- •Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •Unit I the tourist industry step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation the tourist industry
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •The Domestic Visitor
- •The International Visitor
- •Classification of International Visitors
- •The International Tourist
- •The Excursionist or the Same-Day Visitor
- •Travel Motivation
- •Climate
- •Personal Motives
- •International Tourism Trends
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit II working in tourism step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation careers in tourism
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit III travel agents step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation the retail travel agent
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice Two-Part Verbs
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Travel agents try not to miss internet boat Online Booking Threatens Traditional High Street Outlets
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit IV tour operators step I Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation tour operators
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Hotel contracting
- •When the welcome is frosty
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Tour guides
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit V tourist promotion step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation tourist promotion
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Promotional tools
- •Brochures
- •Main Target Markets
- •Making Brochure Work
- •Copywriting
- •Grab Attention by Direct Addressing
- •Some Copywriting Hints
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit VI tourist attractions and entertainment
- •Step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation
- •Tourist attractions and entertainment
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Compound Nouns
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •How disney does it
- •Unit VII tourism and transporattion
- •Step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation
- •Tourism and transportation
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •Sail away
- •Imagine that you recently accompanied a group
- •4.1 Put the words in the right order to make correct sentences.
- •4.2. Put the underlined words into the correct order.
- •4.3. Join the verbs and prepositions and make phrasal verbs to replace the words underlined in the sentences below.
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Air transport and tourism
- •Cost Structures of Airline Companies
- •Direct Operating Costs
- •Indirect Operating Cost
- •General and Administration Costs
- •Labour Costs
- •International tourism development: problems of equipment and infrastructure
- •Ground and Station Equipment and Hospitality Services
- •Air Fare Tariffs
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit VIII accommodations and catering
- •Step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation
- •Accommodations and catering
- •Step 4 Foodservice
- •Step 5 Vocabulary practice
- •Adjectives and Word Order
- •Step 6 Developing reading skills the hotel trade in the world
- •Hotel Consortia
- •Integrated Hotel Chains
- •Hotel Franchising
- •Tourism lodgings
- •Second Homes Wholly Owned by Tourists
- •Second Homes with Shared Collective Services
- •Timeshare
- •Furnished Rented Accommodation
- •Seasonally Rented Furnished Accommodation
- •Cottages and Farmhouse Accommodation
- •Guest Lodgings
- •Social Accommodation
- •Restaurant Chains
- •Step 7 Test tasks
- •Unit IX regulation, research and development in tourism step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation regulation, research and development in tourism
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice british and american usage
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •When the heat is on
- •Overseas markets
- •External Influences on International Travel to Britain
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit X environmental tourism step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introduction
- •Step 3 Reading and translation the environmental tourist How to Be an Ecofriendly Tourist in the Alps
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice - Reporting verbs
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Does tourism ruin everything that it touches?
- •A Brief History of Tourism
- •Tourism Today
- •The Future of Tourism
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Unit XI business travel step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation business travel
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •4.1. Match the verbs in a with the noun phrases in в to make expressions which are often used in meetings.
- •4.2. Match the adjectives in a with the nouns in b. Use a dictionary, if necessary.
- •4.3. Use the expressions from 4.2 (above) in the sentences.
- •4.4. This is an extract from a meeting about tourism in Goa. Fill in the gaps with expressions from 4.1.
- •5.1. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to make noun collocations and use the collocations in the sentences.
- •5.2. Link the adjectives with the nouns to complete the definitions below
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills
- •Travellers’ tips
- •4.1. Choose a title for the article:
- •4.2. Sentences a-e have been removed from the text. Match them to the correct boxes:
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •The international executive lounge club
- •Unit XII customer relations in tourism step 1 Vocabulary list
- •Step 2 Introductory text
- •Step 3 Reading and translation customer relations in tourism
- •Step 4 Vocabulary practice
- •An unfortunate incident at ridgeway tours
- •Step 5 Developing reading skills handling a complaint
- •5.1. When It Pays to Complain
- •5.2. Dear Travel Agent, Please Stop the Cows Staring at me...
- •Step 6 Test tasks
- •Турфирма с грязными руками
- •Ленивого «кинуть» легко
- •Готовьте компромат
- •Contents
Hotel Consortia
Independent hotels are grouped together by hotel consortia, in order to compete with integrated and franchised chains. They promote an image of quality and aim at providing comparable standards of service, buildings and furnishings in order to build up customer loyalty from a domestic and international clientele.
Hotel consortia benefit from economies of scale when it comes to purchasing and marketing. The main benefits of joining a consortium are:
joint production of guides and brochures, which advertise all the hotels in the chain and are distributed at each hotel through tour operators and travel agencies;
joint national and international publicity campaigns;
links into computer reservation systems (CRS) which allow agents to book directly from a screen;
centralised purchasing of hotel equipment to achieve economy of scale;
technical assistance and management consultancy.
This enables the small hotel to be represented on the international market while still keeping its managerial independence.
The concept of the hotel consortium has become very popular and their numbers have expanded considerably.
Integrated Hotel Chains
Integrated chains develop and commercialise hotel products htat are consistent and homogenous. They exert their control either directly, by complete ownership of the hotel, or indirectly, through a franchise system or a management contract. All hotels in the chain carry the name and insignia of the chain.
The main integrated hotels originate from the United States, although the French group Accor is ranked fifth in the world in terms of size.
Hotel Franchising
Hotel franchising is largely responsible for the expansion of the integrated hotel chain sector. This system benefits both the franchiser and the franchisee.
The franchiser brings his standards, his brand name, his experience and his reputation. The franchise company is a commercial enterprise (generally a public limited company) and the hotelier is both a client and an associate. The company contributes its technical expertise and financial help to set up the investment and it assists the franchisee’s management by putting the marketing service and computerised central reservation system at its disposal. The franchise company will give support in publicity campaigns and provide advice on management matters and equipmentpurchasing.
The franchisee contributes personal funds normally amounting to around 30 per cent of the investment. He also undertakes the whole financial risk of the hotel investment. He benefits from the standardisation and the profitability of the group and from the commercial and promotional advantages brought by belonging to a group. Franchisees are charged 3-4 per cent of turnover depending on the franchise company. Furthermore, a membership fee, amounting to approximately 10 per cent of the investment, is charged to cover feasibility studies and financial packages.
Tourism lodgings
These are second homes, rented furnished apartments, timeshares, campsites, holiday villages, holiday centres and holiday camps.
Second homes include homes wholly owned by the tourist, apartments in a co-owned block with shared collective services (condominiums) and timeshare properties.