Problem: One of the subproblems for Quest Specialty Travel is that their educational tours are not very
popular.
Possible solutions:
Create a partnership with established educational tour company
Focus on one type of educational travel, such as cooking
Add class or workshop to every cultural and adventure tour
Coordinate with on-site schools
Instructions: Review the list of possible solutions to the problem of unpopular educational tours and
then complete Table 1 or Table 2 according to the guidelines in the “Evaluating Options” lesson.
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Table 1: Comparing options
Options for improving educational tours
A B C D Row Sum Rank
A. Create a partnership
B. Focus on one type
C. Add classes to each tour
D. Coordinate with schools
1 = This option is better than the other option
0 = This option is not better than the other option
Table 2: Ranking and weighting options
Improving educational tours
Each Easy to do Popular with Compared to Amount of
alternative customers competition revenue
= 25%
Points Score Points Score Points Score Points Score Total
Score
Partnership
One type
Each tour
On-site
schools
Points: Rank each option by assigning 1-5 points for each criterion
Score: Multiply the points by 25 for each option