Say whether the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones.
1. Transient hotel staff enjoy a better quality of life than do their resort hotel counterparts.
2. The staff of resort hotels have a number of benefits.
3. Adventure tourists like and expect to be pampered.
4. Resorts have diversified their marketing mix in order to increase hotel occupancy.
5. Health-conscious menus are high in saturated fats, cholesterol, salt, and calories.
6. Resort managers are faced with increased global competition from other resorts and cruise lines.
7. At transient hotels guests tend to stay longer than at resort hotels.
Discussion
11. Try to identify the means of attracting guests and turning them into repeat business on the basis of the following information about these means. The following words and phrases will come in handy:
· foundation of the resorts viability
· not only... but also...
· to diversify the marketing mix
· additional sporting and recreational
· facilities
· spas
· ecotourism
· to require
· well-trained
· to enjoy
· competition from...
· cruise line
· sporting event
· sporting events
· adventure tourism
· staff
· attentive
· to enable
· abetter quality of life
· counterpart to
· be prevalent
· party-like atmosphere
· established resorts
Work in pairs:
a) Look at the following words and phrases and think of a story that might combine them all. You may reorder them in any way you like using •ny form of the verb:
· were available
· different types of guests
· traveled considerable distances to our resort
· would become a good source of income
· would want to stay much longer than at transient hotels
· needed experienced chef, bar person and operators
· played a significant role
· used a cyclical menu
· would repeat itself every fourteen to twenty-one days
· much lower in saturated fats and cholesterol
· found new opportunities.
· too difficult buffet
· were popular with guests
· opportunity to make choices
· display of foods
· barbecue
· specialty restaurants
· gave guests more options
· responded to the demands of the guests
· worked at a profit
B) When you have decided upon the story, tell it to your partner. Then listen f to that of your partner. Ask each other as many questions as you can to learn further details or clarify some points.
13. Entitle the paragraphs beginning with the words:
The food needs to be...
There are a number of...
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