1. Give Russian/English equivalents to the following words and word combinations

1. IATM = INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOUR MANAGERS

2. facilities средства, возможности, благоприятные условия для осу­ществления какой-л. деятельности

3. коллективный тур (включающий проживание и транспорт) package tour

4. old elderly

5. tough customer

TEXT 5

British businessmen spend an estimated 20 bn — the equivalent of 5 per cent of gross national product — each year on travel and entertainment. -Travel and entertainment costs outstrip the national bill for corporation tax and rates. Keeping travel costs under control is a never-ending struggle for many corporations. Companies want to be able to keep management control over expenses as tight as possible, monitor and understand expenditure patterns and identify opportunities for cost savings. Finding ways to make more accurate budget forecasts is a prime objective.

Twenty years ago, the travelling business executive was hardly given a second thought by the airlines — having to put up with cramped seats, screaming children and poor food. Now business travellers are the most wooed market, courted by airlines not only because demand by executives for airline seats remains steady but also because they tend to pay close to the full fare. British Airways spent 25 m up-grading its business class services.

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TASK 6

1. Give Russian/English equivalents to the following words and word combinations

1. A hotel rep will meet you at the airport when you arrive. What’s your ETA? estimated time of arrival

2. a tailored holiday туристическая поездка, спланированная по индивидуальному заказу

3. sex roles gender roles

4. dog tired

TEXT 6

Travelling on business has been one of the growth sectors of the travel industry in the past decade. Yet a decade ago many business travellers were still being forced to share aircraft cabins with squalling children and laid-back tourists.

Now the trend is to pamper the executive not only with his or her own compartment away from tourists but to give business travellers greater control over their environment — eating when they want to, for example — as well as acknowledging the demands of work.

Being able to make international telephone calls from the cabin of a Jumbo jet at 30,000 feet, for example, will increasingly be seen as an essential part of international business travel. Yet the business travel industry is not simply about those executives who jet-set to New York and back in a day on Concorde. The bulk of business travel is carried out on a more mundane level: virtually all employees at a managerial or executive level within companies travel at some time on company business.

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TASK 7

1. Give Russian/English equivalents to the following words and word combinations

1. Most travel agencies have a CRS to assist them in booking flights, hotel rooms, holidays, etc. for their customers. computer reservation system

2. self-catering отдых с питанием за свой счет

3. бюрократические процедуры red tape

4. pet companion animal

5. natives

TEXT 7

Improved travel management is one of the areas of most corporate interest as the benefits of controlling business travel costs become more apparent. American Express points out that business travel costs are part of a cycle of activity: this starts with planning travel, physical arrangements of the trip and the travel itself; payment; reviewing the cost; and reconciliation of the costs.

Thomas Cook's corporate travel division suggests companies should continue to focus on expense containment. The introduction of computer reservation systems to book airline seats means that they offer the best travel arrangements for individual travellers without favouring one airline over another. The new computer systems offer a real prospect of improving further the efficiency of business travel booking and the service they provide truly meets the customers' needs.

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TASK 8