Document Culmination Project
- 1. Document Culmination Project Student Activity DOCUMENT CULMINATION PROJECT You are employed as an account manager for a newly opened travel agency named East Coast Travel. Your boss, Charles Right, is the office manager and owner of the business. He sends emails directing you to prepare a variety of business documents related to opening a new business, advertising, and managing employees. For any letters that he directs you to prepare in his name, you must use his preferred format: block style with mixed punctuation and block paragraphs. When keying his name in the letter closing, he prefers Sincerely, Charles Right, CEO, East Coast Travel. Your teacher will give you specific instructions on how to save and submit the work from this project. Address: East Coast Travel 500 Sunset Place, Suite B New Bern, NC 28563 Phone: 1-800-872-8957 (1-800-TRAVELS) Fax: 1-866-872-8957 Web site: www.eastcoasttravel.com
- 2. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Email 1 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Paragraph CC: BC: Please prepare a paragraph or two for the local paper announcing the opening of East Coast Travel. Include the CEO’s name, the company address and phone number, the website (www.eastcoasttravel.com) and the hours of business. Supply a brief description of the services available such as group and individual travel planning and holiday specials. Attachment: Email 2 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Memo CC: BC: Please prepare a memo to all staff which describes the company dress policy. Thanks. Attachment:
- 3. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Email 3 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Report CC: BC: Please prepare a report in MLA format that outlines a brief description of each travel destination on the Twilight Tour schedule (see attached). The brief description (one paragraph) of each destination should include the approximate weather conditions for the time of year and a description of 2-3 highlights of each destination. Include a web link for each paragraph/destination. Attachment: Twilight Tours
- 4. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Departure Date Departure Time Destination Arrival Time Length of Stay 8-17-08 6:00 a.m. Myrtle Beach, SC 10:00 a.m. 4 nights 8-24-08 7:00 a.m. Pinehurst, NC 9:00 a.m. 3 nights 8-31-08 6:30 a.m. Williamsburg, VA 10:30 a.m. 2 nights 9-7-08 6:00 a.m. Charleston, SC 11:00 a.m. 4 nights 9-14-08 8:00 a.m. Montreat, NC 12:00 p.m.
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- 6. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Email 4 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Agenda CC: BC: Please prepare an agenda for the staff meeting to be held next Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. in the conference room. Topics to be discussed include client development, business alliances, staff commissions, and the advertising campaign. Susan Gurtz is responsible for covering client development and business alliances. I will cover staff commissions and I’d like you to cover the advertising campaign. Attachment: Email 5 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Memo CC: BC: Please prepare a memo to all staff and copy to our travel secretary, John, so that he can prepare an itinerary for me. I will be flying to Las Vegas next Friday for a seminar presented by the National Travel and Tourism Society. I will be staying at the Las Vegas Club hotel for Friday and Saturday nights and will depart on an afternoon flight Sunday. Attachment:
- 7. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Email 6 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Travel Guide CC: BC: We will be developing a Travel Guide of common destinations to use with presentations and as promotional materials. We will build this guide as we develop more descriptions of travel destinations, but for now, please prepare a title page and a table of contents using the report you prepared earlier of the Twilight Tour destinations. Attachment: Email 7 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Minutes CC: BC: Please prepare the minutes from our last staff meeting. Attachment:
- 8. Document Culmination Project Student Activity Email 8 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Business Letter CC: BC: Please prepare a letter for my signature to Bill’s Pizza thanking them for advertising with us. The manager at Bill’s is Bill Sexton. Attachment: Email 9 TO: FROM: Charles Right SUBJECT: Business Letter CC: BC: Please prepare a letter for my signature to Sunset Nursing Home thanking them for allowing East Coast Travel to present our Twilight Tours to the staff and residents. The CEO of the nursing home is Dr. Naomi Bearfoot Attachment:
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