Accommodation and Catering

A wide variety of accommodation is available to the modern tourist. They vary from the guest or tourism home with one or two rooms to grand luxury hotel with hundreds of rooms.

Before the age of railroads, travelers stayed at inns-often in rural areas, or in small hotels –most of them family-owned -in towns and cities.

A pension, which is pronounced in French, is another type of accommodation for travelers, especially in Europe. It usually offers bed and breakfast at low prices.

Many people travel to Europe because of its rich historical and cultural heritage. As a result, many old homes and castles have been converted into small hotels.

Large, modern hotels contain not only guest rooms, but: restaurants and cocktail lounges, shops, swimming pools, health clubs, auditoriums, meeting rooms and exhibit areas.

Many hotels in resort areas have casinos, places for gambling. They feed, house and entertain the guests.

Another type of accommodation is motel. It is for people and their cars.

Caravanning and camping is another type of accommodation in modern tourism, thanks to the automobile. A caravan or van is a type of vehicle with sleeping place. In camping, the traveller carries a tent.

Also people use their boats for accommodation while they are travelling in them.

Catering, providing food and drink for guests, has always gone together with accommodations.

Food may be one of the reasons why people travel. Each country offers its national cuisine.

As for me the most convenient type of accommodation is hotel in resort. It is very comfortable and interesting.

The educational report about the business trip

An educational report is designed to help you become more familiar with a new country, destination or resort. This forms an important part of our customer service. There are 3 stages to the educational trip. Before you go you should complete the questionnaire using the Tour Operators brochure. During your stay you should complete the Educational Booklet, which contains questions about the resort itself. After the trip, you should discuss your trip with your manager.

Career in tourism (jobs in tourism industry)

There are a lot of jobs in tourism. For young and old people, male and female, school leavers and university graduates. There are jobs in tourism, such as tour operator, travel agent, tourism manager, tour guide, social director, travel writer, receptionist, reservation clerk and others.

The tour operator works in a tourist company. He develops tours also known as tour packages. Tour packages include transportation, accommodation, catering, transfers and other services. The tour operator sells tour packages to travel agents and pays commission to them.

The travel agent works in a travel company. He sells tour operator's packages to customers and gets a commission from him. The commission is usually from 5 to 10 percent of the tour cost.

The tourism manager works in a tourism company. He supervises all kinds of tourist operations, chooses tours for clients and reports to the general manager.

The guide is a person who shows to tourists sightseeing.

Another distinctive job in tourism is the social director or anima­tor. Many resort hotels and cruise ships employ a person who is in charge of the activities to entertain and amuse the customers.

Traver writers are the people, who write about the travel. There are a few travel writers in tourism.

Reseptionist is the person who employed to receive guests, tourists at a hotel.

Reservation clerk is a person who gives information and advice to tourists,takes telephone and mail bookings, writes letters of confirmation, describes hotel facilities.

I would like to say that anyone who has chosen a career in tourism should enjoy working with people.