Практичне заняття №4 Тема: Види готелів.
The star classification system is a common one for rating hotels. Higher star ratings indicate more luxury.
The AAA and their affiliated bodies use diamonds instead of stars to express hotel and restaurant ratings levels.
Hotels are independently assessed in traditional systems and rest heavily on the facilities provided. Some consider this disadvantageous to smaller hotels whose quality of accommodation could fall into one class but the lack of an item such as an elevator would prevent it from reaching a higher categorization. Food services, entertainment, view, room variations such as size and additional amenities, spas and fitness centers and location may be considered in establishing a standard.
The more common classification systems include 'star' rating, letter grading, from 'A' to 'F', diamond or simply a 'satisfactory' or 'unsatisfactory' footnote to accommodation such as hostels and motels. Systems using terms such as Deluxe/ Luxury, First Class/ Superior, Tourist Class/ Standard, and Budget Class/ Economy are more widely accepted as hotel types, rather than hotel standards.
Some countries have rating by a single public standard - Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Hungary have laws defining the hotel rating. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland the rating is defined by the respective hotel industry association using a 5-star system - the German classifications are Tourist (*), Standard (**), Comfort (***), First Class (****) and Luxus (*****) with the mark Superior to flag extras beyond the minimum defined in the standard. In France the rating is defined by the public tourist board of the department using a four star system (plus "L" for Luxus) which has changed to a 5-star system from 2009 on. In South Africa and Namibia the Tourism Grading Council has strict rules for a hotel types granting up to 5 stars.
World Hotel Rating
There is so far no international classification which has been adopted. There have been attempts at unifying the classification system so that it becomes an internationally recognized and reliable standard, but they all have failed.
Many consider that, as it has been the case in other areas (e.g. international accounting standards), hotel classification standards should result from a private and independent initiative. This may be the case of the World Hotel Rating (WHR) project, which notably aims to set international classification standards and rating criteria along the lines of a world star-rating system. It will also establish an information platform on the hotel industry which will be multilingual and multicultural. WHR intends to play a key role in the development of quality hotel services, as well as equitable and sustainable tourism, and the protection of the world's cultural and natural heritage. In addition, WHR will develop labels to promote hotels distinguished by specific features, such as a family and child-friendly disposition. A test period is scheduled for 2010.
Hotel Classifications in Britain
In Britain hotels are rated from one star - five stars, like in many countries around the world. Unlike in America, diamonds are not used. The AA (Automobile Association) is one of the most trusted sites that rates hotels in the UK. Their criteria for classifying hotels is available freely on their website. In addition to the usual black stars (ranging from one, the lowest to five, the highest) the AA awards gold stars to hotels which are 'highly commended' and red stars to the best hotels they review which are deemed 'inspectors choice'. An example would be Cliveden Country House Hotel in Taplow which is rated as a 5 red star hotel.
Six star hotels
Some members of the hospitality industry have claimed a self-given six star rating for their operation. Two examples are the Crown Macau, on Taipa Island in the Chinese territory of Macau and the St. Regis Shanghai Hotel in China. Other examples include the Al Husn Hotel at Shangrila's Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa Hotel in Oman. The Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast in Australia is described by Australian Traveller magazine as meriting "six star" rating though level of rating is not used in Australia. The under development hotel Mansions of the World in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires has also been announced as a six star hotel project.. Seoul Park Hyatt in South Korea is also a six star hotel. The hotel Capella Singapore on Sentosa Island also claims that title.
Seven star hotels
There are only three hotels in the world that are seven star hotels. These ratings are merely to create a marketing hype as the highest rating in Dubai, for instance, is five stars.
Grammar: повторення.
Ex. 1. Translate the following sentences using the verbs in Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.
1. На кого ти чекаєш? — Я чекаю на свою подругу. Я стою тут вже п'ятнадцять хвилин, але вона ще не прийшла. 2. Міжнародний семінар щойно завершився. Він тривав майже тиждень. 3. Сьогодні дуже холодно. Небо вкрито хмарами, іде сніг. З ранку дме лютий вітер. 4. Вона вже пошила собі нову сукню? — Ні. Вона все ще шиє її. Вона шиє її вже кілька тижнів, але сукня ще не готова. 5. Ти вже півгодини переписуєш цю вправу. Перестань писати і відпочинь трохи. 6. Я тільки зараз зрозумів, що його немає вдома. Де він? — Він на роботі. Він працює уже чотири години. 7. Вже сорок хвилин ми доводимо тобі, що ти неправий, але ти все ще не зважаєш на наші доводи. 8. Де лікар? — Він оглядає пацієнта в своєму кабінеті. Він там уже п'ять хвилин. 9. Чому ти така схвильована? — Цілий день я намагаюсь додзвонитись до своїх батьків, але ніхто не відповідає. Де вони можуть бути? 10. Вони дуже виснажені. Чому? — Весь день вони важко працювали, а тепер вони хочуть відпочити. 11. Де ваш собака? Він розірвав мою книжку! 12. Вони завжди були відданими друзями. Вони знали один одного з дитинства. 13. Чому ти так розчарована? — Мені не подобається сукня, яку я сьогодні купила. Я вже тричі приміряла її. 14. Де Пітер? — Він пішов кататися на ковзанах. — Скільки він катається? — Він тільки що пішов на ковзанку. 15. Ти можеш наздогнати його, якщо поквапишся. Бабуся всюди шукає свої окуляри. Куди вона їх поклала?
Робота над текстом за профілем спрямування:
HAPINESS IS THIS SHAPE…
There is a large number of intriguing conclusions contained in the study of happiness — what causes it and what doesn't —which has just been concluded by two psychologists.
They have analysed the replies of as many as 52,0Q0 people. The people who replied to their questionnaire were younger, better educated and more affluent than average, so their replies may not be absolutely typical to everyone. They varied in age from 15 to 95 and their answers were so diverse that the two interviewers, believe that they have enough material to see what is related to happiness, and what isn't.
The general level of happiness of people proved the thorniest problem to assess. Some of the people answered that they had been happy once. At the same time many were constantly thinking about happiness, weekly or daily. Can anyone really be happy when they are thinking about it so often?
The scientists were interested in 16 aspects of people's lives and how important each was in contributing to general happiness. For single people being happy depends on having congenial friends a satisfying work and love life and also some sort of recognition by others for what they are doing. For married couples the important things seem to be somewhat different. The wife gets her happiness chiefly from her family life. The husband is more concerned with personal growth and development.
The psychologists also asked a number оf questions about people's childhoods to see if there was anything in that which was associated with being happy. The major surprise was that few childhood experiences predicted with any certainty whether someone would be happy as an adult.
And many people who came through bad early and teenage years are perfectly happy as adults.
Happiness, conclude the psychologists, is more a matter of how you regard your circumstances than of what the circumstances are.