts receiving news from Brazil that the water is too low and that it will be impossible to make the voyage. At the same time the company is hearing from Peru that everything is OK. State the Assignment Question Should the company cancel the trip because of the low...
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...TURBAN Submitted To: Saief Uddin Ahmed Lecturer Department of Business Administration. |Debabrata Dhar Rajon | Department Of Business Administration. Submission Date: 1st August, 2011eng Acknowledgement: At first want to give thanks the almighty God and then my honorable teacher who give me an opportunity for doing something about Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. After that we are all group member give thanks one another because we are unanimous on a point for work about Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. That’s really helps us to know about the Competitors, Driving force, Company’s Competitive strength, SWOT, Competitive strength measure , key success factor etc. Rocky Mountain Adventures Inc. (Summary) Bill and his partner, Dave Costlow, were the owners of Rocky Mountain Adventures (RMA), an outdoor outfitter in Fort Collins, Colorado. The company sold and rented outdoor recreation equipment, led whitewater rafting excursions on five Colorado rivers, guided fly-fishing excursions in Colorado and Wyoming, and coordinated guided fly-fishing, hiking, and rafting expeditions in Siberia and the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina. The scope of RMA's operations and its annual revenues had increased substantially since the company had been purchased by Dave and Bill in 1993. ...
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...of Bert Mason’s blitz image of St. Paul’s and its distinctive dome emerging from the smoke. This particular picture has been one of the most reproduced images of the twentieth century. It shows the evocative impact of such pictures, the people wanted the building to stand proud against tyranny and this emotion was admirably captured in this image. They identified their suffering with this photograph, depicting the survival of their magnificent and defiant Cathedral against the mass of bombs as an omen and symbol of hope for the future. The public associated the photograph with their indomitable spirit in defiance of aggression. Conclusion For a fine art architectural photographer the acceptance of an image as artistic is an aesthetic adventure and the question, “Is it art or is it photography?” could be provocatively answered, “It is neither art nor photography, it is something new!” The picture has to make the viewer think about what they see with its emotional impact, rather than simply accepting it as a record shot. They have to be confronted with the traditional way they view photographs and become more open in their understanding of the image before them. When art successfully interacts with architecture, the buildings reflect the communities, environments and essentially emphasising the relationship between the people who use them and the era in which they were built. The relationship can be enduring, enriching and a compelling argument why images of such buildings are...
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...drives strategic decisions. Contained in this report will be a detailed recommendation to the leadership team to improve the quality of each store’s mission statement. There will also be a discussion of each store’s vision statement, determining if they are both headed in the same direction and why. By analyzing both stores’ mission and vision statements, information will be obtained to show how each store relates to their customers, employees and stakeholders. Both stores present store mottos that express what they will give to their customers. Trader Joe’s motto is “Great Food, Great Prices, Great Choices.” This means Trader Joe’s will give their customers exotic foods, like buffalo burgers and cookie butter, at a remarkable price. Trader Joe’s succeeds in elevating routine grocery shopping to a Tiki-themed cultural adventure (McNeal, p. 41). While, Whole Food’s is intent on giving their customers more than just a supply of foodstuff, because their motto is “Whole Food, Whole People, Whole Planet (www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-va). Even though they both have store mottos, they plan to carry out their work in a different way. Trader Joe’s will deal with changing the shopping experience making it more than an average retail...
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