Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 280 Version 2
Main Definitions
- hotel 1 |n| a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
- hotel 2 |n| a commercial building with rooms for the accommodation of the paying public.
- hotel 3 |n| an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists.
- hostel |n| an establishment which provides inexpensive food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travellers. Hostels are used especially by young people.
- "New Zealand has a network of small hostels, ideal for backpackers."
- "A five-star hotel."
- "Hostels are a temporary solution until the families can be housed in permanent accommodation."
- hotel-casino / casino-hotel |n| a business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel.
- bed and breakfast / B & B |n| a private house or small hotel, where you can sleep and have breakfast.
- "There’s a nice bed and breakfast in the village."
- "I’ve got a list of bed and breakfasts from the tourist information."
- inn |n| a small hotel, especially an old one in the countryside. Also used in the names of some big modern hotels.
- "An 18th-century country inn."
- "The Holiday inn."
- motel |n| a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in low blocks with parking directly outside.
- hospitality / hospitality industry |n| a broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging, food and beverage services, event planning, theme parks, travel agency, tourism, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and bars.
- "My father works in the hospitality industry and his main concern is the well-being of guests."
- "The hospitality industry is a large subsection within the service industry and is comprised of four main areas: food & beverage, travel & tourism, lodging, and recreation."
Lodging
- accommodation 1 |n| a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.
- accommodation 2 |n| a particular type of place to sit or sleep on a train, boat, etc.
- "They were living in temporary accommodation."
- "They paid for his flights and hotel
- accommodation."
- "Prices star at U$S 200 per person, including flights, hotel accommodation and various excursions.
- "Rates are higher for deluxe accommodations and lower in the off-season."
- "There's a shortage of cheap! accommodation in the city."
- diggings / digs |n| |pl| informal for lodgings.
- "Many students in London have to live in digs."
- "I spent three years in student digs."
- "It was a small, purpose-built apartment, much like my student digs."
- "I'd spent three years in London as a student and was familiar with life in grotty digs."
- "He'd been kicked out of his digs for the third time."
- "It was past midnight and she had to get back to her digs.
- housing 1 |n| the provision of accommodations.
- housing 2 |n| structures collectively in which people are housed.
- lodging 1 |n| a place of rest, or of temporary habitation; especially, a leeping apartment (often in the plural with a singular meaning).
- lodging 2 |n| accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent."
- lodging 3 |n| a temporary place to stay; temporary quarters.
- "To furnish board and lodging."
- "If your husband meets certain criteria, however, the deduction can include the expenses related to meals and lodging at the facility as well as the medical care portion, Luscombe says."
- "But officials are not required to disclose “any food, lodging, or entertainment received as personal hospitality.”
- "The lodging industry typically evaluates its health based on two main metrics: occupancy rates and average daily rates."
- lodgings 1 |n| a room or rooms rented for residence in another's house.
- lodgings 2 |n| |British| the rooms of a university student who lives neither on campus nor at home.
- pad |n| temporary living quarters.
- place to stay |inf|
- " If you need a place to stay, I have a spare room."
- guesthouse |n| a private house where people can pay to stay and have meals.
- "We stayed in a well-run guesthouse near the sea."
Hospitality Industry Activities
- reservation |n| an arrangement to have something (such as a hotel room) held for one's use.
Hotel Services
full board and lodging |ph| a room to stay in and all meals provided.
Rooms
- hotel room |n| a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel.
- single room |n| a hotel room or bedroom designed to be used by just one person.
- "Three of the remaining bedrooms are single rooms and have fitted wardrobes"
- double room |n| a hotel room or bedroom designed to be used by two people.
- "The cost of a double room in a typical beachfront hotel."
- twin room |n| in a hotel is a room that has two single beds, each for one person. Twin rooms are often a good choice for friends or colleagues who want to travel together but prefer to have separate beds. They are usually priced similarly to double rooms.
- double-double room |n| some hotels may also have double-double rooms, which can accommodate two to four people and include two double beds or sometimes two queen-size beds.
Hotel Facilities
- facilities |n| amenities a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens: a nuclear research facility, a military facility, a new sports facility.
- amenities 1 |n| |pl| | UK 🇬🇧 | useful or pleasant facilities or services.
- "Hotel amenities include health clubs and conference facilities."
- "The hotel has very good amenities."
- amenities 2 |n| |pl| |US 🇺🇸| lavatory; bathroom: used as a euphemism.
- amenities 3 / hotel amenities / hotel facilities |n| |pl| things such as stores or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort.
- The hotel amenities include health clubs, conference facilities, and banqueting rooms.
- "The city has tried to update its tourist amenities by building new hotels and information centers."
- "Travelers stay at the hotel for its luxurious amenities such as the spa and hot tub."
- reception|n| the place in a hotel or office building where people go when they arrive."
- "Ask for me at reception."
- lobby |n| a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.
- workout room / fitness room (british) / fitness room / gym / health club |n| a space with equipment for physical exercise.
- "The five-star hotel has 28 modern rooms with their own terraces, as well as a fitness room, outdoor heated pool and a helipad."
- "The vessel will include a fitness room, sauna and eight single cabins."
- "There's a hammam and beauty centre, sauna, fitness room, tennis courts and horse riding."
- "It has a terrace, a pool, a fitness room, a sauna and a self-contained two-bedroom flat."
Workers
- bellboy |n| a man or boy who works in a hotel, carrying bags or bringing things to the guests' rooms.
- "The hotel bellboy got an oversized tip."
- concierge |n| a caretaker of an apartment complex or a small hotel, typically one living on the premises.
- "At about 3.55 pm, she arrived at Summervale House in Vale Drive, Werneth and used a key to get into the block of flats which has a concierge and security cameras, which could also contain the image of her killer."
- hotel clerk / front desk clerk |n| a hotel receptionist.
- hotel manager / hotelier / hotelkeeper / hotelman |n| an owner or manager of hotels.
- housekeeper |n| a person, typically a woman, employed to manage a household.
- "In a scheme being piloted for the first time outside London, affluent city workers can employ Filipino housekeepers , who combine nannying skills with domestic service."
- maid / housemaid / maidservant / housekeeper |n| is a female domestic worker.
- porter / doorman / red cap |n| a person employed to carry luggage and other loads, especially in a railroad station, airport, or hotel.
- "The car drove off to the train station, and the porters put her luggage on the train."
- waiter/waitress / server / stewardess / steward / attendant / garçon / waitperson |n| a man whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant.
- "Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping."
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