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6. Match the synonyms:

1) clientele a) scenery

2) landscape b) customer

3) informal c) familiar

4) well-known d) unofficial

5) visitor e) holiday

6) leisure f) like

7) vacation g) free time

8) enjoy h) guest

7. Match the antonyms:

1) guest

2) place

3) poor

4) work

5) enjoy

6) young

7) take

8) appealing

9) famous

10) increase

11) general

a) give

b) unknown

c) dislike

d) repulsive

e) decrease

f) specific

g) host

h) leisure

i) old

j) location

k) rich

Comprehension

8. Answer the questions on the text:

1. When did resort hotels come of age?

2. How did the advent of rail travel contribute to resort hotels?

3. What regions are meant by the sunshine belfi

4. What made even the remote resorts more accessible?

5. What major sporting activities do some resorts focus on?

6. Why did some of the resorts suffer as the years passed?

7. What did the traditional family month-long resort vacation give way to?

8. Why did the resort hotels become more astute in marketing to different types of guests?

9. Why don't some resorts allow children in the high season?

10. Why do some resort hotels go out of their way to encourage families?

11. What program have Hyatt hotels organized?

12. Why have Hyatt hotels organized a program consisting of a variety of activities for children?

13. Why do many resort hotels attract conventions, conferences, and meetings?

  1. Use proper words and phrases in the box below to complete these sentences:

1. Some resorts do not allow_____________ in the high season because their noise would interfere with adult guests.

2. Various resort hotels________ conventions, conferences, and meetings

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3. City dwellers and others like_________ to remote exotic and picturesque locations.

4. In the 1800s, ____ used to travel to luxury resorts by rail.

5. Improvements in _____ made even remote exotic locations more accessible for the population.

6. Young travelers prefer __________provided by the newer resorts.

7. Attracting conventions and conferences enables hotels to increase________________.

the clientele; traveling; air and automobile travel; occupancy; the more informal atmosphere; started attracting; children

10. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones.

1. Resort hotels going out of their way to encourage families in the high season allow no children.

2. Air travel has made remote resorts less accessible.

3. To increase occupancy many resort hotels attract conventions and meetings.

4. Shorter and more frequent getaways of four to seven days gave way to the traditional family month-long resort vacation.

5. Improvements in air travel made Europe, the Caribbean, and Mexico more accessible for American tourists.

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