You are going to practice English vocabulary widely used in the tourism and travel environment.
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When a room is ready to use
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A travel that combines business and leisure, by not committing to a single purpose
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It is a destination's marketing body, and its main focus or purpose is to increase the number of events, conferences and meetings held in the destination – whether a city, a region or a country.
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D
The eight hour package per day per guest attending an event, which includes food and beverage and plenary room hire.
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E
A person whose profession is the planning of social events, as parties and fundraisers.
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F
When there are no rooms or tables left for a particular time or date.
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G
It is a computerized network system owned or operated by a company that enables transactions between travel industry service providers, mainly airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and travel agencies.
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H
The most popular time of year at a resort, hotel, or tourist attraction, when prices are highest.
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I
It is a counter where people may obtain information (including maps of an area), typically in a public building such as an airport, or in a tourist attraction.
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J
An act of travelling from one place to another.
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K
It is a quantifiable measure of performance over time for a specific objective. KPIs provide targets for teams to shoot for, milestones to gauge progress, and insights that help people across the organization make better decisions.
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L
Suitcases or other bags in which to pack personal belongings for travelling.
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M
It refers to professional tourism, whether for business, events, conventions or incentives.
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N
The process of telling a story, very common in guided tours.
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O
When more tickets or seats are sold for a plane, vacations, etc. than those available.
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P
It is a software application for the operations of hospitality accommodations,that enabled a hotel or group of hotels to manage front-office capabilities, such as booking reservations, guest check-in/checkout, room assignment, managing room rates, and billing.
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Q
It is one of the most popular and most specific types of travelling. This type of tourism requires having proper equipment and skills. It is an important and very accessible form of active leisure.
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R
It is a profitability ratio used to evaluate the gain or loss generated on an investment, it indicates how much money was earned on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the initial investment.
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S
The term can be used to refer to vacationing near to your home rather than travelling far distances for your vacation (usually abroad or in a different state/province), although no exact distances are denoted in any official definition.
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T
It is a person whose job it is to arrange travel for end clients (individuals, groups, corporations) on behalf of suppliers (hotels, airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, railways, travel insurance, package tours).
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U
It is a situation that happens when a hotel has failed to sell the number of rooms that reaches their satisfactory booking standards.
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V
It is the renting out of a furnished apartment, house, or professionally managed resort-condominium complex on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel.
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W
It is a computerized program that allows you to be placed on a list and wait for a specific class of service to become available in advance of going to the airport and taking your flight.
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X
The set of activities in which individuals engage on their personal terms, such as pleasant and memorable places, allowing each tourist to build his or her own travel experiences so that these satisfy a wide range of personal needs, from pleasure to a search for meaning.
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Y
It is a lower priced accommodation type in the hospitality industry catering towards a younger target market.
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Z
This term is used when the budgeting for hiring employees takes into account the occupancy expected for a specific time period or season. This is commonly used in seasonal hotels or in hotels where workers may be hired for a limited period of time (temporary contract) during the high season.
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