Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Catalan term or phrase:
viatges tancats
English translation:
pre-defined package
Added to glossary by
Nikki Graham
Oct 25, 2008 14:20
15 yrs ago
Catalan term
viatges tancats
Catalan to English
Bus/Financial
Tourism & Travel
this is for an article on dynamic packaging in the travel industry.
"Closed travel" just doesn't seem right to me, but that's what it says... Am i missing something (probably!).
"És a dir, que no només és limita a ser un únic pagament per a un conjunt de components d’unes vacances com són els viatges tancats o els viatges combinats amb elements opcionals"
"Closed travel" just doesn't seem right to me, but that's what it says... Am i missing something (probably!).
"És a dir, que no només és limita a ser un únic pagament per a un conjunt de components d’unes vacances com són els viatges tancats o els viatges combinats amb elements opcionals"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | pre-defined package |
Nikki Graham
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| 3 | not open ended |
Berni Armstrong
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Change log
Nov 5, 2008 09:24: Nikki Graham Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
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pre-defined package
A possibility?
Dynamic Packaging is a method that is becoming increasingly used in package holiday bookings that enables consumers to build their own package of flights, accommodation, and a hire car instead of a pre-defined package.
Dynamic Packaging is a method that is becoming increasingly used in package holiday bookings that enables consumers to build their own package of flights, accommodation, and a hire car instead of a pre-defined package.
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Comment: "Thanks, this was the most helpful"
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Berni Armstrong
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Never Missed a Deadline in 32 Years
Native in: English 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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4
not open ended
As these journeys do not entail open ended tickets....
Is that what is meant?
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-10-25 14:56:23 GMT)
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Poor you. That is so typical of a certain type of Catalan prose - overwritten and overblown. What we have to deal with on a daily basis! ;-)
If they are arguing the advantages of a package as opposed to an individually planned and purchased journey, then what I proposed might still stand. "Open ended" tickets generally cost more, because they give you a right to return, or travel further, on a date that is convenient to you within a given time frame (and provided the carrier has seats available).
They are far less convenient for airlines who cannot know with 100% certainty whether a particular flight will be full on a particular day, since, at the last minute, seats may be requested by someone with an open-ended ticket. (The budget airlines don't have any truck with them at all, not even with return tickets. Every Easy Jet or Ryan Air ticket is a single).
The emphasis here certainly seems to be on the idea that the package is a closed package, not open to options.
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Note added at 44 mins (2008-10-25 15:04:18 GMT)
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After Nikki's option I re-read the text in your note more carefully and see I initially misread the final sentence. So I'd like to re-write my last sentence above: "The emphasis here certainly does not seem to be on the idea that the package is a closed package, but rather open to options"
Given that I'm now inclining towards Nikki's answer. But I'll leave mine here, in case "open-ended ticket" is ever useful to anyone.
Is that what is meant?
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-10-25 14:56:23 GMT)
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Poor you. That is so typical of a certain type of Catalan prose - overwritten and overblown. What we have to deal with on a daily basis! ;-)
If they are arguing the advantages of a package as opposed to an individually planned and purchased journey, then what I proposed might still stand. "Open ended" tickets generally cost more, because they give you a right to return, or travel further, on a date that is convenient to you within a given time frame (and provided the carrier has seats available).
They are far less convenient for airlines who cannot know with 100% certainty whether a particular flight will be full on a particular day, since, at the last minute, seats may be requested by someone with an open-ended ticket. (The budget airlines don't have any truck with them at all, not even with return tickets. Every Easy Jet or Ryan Air ticket is a single).
The emphasis here certainly seems to be on the idea that the package is a closed package, not open to options.
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Note added at 44 mins (2008-10-25 15:04:18 GMT)
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After Nikki's option I re-read the text in your note more carefully and see I initially misread the final sentence. So I'd like to re-write my last sentence above: "The emphasis here certainly does not seem to be on the idea that the package is a closed package, but rather open to options"
Given that I'm now inclining towards Nikki's answer. But I'll leave mine here, in case "open-ended ticket" is ever useful to anyone.
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Berni! hmmm, I'm not sure - here's some more of the text preceding the problem sentence - although I don't think it helps clarify, really: "Una definició més acadèmica però igualment aclaridora pot ser la de Kabbaj que explica que és posar junts de manera dinàmica (en temps real) un conjunt de components de viatge (Vols, hotels, etc) a partir de proveïdors heterogenis, de diverses fonts d’informació també diferents, encara que aquests variïn freqüentment de preu i disponibilitat, posant-los-hi un preu final.".... "La tecnologia és un dels elements clau del dynamic packaging. Concretament és allò que genera el salt suficient per deixar de tenir simplement un sistema de gestió de productes empaquetats o pre-empaquetats a ser un sistema de gestió d’ítems d’inventari realment dinàmic." |
| Hi Berni, thank you for your sympathy. Sadly, this whole 4000 word document is written in this awful style! But, as you say, it's what we have most days! |
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