VOCABULARY

DEFINITION OF TERMS IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

ACCOMMODATION

 Something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need:

a.        lodging, food, and services or traveling space and related services —usually used in plural <tourist accommodations on the boat> <overnight accommodations>

b.      a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all points

ADMISSION

a.       The act of admitting or allowing entering.

b.      The state of being allowed to enter. Right to enter; access. The price required or paid for entering; an entrance fee.

BROCHURE

One containing descriptive or advertising material

CAMPING SITE

A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent

CAMP SITE

 A place suitable for or used as the site of a camp

CAR RENTAL

 A rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel"- property that is leased or rented out or let

CAR HIRE

 A company that grants peoples the right to use one of their automobiles for a short period in return for payment

CAR PARK

 A lot or garage for parking

CARAVAN a

a.       a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions; also : a train of pack animals

b.      b : a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)

CITY CENTRAL

 A heavily populated city at the core of a large metropolitan area

CRUISE

Cruise tourism is just like any other tourism although it involves cruise ships. It is a great way to expose a countries beauty and culture and also a nice way to travel the world giving tons of jobs and employment to places that it visit, mostly are port of calls.

DOUBLE ROOM

  A double room is most often used by couples, but a single individual may occupy this kind of room as well, depending on her preference.

DOWNTOWN

 Of, relating to, or located in the lower part or business center of a city

FLIGHT

a.        An act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings <the flight of a bee>the ability to fly <flight is natural to birds>b.

b.       a passing through the air or through space outside the earth's atmosphere

c.        the distance covered in such a flight

d.      swift movement

DOUBE WITH TWIN

A hotel room with two double beds sometimes called a double-double.

FORT NIGHT

A period of 14 days; two weeks

GUEST HOUSE

a.       building used for guests (as on an estate); especially : a house run as a boardinghouse or bed-and-breakfast

GUIDE

a.       One that leads or directs another's way b.

b.       a person who exhibits and explains points of interests : something that provides a person with guiding information

HIGH SEASON

The most popular time of year at a holiday resort, etc

HIKING TRAIL

 Is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain? People often hike on hiking trails.

HOLIDAYS

 A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.

HOLIDAY MAKER

 One who goes on vacation?

HOSTEL

 A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers. An inn; a hotel

HOTEL

 An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.

Hotel chain

A group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way

INN

 A pub or small hotel providing food and accommodation

LOW SEASON

The period of time when business is slowest and rates are generally cheaper ⇒ Prices drop to £315 in the low season

MOTOR HOME

 A large motor vehicle with living quarters behind the driver's compartment

ONE WAY TICKET ITINERARY

It means that you have planned to go somewhere, but you have not planned to return.

ONE WAY TICKET

A ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back

PACKAGE DEAL

 a set of offers or proposals which is made by a government or an organization, and which must be accepted or rejected as a whole ⇒ a package deal linking the lifting of sanctions and the withdrawal of troops ⇒ Negotiations are close to reaching some sort of package deal.

PARKING LOT

 An area or building reserved for parking cars

RESORT

 a place to which many people go for recreation, rest, etc. ⇒ a holiday resort the use of something as a means, help, or recourse the act of going to a place, esp. for recreation, rest, etc.

RETURN TICKET

 A ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his destination and back again

ROUND TICKET

 A ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his destination and back again

SEASON

One of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres

SIGHT SEEING TOUR

 The act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest

SINGLE TICKET

A ticket entitling a passenger to travel only to his destination, without returning

SINGLE ROO

 A room with a single bed that is intended for one person to sleep in (often in a hotel or rented accommodation)

SIGHT SEEN

To visit the famous or interesting sights of (a place)

SKI RESORT

A town that is popular for skiing

SUN LOTION

A chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun

SUN GLASSES

Glasses with darkened or polarizing lenses that protect the eyes from the sun's glare

SUN BLOCK

A chemical, usually in the form of a cream, applied to exposed skin to block out all or almost all of the ultraviolet rays of the sun

SUN BURN

Inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun Technical name: erythema solare

THEME PARK

An area planned as a leisure attraction, in which all the displays, buildings, activities, etc., are based on or relate to one particular subject

TIME SHARING

a system of part ownership of a property, such as a flat or villa, for use as a holiday home, whereby each participant buys the right to use the property for the same fixed period annually

TOUR OPERATOR

A person or company that provides package holidays

TOURIST OFFICE

 An office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see, accommodation, etc.

TRAVEL AGENCY

An agency that arranges and negotiates flights, holidays, etc., for travellers

TRAVEL AGENT

 Someone whose profession is arranging and negotiating flights, holidays, etc., for traveller’s ⇒ She's a travel agent.

VACATION

A period of the year when the law courts or universities are closed(mainly US & Canadian) a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation

VOYAGE

 A journey, travel, or passage, esp. one to a distant land or by sea or air

WAITING LIST

 A list of people waiting to obtain some object, treatment, status, etc

YOUTH HOSTEL

 One of a chain of inexpensive lodging places for young people travelling cheaply

TO BOOK

 To reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct

TO CONFIRM

To prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify

TO FLY

To move through the air by means of wings or wing like parts

      a. To travel by air: We flew to Dallas

      b. To operate an aircraft or spacecraft.

TO GO ON HOLIDAYS

A holiday is a period of time during which you relax and enjoy yourself away from home. People sometimes refer to their holiday as their holidays. 

TO GO ON ABROAD

Out of one's own country. In a foreign country or countries. Away from one's home. In circulation; at large.

TO GO CAMPING

The recreational activity of living temporarily in or as if in a tent

TO GO CLIMBING

 The activity of ascending, esp. rocks or mountains

TO GO BIKING

Going somewhere by the use b of a bicycle

TO GO MOUNTAINEERING

 The climbing of mountains for sport, usually incorporating the skills of rock climbing and climbing on ice

TO GO SIGHT SEEING

The act or pastime of visiting sights of interest

TO GO SKIING

 Is a recreational activity and competitive sport in which the participant attaches long runners or skis to boots or shoes on the feet and uses them to travel on top of snow.

TO GO SWIMMING

An activity in which you swim, esp. as a sport or for pleasure

TO GO TO THE BEACH

 Is an act of going on the beach to relax and enjoy

TO HAVE A GOOD TIME

Enjoy oneself greatly;

TO HAVE A BED TIME

 The time at which one goes to bed

TO MAKE A RESERVATION

The act of reserving; a keeping back or withholding. Something that is kept back or withheld.

TO RENT A CAR

 The act of renting a car

TO PLAN

A scheme or m the act or fact of a grantor’s reserves some newly created thing out of the thing granted method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc.

HELD RESERVATION

 To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose. To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.

TO STAY

To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel. To stop moving; halt.

TO SUN BATHE

To bask in the sunshine, esp. in order to get a suntan

TO TAKE A HOLIDAY

If a worker takes their full holiday entitlement they take off the maximum number of days of paid holiday they are entitled to

TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPH

 A picture or likeness obtained by photography

TO TRAVEL

To go, move, or journey from one place to another. to go, move, or cover a specified or unspecified distance

WANDERLUST

 A great desire to travel and rove about