This document contains abbreviations commonly used in the front office of hotels and tourism industry. It includes 121 abbreviations from "AAUI" to "YWCA" with their corresponding full forms. Some examples of abbreviations and what they stand for are AAUI for Automobile Association of Upper India, ADP for Automatic Data Processing, and AHLA for American Hotels & Lodging Association. This document serves as a reference for people working in hotels, travel, and tourism sectors to understand terminology through their abbreviated forms.
This document contains abbreviations commonly used in the front office of hotels and tourism industry. It includes 121 abbreviations from "AAUI" to "YWCA" with their corresponding full forms. Some examples of abbreviations and what they stand for are AAUI for Automobile Association of Upper India, ADP for Automatic Data Processing, and AHLA for American Hotels & Lodging Association. This document serves as a reference for people working in hotels, travel, and tourism sectors to understand terminology through their abbreviated forms.
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Abbreviations most commonly used in Hotel Front Office and Travel & Tourism sectors
This document contains abbreviations commonly used in the front office of hotels and tourism industry. It includes 121 abbreviations from "AAUI" to "YWCA" with their corresponding full forms. Some examples of abbreviations and what they stand for are AAUI for Automobile Association of Upper India, ADP for Automatic Data Processing, and AHLA for American Hotels & Lodging Association. This document serves as a reference for people working in hotels, travel, and tourism sectors to understand terminology through their abbreviated forms.
This document contains abbreviations commonly used in the front office of hotels and tourism industry. It includes 121 abbreviations from "AAUI" to "YWCA" with their corresponding full forms. Some examples of abbreviations and what they stand for are AAUI for Automobile Association of Upper India, ADP for Automatic Data Processing, and AHLA for American Hotels & Lodging Association. This document serves as a reference for people working in hotels, travel, and tourism sectors to understand terminology through their abbreviated forms.
The document lists various abbreviations related to tourism and hospitality along with their full forms.
Some major tourism organizations mentioned include IATA, PATA, WTO, UNWTO, UNESCO, WTTC etc.
Common abbreviations listed include FIT, MICE, BIT, RTO, NTB, DOT, DGCA etc.
FRONT OFFICE ABBREVIATIONS
Sl. No. Abbreviation Full Form
1 AAUI Automobile Association of Upper India 2 ADP Automatic Data Processing 3 AHLA American Hotels & Lodging Association 4 AHMA American Hotel & Motel Association 5 AIDA Attention, Interest, Desire & Action 6 AII Air India International 7 AM Antemeridian 8 APC All Payments Cash 9 ASTA American Society of Travel Agents 10 BA British Airways 11 BASIC Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code 12 BTA British Tourist Authority 13 CCTV Closed Circuit TV 14 CIP Commercially Important Person 15 COBOL Common Business Oriented Language 16 CP Continental Plan 17 CPS Characters Per Second 18 CRT Cathode Ray Tube 19 CRS Central Reservation System 20 DDP Distributed Data Processing 21 DGCA Director General of Civil Aviation 22 DNA Did Not Arrive 23 DNS Did Not Stay 24 DOT Department Of Tourism 25 DP Data Processing 26 DSS Decision Support System 27 ECO Express Check Out 28 EDP Electronic Data Processing 29 EP European Plan 30 EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange 31 FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 32 FF&E Furniture, Fixture & Equipment 33 FFIT Foreign Free Independent Traveller 34 FHRAI Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Association of India 35 FIT Free Independent Traveler 36 GDS Global Distribution System 37 GIT Group Inclusive Tour 38 GOI Government Of India 39 GRA Guest Room Attendant 40 GRE Guest Relation Executive 41 H&RA Hotel & Restaurant Association 42 HAI Hotel Association of India 43 HOTEL Home Office Tourism Entertainment Lastday 44 HOTERMAI Hotel & Restaurant Equipment Manufacturers Association of India 45 HRAWI Hotel & Restaurant Association of Western India 46 HSMA Hotel Sales Management Association 47 IAAI International Airports Authority of India 48 IAC Indian Airlines Corporation Sl. No. Abbreviation Full Form International Air Transport Association / 49 IATA International Association of Tour Operation 50 IATO International Association of Tour Operation 51 ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization 52 IDD International Direct Dialing 53 IDP Integrated Data Processing 54 IH&RA International Hotel & Restaurant Association 55 IHA International Hotel Association 56 ILO International Labour Organization 57 IMF International Monetary Fund 58 IR Instant Reservation 59 ISD International Subscriber Dialing 60 IUOTO International Union of Official Travel Organization 61 IYHF International Youth Hostel Federation 62 JAL Japan Air Lines 63 JTP Joint Tourism Promotion 64 KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) 65 LPM Lines Per Minute 66 MAP Modified American Plan 67 MAS Malayasian Airlines System 68 MCO Miscellaneous Charge Order 69 MICE Meeting, Incentives, Convention/Conference & Exhibitions 70 MIS Manager of Information System 71 MIS Management Information System 72 MLS Minimum Length of Stay 73 MOCI Ministry Of Commerce & industries 74 MOD Manager On Duty 75 NAA National Airport Authorities 76 NCR National Cash Register 77 NTA Not To be Allotted 78 OOO Out Of Order 79 PABX Private Automatic Branch/Box Exchange 80 PATA Pacific Asia Travel Association 81 PAX Number of Persons 82 PBX Private Branch/Box Exchange 83 PIA Paid In Advance 84 PIA Pakistan International Airlines 85 PMBX Private Manual Branch/Box Exchange 86 POS Point Of Sales 87 PPPN Per Person Per Night 88 PRPN Per Room Per Night 89 PSO Passengers Service Order 90 RNA Room Not Assigned 91 RNAC Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation 92 ROI Return On Investment 93 RSPV Respondez Sil Vons Plait (Reply if you please) 94 SAS Scandinavian Airlines System 95 SATC South Asia Travel Commission 96 SITS Special Interest Tours Sl. No. Abbreviation Full Form 97 SOP Standard Operating Procedures 98 SPATT Special Attention Guest 99 STB State Tourism Board 100 STD Standard Trunk Dialing 101 SWOT Strength Weakness Opportunities & Threats 102 TAAI Travel Agents Association of India 103 TIPS To Ensure Prompt Service 104 TQM Total Quality Management 105 TWA Trans World Airlines 106 UFTAA Universal Federation of Travel Agent Association 107 UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization 108 UNICEF United Nations International Childrens’ Emergency Fund 109 USP Unique Sales Proposition 110 VDU Visual Display Unit 111 VIP Very Important Person 112 VPO Visitors Paid Out 113 VPP Value Payable Post 114 WATA World Association of Travel Agents 115 WATS Wide Area Telephone Services 116 WHO World Health Organization 117 WIFMC What Is In It For Me 118 WTO World Tourism Organization 119 WTTC World Travel & Tourism Council 120 YHAI Youth Hostel Association of India 121 YMCA Youth Men’s Christian Association 122 YWCA Young Women Christians Association TOURISM ABBREVIATIONS Sl. No. Abbreviation Full Form 1 AAA American Automobile Association 2 AA Automobile Association 3 AAA Australian Automobile Association 4 AAR Association of American rail roads 5 ABTA Association of British Travel Agents 6 AGTE Association of Group Travel Executives 7 AGTOA Air Charter Tour Operators of America 8 AIT Acedemic International du Tourism 9 AITO Association of Incentive Travel Operators 10 ANIA Australian national Travel Association 11 ARTA Association of Retail Travel Agents 12 ASI Archeological Survey of India 13 ASTA American Society of Travel Agents 14 ATA Air Transportation Association 15 BIT Bulk Inclusive Tour 16 BNR Bengal Nagpur Railway 17 CAB Carribbean Travel Association 18 CBD Convention on Biological Diversity 19 CEDOK Czechoslovakian Travel Bureau 20 CTOA Creative Tour Operators Association Inc. 21 DET Domestic Escorted Tour 22 DGCA Director General of Civil Aviation 23 DOT Development of Tourism [DoT] 24 ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and For East 25 ECoR East Coast Railway 26 ECSOC Economic and Social Council of U.N. 27 ENIT Enté Nazionale Italiano per il Tourismo 28 ETC European Travel Commission 29 FIT Foreign Individual Traveler 30 FFIT Foreign Free Individual Traveler 31 FHRAI Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India 32 FIT Free Individual Traveler 33 IAAI International Airport Association of India 34 IATA International Air Transport Association 35 IATA International Air Transport Authority 36 ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization 37 ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization 38 ICTA Institute of Certified Travel Agents 39 IHA International Hotel Association 40 IHC Indian Hotel Company 41 IIT Inclusive Independent Tour 42 ILO International Labour Organization 43 IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation 44 ITC Inclusive Tour Charter 45 ITC Indian Tobacco Company 46 ITDC Indian Tourism Development Corporation 47 IUNTOP International Union of Tourist Propaganda Organization 48 IUOTO International Union of Official Tourist Organization 49 IYHF International Youth Hostel Federation 50 LGBT Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgender 51 LTC Leave Tour Concession 52 MAA Motels Association of America 53 MCO Miscellaneous Charges Order 54 MPI Meeting Planners International 55 NACA National Air Carrier Association 56 NATA National Air Transport Association 57 NDC National Development Corporation 58 NIFI National Institute of Food Service Industries 59 NRI Non Resident of India 60 NTA National Tour Association 61 NTB National Tourism Board 62 NTB National Tourism Board 63 PATA Pacific Area Travel Agents 64 PATA Pacific Area Travel Association 65 PIA Pakistan International Airlines 66 PLC Product Life Cycle 67 RTAC Regional Tourist Advisory Committee 68 RTO Regional Tourist Office 69 S&R Sell & Report 70 SARTC South Asia Regional Tourist Council 71 SARTC South Asia Regional Tourist Council 72 SATH Society for Advancement of Travel for Handicapped 73 SATI Society for Incentive Travel Expertise 74 STDC State Tourism Development Corporation 75 TAAI Travel Agents Association of India 76 TAPSC Trans Pacific Passengers Conference 77 TDC Tourism Development Corporation 78 TDRE Tourist Baggage Re Export 79 TIAA Travel Industry Association of America 80 UFTAA Universal Federation of Travel Agent Association 81 USTAA United States Travel & Tourism Administration 82 USTOA United States Tour Operators Association 83 VISA Visitors Intended to Stay Abroad 84 WATA World Association of Travel Agents 85 WATO World Touring Automobile Organization 86 WTO World Tourism Organization 87 XO Exchange Order