ISOM 4970/5970

Mexico Study Tour

May 17^th - 25^th 2003

4/24

Fill out this form to be put on the mailing list and reserve your spot for the 2003 ISOM tour of Mexico City and Puebla.  Your non-refundable deposit of $650 is already due!!

While in Mexico City, we are staying at the Hotel Majestic, right on the Zocalo.

While in Puebla, we are staying at the Camino Real, a hotel housed in the 16th century former Convent of Immaculate Conception.

We will begin our days in Puebla at UCO's sister university in Mexico,  UPAEP, (Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla) hearing a few of their professors pontificate on Mexican marketing, economy, NAFTA, etc., while we eat a big breakfast.  If you hit the UPAEP link and search ("buscar") for "visita virtual" you can see their lovely campus.

A few slides of our trip from 2002.

2003 Itinerary

Date	Morning	Afternoon
5/17	Travel Day	Check-in, retail benchmarking
5/18	Ballet Folklorico	Chapultepec Park & museum
5/19	Los Muebles	Taxco
5/20	Teotihuacan (English/Spanish)  Other links with videos, etc.
5/21	Varosco Sweaters	Talavera Pottery
5/22	Hylsa Steel Mill	Guzman e Hijos Textiles
5/23	Sommer Allibert (Cholula)	Volkswagen  Vertical Integration Day
5/24	Puebla (retail benchmarking)	Mexico City
5/25	Mexico City	Return to OKC

These companies have agreed to host our group, but circumstances may dictate that one or more will be unable to accommodate us.  Flexibility will be the operative word.  If any of these businesses has an "unforeseen event" as our date draws near, I will fill the date to the best of my ability.

Estimated Costs

$1400 plus tuition is the best estimate I can make right now for airfare, lodging, ground transportation, all business tours and admission fees to the folkloric ballet.  There will possibly be currency fluctuations but right now the US dollar is trading at $1 for about 11 Mexican pesos.

This is a pay as you go tour, so you must have sufficient cash or credit to get you through these expenses.  Air fare, lodging, ground transportation, meals, and honoraria for the tour guides.  You must fly on the same plane as the rest of the class, stay in the same hotels, ride the same tour bus, and eat breakfast with us in Puebla.  Any other meals, sightseeing, or experiences you choose on your free time are up to you as long as they fall within the confines of the UCO code of conduct.

We will be on these flights

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Day and Date: Sat, 5/17/03

OKLAHOMA CITY OK to HOUSTON TX  Flight: Continental 605

HOUSTON TX to MEXICO CITY  Flight: Continental 1224

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Day and Date: Sun, 5/25/03

MEXICO CITY to HOUSTON TX  Flight: Continental 725

HOUSTON TX to OKLAHOMA CITY OK  Flight: Continental 1604

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Student Responsibilities

Attend all pre-trip meetings, tour every plant & facility with the group, and write a paper on an instructor-approved topic. I anticipate 2 or 3 pre-trip meetings of varying length that will be devoted to syllabus and schedule, general Q&A, background on the industries we will see, etc.

BE ON TIME!!!

Be flexible (except about temporal matters)

	You'll need to review and sign our appropriate conduct pledge that is included in the syllabus before you receive a permission slip.
Relax & enjoy the megametropolis of North America

Mexico Links of Interest

Other Possible Group Events

Bullfight

Soccer at Aztec Stadium

Museums

Questions?  Send me a message at gwillis@uco.edu, come by my office in Business 200J or call me at 974-5345.

Can't make it to Mexico?  Go on a Finance tour of London (August) or New York City (May) or the ISOM tour of Seattle in August

Geoff Willis, Ph.D.

Business 200J

974-5345

Fall 2002 Office Hours

MW 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

and by appointment

gwillis@uco.edu