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4)The salesmen must ... their efforts carefully with their requirements for space in the hotel.

5)The installation of the exhibits may ... mechanical and electrical work.

6)... ... is a large formal luncheon or dinner that customarily follows the speeches and/or a ceremony.

7)A hotel that ... conventions is certain to have several specialized people on the staff.

8)The business and professional people who are members of the sponsoring group ... by their families.

are accompanied; coordinate; a banquet, auditorium, profitable, attending the convention, handles, require

4.Fill in the blanks with the prepositions given below.

1)... addition, smaller rooms are required ... workshops and seminars.

2)Attendance figures normally include only the people who are actually registered ... the convention.

3)A convention guarantees a good occupancy rate... the hotel

... a period ... at least several days.

4)... most people a convention is a combination... business and pleasure.

5)Negotiations ... a convention may take place ... a long period. for, in, at, over, of, about

5.Translate the sentences paying particular attention to different meanings of the word “facilities”.

1)This hotel can offer all necessary facilities for leisure.

2)Our classrooms are equipped with modern facilities.

3)Payment facilities are known to be provided for club members.

4)New facilities will have been built by the end of this year.

5)An exhibit area, with adjacent loading and storage facilities, is almost always provided as well.

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Work at your Grammar

1.Read and translate the sentences including the Infinitive Constructions.

1)A convention is believed to be held to exchange information in the field and consider other business of the organization.

2)Our convention is likely to last three or four days.

3)The business and professional people are known to have been accompanied by their families.

4)We saw the delegation arrive.

5)They are certain to stay at this hotel.

6)They want this scientist to take part in their conference.

2.Read and translate the sentences paying attention to the Absolute Participial Construction and the Gerundial Construction.

1)The sponsors having numerous choices, negotiations for a convention may take place over a long period.

2)The hotel offering a great variety of facilities makes it very popular with sponsors of conventions and assemblies.

3)The special exhibit and meeting areas being rented by the sponsoring organization for a fee makes the convention business profitable.

4)The business and professional people being accompanied by their families means still more business for the hotel.

5)A convention being a chance to get away from the usual daily routine, people generate more business in restaurants, bars and shops.

1.Look through text 1 and find the English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations.

проводиться с целью обмена информацией; выставочная площадка; примыкающие помещения; выгодный; хорошая наполняемость отеля; группа устроителей; персонал; ведение дела; искать варианты лучших сделок; сниженные цены

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на проживание; самая низкая цена за обслуживание; согласовывать свои усилия; помещение в отеле; обслуживающий и технический персонал; установка экспонатов; дополнительная рабочая сила

2. Read and translate text 1.

Text 1

CONVENTION FACILITIES

A convention is considered to be a meeting of members of a business or professional group, such as dentists, booksellers or language teachers. It is held to exchange information in the field and consider other business of the organization. A typical convention lasts three or four days. It including business sessions, workshops and seminars, professional exhibits and special events, the facilities required for the convention are extensive. A large auditorium or hall is usually necessary for group meetings and events such as banquets. In addition, smaller rooms, probably of a variety of sizes are required for workshops and seminars. An exhibit area, with adjacent loading and storage facilities, is almost always provided as well. There are many things such as video-recorders, projectors, cordless microphones, visual aids, earphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, autocue and stands for exhibits.

The convention business is known to be very profitable for the hotel industry. A convention guarantees a good occupancy rate for the hotel over a period of at least several days. In addition, the special exhibit and meeting areas are rented by the sponsoring organization for a fee, and the people attending the convention also generate more business in the hotel’s restaurants, bars and shops. In many cases, the business and professional people who are members of the sponsoring group are accompanied by their families, and this means still more business for the hotel. For most people, in fact, a convention is a combination of pleasure and business, a chance to get away from the usual daily routine and the people attending the convention also generate more business in the hotel’s restaurants, bars and shops. A hotel that handles conventions is certain to have several

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specialized people on the staff, perhaps the most important of whom are the salesmen who are responsible for bringing in the business. Most of them have special contacts among the groups that sponsor conventions. Negotiations for a convention may take place over a long period, particularly today, when the sponsors have numerous choices and can shop around for the best bargains. Standard arrangements include reduced room rates and the lowest possible fee for the other facilities and services that are required. The salesmen must coordinate their efforts carefully with their requirements for space in the hotel.

Many hotels also have a special manager to handle all the particular arrangements that must be made once the convention has been booked into the hotel. We can see conventions follow a general pattern, but they always create special problems, each one being different in detail from all the others. All the arrangements being coordinated with the other departments enables a hotel to offer a high quality of services. The front desk must prepare for a surge of arriving guests, and the housekeeping department must make sure the rooms are ready when needed. The food and beverage service and the maintenance and engineering staff must also take their parts. The installation of the exhibits may require mechanical and electrical work, and loading and unloading equipment may call for an additional work force. If a banquet is to be served, as it usually is, the menu must be planned; tables, napery, and the table silver must be provided and set up. Experienced banquet waiters must also be on duty.

A banquet is a large formal luncheon or dinner that customarily follows the speeches and/or a ceremony. A banquet is often the final event of many conventions. Other banquets are sponsored by local groups for special purposes, such as presenting awards, honouring an individual, or raising funds for a political campaign. Hotels that are equipped to handle conventions generally attract banquet business as well, but any hotel with a sufficiently large dining room, ballroom, or meeting room can attract banquets. The arrangements for preparing the banquet are normally the job of the banquet manager, who is sometimes responsible for the sales effort as well.

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3.	Match the definition with the correct word.
1)	convention	a) a large meeting of members of a political party
		or a professional group, which usually happens
		once a year
2)	banquet	b) large meeting where a lot of people discuss im-
		portant matters such as business or politics, es-
		pecially for several days
3)	conference	c) an occasion when a group of people meet and
		work together in order to share or develop ide-
		as about a particular subject or activity
4)	workshop	d) a large formal luncheon or dinner that is cus-
		tomarily followed by speeches or a ceremony

4.Answer the questions.

1)How long does a typical convention last?

2)What activities does it include?

3)What facilities are required for a convention?

4)Why is the convention business profitable for the hotel industry?

5)What is the reason for the shift of conventions from large cities to resort areas?

6)What hotel employees specialize in convention activities?

7)What inducements are offered to attract convention business?

8)Who oversees the arrangements for a convention?

9)Why must convention arrangements be coordinated with the other departments of the hotel?

10)What groups may sponsor banquets?

5.Speak on convention facilities.

6.Skim text 2 and do the tasks below.

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Text 2

THE IDEAL LOCATION

FOR YOUR NEW JERSEY EVENT

Choose the Doubletree Somerset Hotel & Executive Meeting Center as the setting of your next New Jersey event.

Whether planning an informal gathering, a black-tie social occasion or a high-tech business conference, you’ll find our meeting and banquet facilities are ideally suited to meet your needs. The Doubletree Somerset specializes in hosting all types of New Jersey events — small and large, formal and informal, corporate and social.

For a distraction-free atmosphere that encourages creative thinking and enhances productivity, experience the Doubletree Somerset Executive Meeting Center. Certified by the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC), this facility combines the services and luxury of a first-class hotel.

Our Executive Meeting Center is a 7,900-square-foot facility within the complex of the hotel, which features are as follows: 14 dedicated meeting rooms, high-speed Internet access in all meeting rooms, videoconferencing and the latest audiovisual equipment, centrally located concierge and e-Business Center. Centrally located in one of America’s most dynamic corporate communities, this New Jersey meeting facility is the area’s leader for all types of business functions. Our e-Business Center is truly the heart of our operation, located in the hub of the Executive Meeting Center, and is available to you and your conferees from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during your meeting. All conferees have access to our full range of technological amenities in a private business environment as well as a host of concierge services provided by our attentive and professional center staff. And remember, unlimited faxing, photocopying and computer usage are included in all our Executive Meeting Center.

E-Business Center services are as follows: in-house duplication, printing and binding, fax service, laptop computer workstations, Microsoft Office ’00 and Microsoft, desktop publishing, telecommunications services — cellular telephones and pagers , business equipment rentals — computers, printers and more, courier services, custom

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name badges and personalized placards, administrative support/registration. With our Internet access, all of your attendees can send and retrieve e-mail while away from their homes and offices.

Conferees can access our online Doubletree Internet Travel Center. With the click of a mouse, they can access web sites of major airlines, pick flights, make or change reservations. In addition our Virtual Concierge provides on-line services to airports, travel, weather etc.

Set amid 16 beautifully landscaped acres, our New Jersey banquet facilities provide the preeminent setting for your next social engagement. Our exclusive Somerset New Jersey event facilities offer 24,000 total square feet of flexible function space, including: 10,000- square-foot grand ballroom, 3,000-square-foot social ballroom, eight workshop/parlour rooms. The most important feature to consider in choosing a venue for your next function is the knowledge and experience of the professionals who will assist in the coordination of your important event.

Our Doubletree Hotel has served as the leading business and social center of Somerset for years, having created fond memories of the most important moments in people’s lives. We’ve been helping people realize their dreams for years. We look forward to help you do the same with your next New Jersey event.

Notes:
hub	центр
conferee	участник конференции
duplication	снятие копий, размножение
binding	переплет
laptop	портативный
workstation	рабочее место
desktop publishing	настольная полиграфия
cellular telephone	сотовый телефон
placard	афиша, плакат
preeminent	выдающийся, превосходный

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parlour	кабинет, салон
amid	среди
engagement	(назначенная) встреча

7. Complete the table using the contents of the text.

e-Business Center	Banquet facilities	Executive Meeting Center

8.Using the table speak on the conference facilities in the Doubletree Somerset Hotel.

9.Make a list of the conference facilities and write an advertisement to attract visitors and organizers of conferences to your hotel.

Dialogue

1. Read and translate the dialogue.

Greta Smith is trying to arrange a conference for Tonini International. She is with the sales manager of the Plaza Hotel in Mote Carlo.

Greta Smith — G.S.

The Sales Manager — S.Ì.

G.S.: Yes. As I said on the phone, we’re planning a three-day conference in December next year for about 200 people. Now, we’ll need one large room for the main conference and three smaller rooms for round table discussions for around 50 delegates each.

S.M.: I see. Well, the ballroom is big enough to hold 200 men. We have a number of rooms next door to the ballroom, they are too small for 50 people.

G.S.: Hmm... . Do you probably have another meeting rooms? S.M.: Yes, we do. We can certainly accommodate you elsewhere

in the hotel.

G.S.: Fine! What about equipment?

S.M.: We can supply most things — video recorder, overhead projector, cordless microphones.

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G.S.: What about autocue? S.M.: Hmm... No, I’m afraid not.

G.S.: And support service-secretaries, interpreters, and photographers?

S.M.: We can arrange full support service through an outside contractor.

G.S.: Good. Will it be possible to get detailed room plans? S.M.: Certainly. Our conference pack has all that sort of infor-

mation, as well as a full list of our menus and room rate.

2.Act out the dialogue above.

3.Work in pairs. One is a conference organizer for Moriarti International, the other is a conference manager of the San Ramon Valley Hotel. The conference organizer is trying to arrange a conference for Moriarti International. He is studying the requirements of the company and is finding out the conference facilities at the San Ramon Valley Hotel. The conference manager is trying to persuade the conference organizer to hold the conference in his hotel. Use the information below:

MORIARTI INTERNATIONAL needs:

1 meeting room for 150 theatre-style — 5 days	video-recorders
1 meeting room for 30 classroom-style — 4 days	3 cordless microphones
2 rooms for board meetings(15 each) — 3 days	1 stage
	1 slide projector
	3 video-recorders

2 secretaries

2 interpreters

SAN RAMON VALLEY HOTEL supplies:

Capacities	Ballroom	Red room	Blue room	Green room
Theatre	350	100	50	40
Classroom	150	40	20	18

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Board room	110	35	16	15
Price per day	$700	$300	$250	$225

Equipment: 3 stages, 35 mm slide projectors, overhead projectors, video-recorders, cellular telephones, laptop computer workstations, Microsoft Office ’00 and Microsoft, pagers , computers, printers.

Support services: photographers, interpreters,couriers, journalists.

4. Skim text 3 and do the tasks given below.

Text 3

Glenhardie Country Club

1399 Old Eagle School Road

Wayne, PA 19087

Banquet Services

At Glenhardie Country Club, we take great pride in the quality of our food preparation and banquet services. Located on the Main Line, situated next to the Valley Forge Historical Park, we are conveniently accessible to Philadelphia, West Chester, Downingtown, Pottstown and King of Prussia. As your banquet service provider and manager, we are pleased to assist you in planning your event and providing the special touches that will make it unforgettable.

The menus represent a variety of suggested combinations that can be prepared by our chefs. If you wish to create a menu unique to your occasion, our Executive Chef, Daryl Mullen, is able to obtain almost any preferred food item to accommodate individual menus; also, Sous Chef Adam Plaksin will be happy to create any special dessert for your occasion.

A list of bar options is enclosed along with a wine list and a price list of drinks by consumption. Wines served at dinner are priced per bottle. Cocktails, beer, soda, cordials and wines by the glass are priced per drink or by open bar (priced per person per hour). There is a $100.00 fee for each additional bar you request. We can help you with the wine selection for your event and set up a tasting of any wines you are interested in.

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