Hello, my name is Laurence, and I am 18 years old. I am studying tourism at Montmorency College. This program is one of the easiest courses. I have compared to those of my friends in different programs than me.
The terms and definitions, I found on the site https://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/t-glossary.html and my course notes.
air sea
noun
A cruise/travel program which includes both airs/sea arrangements. Often combined with local hotel arrangements for pre/post stays.
Example: Sea air includes lots of activities and meals on your trip on a boat.
en: air mer
american plan
noun
Type of rate that includes the price of the hotel room, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. AP is the common abbreviation. See also rooms rates.
Example: The American diet is known to be fatty food and some fruit.
en: régime américain
attraction
noun
A place, event, building or area which tourists want to visit.
Example: The La Ronde park in Montreal is a place attraction.
en: Attraction
business travel
noun
Travel for a purpose and to a destination determined by a business, and where all costs are met by that business.Travel for a purpose and to a destination determined by a business, and where all costs are met by that business.
Example: There are people who go on business trips to give conferences and/or congresses in other countries.
en: Voyage d'affaires
city guide
noun
A person who has a specialty of guiding in the city only.
Example: A city guide must know the city in question well, to share information with customers.
en: guide de ville
concierge
noun
A hotel employee who handles restaurants and tour reservations, travel arrangements, and other details for hotel guests.
Example: A concierge is a person who works in a hotel, his jobs is to refer activities, attractions and restaurant to the people.
en: concierge
continental breakfast
noun
At a minimum, a beverage (coffee, tea or milk) and rolls or toast. Fruit juice is often added.
Example: This continental breakfast is typical for lunches, which we find in France.
en: déjeuner continental
eco-tourism
noun
A combination of tourism and the environment (planning before development; sustainability of resources; economic viability of a tourism product; no negative impact on either the environment or local communities; responsibility for the environment from developers, the tourism industry and tourists; environmentally-friendly practices by all parties concerned and economic benefits flowing to local communities).
Example: Make an optimum use of the resources of the environment which constitute a key element in the development of tourism, preserving essential ecological processes and helping to safeguard natural resources and biodiversity.
en: écotourisme
flight attendant
noun
A steward or stewardess on an aircraft.
Example: A flight attendant is a person, who works the inside of the airplane, who will help passengers or give them some food and beverages.
en: agent de bord
mass tourism
noun
Mass tourism occurs when large numbers of people visit the same place at any one time. Mass tourism is often the most popular form of tourism as it is usually the cheapest way to go on holiday by booking a package deal using the internet or through a travel agent.
Example: The mass tourism in Italy in the summer at Rome is huge.
en: tourisme de masse
occupancy
noun
The percentage of available rooms occupied for a given period. It is computed by dividing the number of rooms occupied for a period by the number of rooms available for the same period.
Example: The occupancy in this hotel in the summer is 300 rooms.
en: occupation
pax
noun
Industry abbreviation for passengers.
Example: There is right now in this airplane about 100 pax.
en: passagers/passagères
rack rate
noun
The official or advertised price of a hotel room, on which a discount is usually negotiable.
Example: He keys to a couple of rooms and told me to offer rack rate.
en: tarif affiché
room rates
noun
Day rate: usually one-half the regular rate for a room during the day up to 5 pm; flat rate: a specific room rate for a group agreed upon by the hotel/group in advance; group rate: rate based on an agreed upon minimum number of rooms used, also called flat rate; net group rate: a wholesale rate for group business (usually a minimum of 10 and 15 people) to which an operator may add a markup if desired; net wholesale rate: a rate usually lower than the group rate, applicable to groups or individuals when a hotel is specifically mentioned in a tour folder; published rate: a full rate available to or advertised to the public, The rate can change, depending upon the season. Also known as rack rate.
Example: The room rate is all in each hotel sites.
en: prix des chambres
rooming list
noun
A roster of guests and their lodging needs to be presented to a hotel by a group prior to a meeting.
