Итоговой тест

• Introduction to business travel

1. Match the words below with their definitions:

1. Individual business travel

2. Meeting

3. Exhibition

4. Incentive trip

5. Corporate hospitality

1. Also known as a trade fairs, trade shows and a customer shows.

2. Consists of the often lavish entertainment that companies extend to their most valuable clients or potential clients at prestigious sporting and cultural events, such as the Rugby League World Cup or The Glyndebourne opera festival. Companies mainly use this form of entertainment as a way of creating goodwill and building a rapport with VIP customers and potential customers.

3. Includes the vast range of events, such as conferences, training seminars product, launches and annual general meetings that are held by companies and associations in order to facilitate communications with and between their employees, customers, shareholders and members.

4. Comprises the trips made by those whose employment requires them to travel in order to carry out their work. From journalists and politicians to talent-spotters and accident investigators, there is a wide range of jobs that can be done effectively only when those who do them are prepared to accept being away from home and their workplace base regularly as a normal feature of their work.

5. Comprises those trips – usually luxurious and often to attractive destinations – that employees receive from their employer as a prize of winning a competition related to their job

II. Referring to business travel and leisure travel give the right answer(s) to questions below:

2. Who or what determines the destination in leisure travel?

1. the staff

2. the traveller

3. the organizer of the event

4. the location of the work to be done

3. Who or what determines the destination in business travel?

1. the staff

2. the traveller

3. the organizer of the event

4. the location of the work to be done

4. How far in advance is leisure travel planned (lead times)?

1. years in advance

2. a few days in advance

3. not planned at all

4. a few month in advance

5. How far in advance is business travel planned (lead time)?

1. years in advance

2. a few days in advance

3. not planned at all

4. a few month in advance

6. What are the most indicated business travel destinations?

7. What is the specificity of business travel?

6. Match positive and negative points in a business travel with their definitions:

1. Positive –

2. Negative –

1. The need for public funding or subsidies and management of facilities such as convention and exhibition centres

2. The creation of jobs

3. Possible costs caused by congestion if there are too many business tourists

4. The generation of tax revenue for local and central government

5. Income for destinations and individual enterprises

9. What are the main 4 subsystems in the business travel today, name it and give the definition?