Vocabulary List Number 252 v.0.3
Main Definitions
- hotel |n| an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travellers and tourists.
- "A five-star hotel."
- hostel |n| an establishment which provides inexpensive food and lodging for a specific group of people, such as students, workers, or travellers.
- "Hostels are a temporary solution until the families can be housed in permanent accommodation."
- 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
- lodging 1 |n| accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent."
- lodging 2 |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.
- place to stay |inf|
- " If you need a place to stay, I have a spare room."
Types of Hotel Services
full board and lodging |pr| a room to stay in and all meals provided.
Facilities
- 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."
People
- 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."
- maid / housemaid / maidservant / housekeeper |n| is a female domestic worker.
- "In the Victorian era, domestic service was the second-largest category of employment in England."
- waitress |n| a woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant.
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