Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Part 9

Abbreviations TEC TEE tel. TEN TGV TGWU Thu.(r) TIA TIAC TIC TICA tip Tk tkt TL TN TNSW TOSG tpk. TPM TQM Training and Enterprise Council Trans-Europe Express (now EuroCity) telephone Third World Tourism European Ecumenical Network Train à Grande Vitesse (high-speed train of French railways) Transport and General Workers’ Union Thursday Travel Industry Association of America Tourism Industry Association of Canada Tourist Information Centre Tourism International Cooperative and Associated (acronym for) To Insure Promptitude Taka (currency of Bangladesh) ticket Turkish Lira (currency) Tennessee, USA Tourism New South Wales (Australia) Tour Operators Study Group (now FTO) turnpike Ticket Point Mileage total quality management TRINET TS TSA TSCG tsp. TSSA TTA TT$ TTENTO TTP TTRA TU TUC TUCC Tue(s). TUI turboprop TWA TX TTGAC Tourism Research Information Network (routing) Trans Siberia Tourism Society Tourism South Australia Tourism Society Consultants Group teaspoon(ful) Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association Tourism Training Australia Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (currency) Travel, Tourism Services and Events National Training Organization Travel and Tourism Programme Travel and Tourism Research Association (US) trade union Trades Union Congress Transport Users Consultative Committee Tuesday Touristik Union International (German tour operator) turbine propelled TransWorld Airlines Texas, USA Travel and Tourism Government Affairs Council (US) U UA United Airlines UAA United Arab Airlines UAE United Arab Emirates UAR United Arab Republic UDC Urban Development Corporation UEHHA Union of European Historic Houses Associations UFTAA Universal Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations u/g underground UIA Union of International Associations UIF Union of International Fairs UK United Kingdom UKHA United Kingdom Housekeepers Association UKTS United Kingdom Tourism Survey UM Ouguiya (currency of Mauritania) UMA United Motorcoach Association (US) UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme 252 Abbreviations UNESCO United Nations Educational, USSR Scientific and Cultural Organization USTDC UPC Universal Producer Code USTOA US United States USA United States of America USTTA USAID United States Agency for International Development USDAW Union of Shop, Distributive and USVI Allied Workers UT US$ United States Dollar Utd (currency) UTDA USP unique selling proposition (former) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States Travel Data Center United States Tour Operators Association United States Travel and Tourism Administration (abolished 1996) United States Virgin Islands Utah, USA United Ulster Tourist Development Association V V five (Roman numeral) VA Virginia, USA vac. vacancy/vacant var. variable VARIG Brazilian airline VAT value added tax V Day Victory Day VDU visual display unit VE Day 8 May 1945 (Victory in Europe in WWII) VFR visiting friends and relatives VIASA Venezuelan airline Vic. Victoria, Australia VIP Very Important Person VJ Day 15 August 1945 (day of Japanese surrender in Asia in WWII) VR virtual reality visiting relatives vs. versus (against) VT Vermont, USA VTO vertical take-off VTOL vertical take-off and landing VTOHL vertical take-off and horizontal landing v.v. vice versa (the other way round) W W WA WADB WAPTT Warwicks. WATA west(ern) WATC Washington (state), USA West Africa WDA Western Australia WEAA West African Development Bank World Association for Wed. Professional Training in WF Tourism WFTU Warwickshire, England World Association of Travel WH Agencies Western Australian Tourism Commission Welsh Development Agency Western European Airports Association Wednesday Wells Fargo and Company World Federation of Trade Unions (routing) within the Western Hemisphere 253 Abbreviations WHO World Health Organization WI West Indies Wisconsin, USA WICE World Industry Council on the Environment Wilts. Wiltshire, England wk(ly) week(ly) WL waiting list/waitlist WLRA World Leisure and Recreation Association Worcs. Worcestershire, England w.p.m. words per minute WS$ Tala (currency of Samoa) WTB Wales Tourist Board WTM World Travel Market WTO World Tourism Organization World Trade Organization WTTC World Travel and Tourism Council WTTERC World Travel and Tourism Environment Research Centre WV West Virginia, USA WWI World War I (1914–1918) WWII World War II (1939–1945) WWF World Wide Fund for Nature WY Wyoming, USA X X ten (Roman numeral) Y yd yard (measurement) YD Yemeni Dinar (currency) YH youth hostel YHA Youth Hostels Association (England and Wales) YHANI Youth Hostel Association of Northern Ireland Ltd YHANZ Youth Hostels Association of New Zealand YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association Yorks. Yorkshire, England yr year YT Yukon Territory, Canada YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association Z Z$ Zimbabwe Dollar (currency) ZIP (code) Zone Improvement Plan (US numerical postcode) 254 Part 6 Countries of the World ... - tailieumienphi.vn