pleasant sceneries, chains, parking lots, lobbies, a spotless bath, moorage, a management agency, the remainder, recreation facilities, the rental fee, concept, a vacation segment, revenues, repeat customers
Assignment 1.2.1 Read and translate the text:
There are also hotels located in pleasant sceneries of the countryside. They are called “inns”. They provide comfortable but informal accommodation. The word “inn” has come from the early days of travel. Nowadays this word is used in the name of the big hotel chain known as the “Holiday Inn”.
Another type of a hotel is called “motel”. It offers accommodation to tourists traveling by car. Motel provides parking lots for the tourists´ cars opposite to their motel rooms, which is a great comfort for travelers. Besides most motels have a door to the parking lot from each room. As a result, motels generally have little use for large lobbies. In a motel guests are provided a with comfortable, clean room, a spotless bath and good beds.
Like motels there are also boatels at the beach front with moorage for the guests´ boats and yachts. Besides there are floatels which are floating hotels on water.
At the airports one can find airwates which are the airport hotels for air passengers. They provide accommodation for traveling people staying for one night only.
Nowadays there are the newest types of accommodation that are popular with the travelers. They are called condominiums or condos. In a condominium the apartments are owned by individuals. In many cases, the owner uses the condominium a few weeks each year and rents it out through an independent management agency for the remainder of the year. The management agency maintains grounds, roads and recreation facilities and provides security and cleaning services for a percentage of the rental fee. Condominiums are located in the resort areas and they are used as second homes for recreation.
Time-sharing is another concept of buying a vacation segment, usually of two weeks, in condominium unit. The owner owns only the two-week segment, not the entire unit. The segment is scheduled so that only the owner may use it at a time. Some time-share companies allow and encourage their owners to swap segments to allow the owner to go to a new resort each year rather than to the same one year after year.
Most hotels try to attract their customers by presenting intangible products to satisfy the customer. The intangible product such as the smiles and “we will help you” attitudes of employees, increases revenues and helps to provide quality service to the customers. All large hotels and hotel chains are interested in repeat customers, so they often look for the rating hotels and motels have been given to the outside groups. For example, in the USA the Mobil Travel Guide gives the five-level rating system which is as follows: *Good, better than average; **Very good: ***Excellent: ****Outstanding; *****One of the best in the country. The five-star rating is different to achieve but is sought after by many of the luxury hotels.
Assignment 1.2.2 Answer the following questions:
1. Where are the inns situated?
2. What is the difference between a hotel and an inn?
3. What do inns provide?
4. What does the motel provide?
5. Why is the floatel a great comfort for travelers?
6. What is the name of the hotel at the airport?
7. What do the airwates provide?
8. What type of accommodation is now popular with travelers?
9. What is a condominium?
10. Where are the condominiums located?
11. Who owns a condominium?
12. For how long does the owner use a condominium?
13. Who helps him to rent it?
14. What does the management agency maintain?
15. What does it provide?
16. What is the second home for recreation?
17. What is time-sharing?
18. How is the segment scheduled?
19. What do the companies allow and encourage their owners to do?
20. What do the hotels try to attract their customers by?
21. What increases revenues?
22. What are all hotels interested in?
23. What do the customers look for to know about hotels?
24. What is the star rating?
Assignment 1.2.3 Use the appropriate words from the list:
the resort areas, repeat customers, attract, to swap, buying a vacation segment, individuals, hotel chain, recreation facilities, an independent management, air passengers, floating hotels, the beach front, traveling by car, pleasant sceneries
1. There also hotels which are located in … of the countryside.
2. Nowadays this word is used in the name of the big … known as the “Holiday Inn”.
3. Another type of a hotel is called “motel”that offers accommodation to tourists ….
4. Like motels there are also boatels at … with moorage for the guests´ boats and yachts.
5. Besides there are floatels which are … on water.
6. At the airports one can find airwates which are the airport hotels for ….
7. In a condominium the apartments are owned by ….
8. In many cases, the owner uses the condominium a few weeks each year and rents it out through … agency for the remainder of the year.
9. The management agency maintains grounds, roads and … and provides security and cleaning services for a percentage of the rental fee.
10. Condominiums are located in … and they are used as second homes for recreation.
11. Time-sharing is another concept of …, usually of two weeks, in condominium unit.
12. Some time-share companies allow and encourage their owners … segments to allow the owner to go to a new resort each year rather than to the same one year after year.
13. Most hotels try to … their customers by presenting intangible products to satisfy the customer.
14. All large hotels and hotel chains are interested in …, so they often look for the rating hotels and motels have been given to the outside groups.
Assignment 1.2.4 Find the required definitions and complete the sentences:
| 1 Inns are hotels | a) traveling by car |
| 2 Boatels are located | b) floating hotels on water |
| 3 Motels offer accommodation to tourist | c) located in pleasant sceneries |
| 4 Floatels are | d) for air passengers |
| 5 Airwates are the airport hotels | e) at the beach front |
| 6 A condominium or condo is a building where | f) in the resort areas |
| 7 Condominiums are located | g) buying a vacation segment, usually for two weeks, in a condominium unit |
| 8 Time-sharing is another concept of | h) the apartments are owned by individuals |
| 9 Condominium are used as | i) the smiles and “we will help you” attitudes of employees |
| 10 The intangible product is presented by | j) second homes for recreation |
Assignment 1.2.5 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
1. Гостиницы типа «inn» обеспечивают комфортное, но «неформальное» проживание. Они располагаются в красивых местах в сельской местности.
2. Мотель предлагает размещение туристов, путешествующих на автомобиле. Мотель предоставляет им парковочные места для машин туристов напротив окон из номеров, что является большим удобством для путешественников. В мотеле гостям предоставляются удобные, чистые комнаты, очень чистые ванные комнаты и удобные спальные места.
3. «Ботели» располагаются на берегу моря с причалом для лодок гостей отеля. «Флотели» являются плавающими отелями на воде.
4. В кондоминиуме квартиры находятся во владении собственников. Собственник пользуется кондоминиумом только в течении нескольких недель в течение года. В остальное время года он сдает ее через независимое агентство.
5. Агентство содержит в надлежащем порядке территорию, дороги, сооружения кондоминиума и обеспечивает безопасность и услуги по уборке за счет процентов, отчисляемых от суммы сбора за аренду апартаментов.
