International Air Transport Association or International Airlines Travel Agent Network.
Legal Terms
IATA or IATAN
ICTA
Institute of Certified Travel Agents.
Inaugural
First time use of a new route, aircraft or other travel vehicle.
Inbound Travel
Travel bookings related to servicing clients from other countries traveling to your own country.
Incentive Travel
Travel as a reward for sales or work performed by employees.
Inclusive Tour
An advertised package or tour that includes accommodations and other components such as transfers and sightseeing. It has received an IT (inclusive tour) number for having met certain standards. Often a round-trip tour that combines air transportation (pursuant to an inclusive tour charter or group or individual inclusive tour tariffs in scheduled service) and land services, and that meets additional requirements of minimum days of accommodations and other land services to be included in the price of the tour.
Indemnification
A legal concept by which one, either by contractual agreement or pursuant to principles of equity, is legally bound to reimburse another in case of loss arising from a contemplated act.
Injunctive Relief
Relief granted by court order that requires a person to affirmatively perform some act, or refrain from performing certain acts, and which is generally granted only when monetary compensation would be unsatisfactory.
In-plant
A travel agency owned and operated within a company itself. Also called a corporate agency.
in propria persona
A Latin term meaning "for himself," used to designate an individual representing himself in a court or administrative proceeding without an attorney.
Insert
Something placed between the pages of a publication, usually of an advertising nature.
Inside Cabin
A cabin having no window's or portholes to offer a view of the sea, or of the river.
Interface
Linkage between reservations made and various accounting functions such as invoicing, reports, etc.
Interline Agreements
Agreements between airlines that allow baggage to be transferred and two or more different airlines to be written on the same ticket.
Interline Connection
A change of planes and airlines.
International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979
This act was passed by the US Congress in February 1980 whereby the 1978 Deregulation Act was basically exported on an international scale. The basic changes of the Act involve the granting of automatic antitrust immunity under Section 414 of the Federal Aviation Act to international carriers who file agreements pursuant to Section 412 of the Federal Aviation Act if the DOT subsequently approves them.
IT Number (Inclusive Tour Number)
An inclusive tour number is assigned by the airline showing that a package or tour has met certain standards.
ITX Fare
Independent Tour eXcursion air fare. Available to travelers who purchase a ground tour package along with air travel. Unlike a GIT (group) fare, an ITX fare may be used by an independent traveler.
Inclusive Tour Number (IT Number)
An inclusive tour number is assigned by the airline showing that a package or tour has met certain standards.
Inbound tourism
Tourism activities undertaken by non-native residents and which takes place within the Country.
Incoming Tour Operator
Shall have the same meaning as a “ground handling agent.
Individual Tourism
Tailor-made tourist activities organised by the tourist for his own and, or, others’ personal consumption and which are not pre-arranged by an organiser.
Industry
Includes any description of commercial activity, whether undertaken by public or private undertakings or combination thereof, and any section of an industry.
International Tourism
Temporary travel of the residents of one country, in the capacity of visitors, to another country, with the purpose of satisfying certain specific motivations and consumptions provided by income generating activities in the country of destination.
Incorporated Company or Body
A body corporate under the provisions of the State.
Independent Agents
A person(s) who have written contracts with a host that is in compliance, do not receive fees from purchasers, and do not have blank stock or documents, or the ability to issue documents. Independent agents also must file an affidavit each year listing the sellers he or she represents.
Implied Warranty of Suitability
A express or implied promise that the property or service in a contract is suitable for the particular purpose desired by the buyer (e.g., a travel Web site is suitable for booking a traveler's flight from Seattle to Los Angeles), sometimes called "warranty of fitness." This is opposite of the warning that items are sold "as is."
