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Hotels

Facilities that are established for the purpose of temporary housing for guests.

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Hotels

Person trip visit

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

Every time a person travels more than 100 miles (round-trip) in a day or stays overnight away from their primary domicile, whether for business or leisure purposes, they make one "person trip visit. ...

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Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

The largest international travel marketplace held in the United States, sponsored by the Travel Industry Association of America.

Travel trade

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

The collective term for tour operators, wholesalers and travel agents.

Two star hotel

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

Budget hotels; slightly more expensive; usually has maid service daily.

Turndown service

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

It is a performance provided in the luxury hotels and it consists in preparing the rooms for the next night. Concretely, it is the bed opening, the presence of a chocolate on the pillow and softened ...

Wholesaler

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

Develop and markets inclusive tours and individual travel programmes to the consumer through travel agents. Wholesalers do not sell directly to the public.

Walked guests

Tourism & hospitality; Hotels

When a hotel is overbooked and a guest room is not available for a confirmed guest, the hotel has "walk the guest" to a nearby hotel. This usually includes paying for transportation to the hotel and ...

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