TRAVEL AGENT PROFICIENCY COMPREHENSIVE
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Management Contracts - ✔✔represent another approach to ownership and
management. Hotel companies manage hotels under contract with the owners
✔✔Best Western International is an example of yet another arrangement - ✔✔A
membership organization
✔✔Hotel Representative Forms - ✔✔accept reservations and provide marketing and
sales help
✔✔Commercial Hotels - ✔✔are generally located in a city. They are most used by
business travelers, particularly during the week, and by leisure travelers more often on
weekends, both individually and as part of package tours
✔✔Convention Hotels - ✔✔Cater to business travelers and groups that do not need to
leave the property to conduct their business
✔✔Airport Hotels - ✔✔Are convenient for travelers departing on early-morning flights
and for those not needing to go downtown
✔✔All-Suites - ✔✔offer rooms that have separate sleeping and living areas. The typical
all-suite unit provides a living room, sleeping area, and kitchenette. Some all-suites are
termed extended-stay hotels.
✔✔Bed & Breakfasts - ✔✔appeal to travelers looking for lodging with a unique
character and a taste of the local life
✔✔Inn - ✔✔are generally somewhat larger than B&Bs, offer a dining room and function
more like hotels
, ✔✔Hotels - ✔✔are usually dorm-like accommodations and used to be called youth
hostels, with rather rigid rules, hours, and the like. Today, they are usually open to those
of all ages in most of the world
✔✔Motels - ✔✔cater to motorists. The classic motel is a building with just one or two
stories, ample parking (usually at the guestroom door) and very limited food service, if
any
✔✔Resorts - ✔✔provide a vacation in themselves. These are not places just to spend
the night. They are meant to attract guests for a lengthy stay
✔✔All-Inclusive - ✔✔are resorts that charge one basic rate for just about everything.
Meals, entertainment, sports, educational classes, and the room are usually included in
the price
✔✔Spa - ✔✔are a special type of resort that emphasizes health, diet, and fitness
✔✔Pension - ✔✔are usually small, family-run lodgings in Europe that may be operated
much like a hotel or B&B
✔✔minshukus - ✔✔Lodging in Japan that follow Japanese Tradition
✔✔Châteaux, castles, and villas - ✔✔very upscale inns
✔✔Ryokan - ✔✔are found in Japan and are local upscale inns that retain many
Japanese traditions, such as sleeping on futons on the floor on tatami mats, wearing
yukatas (cotton sleeping kimonos), and featuring Japanese cuisine
✔✔Tented camps and tree lodges - ✔✔are for travelers on safari. They consist of
structures built on stilts, usually above an animal watering hole, and can be found in
eastern Africa
✔✔rondavels - ✔✔Located in Southern Africa, circular lodgings that may provide
inexpensive accommodations.
✔✔Boatels - ✔✔are motels for those who may arrive by private boat, rather than by car,
obviously located on rivers, inland waterways, and so on. The lodging itself may be on
boats as well
✔✔Casinos - ✔✔are often operated in conjunction with hotels or major resorts, such as
in Las Vegas and other areas where gambling may be legalized
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Management Contracts - ✔✔represent another approach to ownership and
management. Hotel companies manage hotels under contract with the owners
✔✔Best Western International is an example of yet another arrangement - ✔✔A
membership organization
✔✔Hotel Representative Forms - ✔✔accept reservations and provide marketing and
sales help
✔✔Commercial Hotels - ✔✔are generally located in a city. They are most used by
business travelers, particularly during the week, and by leisure travelers more often on
weekends, both individually and as part of package tours
✔✔Convention Hotels - ✔✔Cater to business travelers and groups that do not need to
leave the property to conduct their business
✔✔Airport Hotels - ✔✔Are convenient for travelers departing on early-morning flights
and for those not needing to go downtown
✔✔All-Suites - ✔✔offer rooms that have separate sleeping and living areas. The typical
all-suite unit provides a living room, sleeping area, and kitchenette. Some all-suites are
termed extended-stay hotels.
✔✔Bed & Breakfasts - ✔✔appeal to travelers looking for lodging with a unique
character and a taste of the local life
✔✔Inn - ✔✔are generally somewhat larger than B&Bs, offer a dining room and function
more like hotels
, ✔✔Hotels - ✔✔are usually dorm-like accommodations and used to be called youth
hostels, with rather rigid rules, hours, and the like. Today, they are usually open to those
of all ages in most of the world
✔✔Motels - ✔✔cater to motorists. The classic motel is a building with just one or two
stories, ample parking (usually at the guestroom door) and very limited food service, if
any
✔✔Resorts - ✔✔provide a vacation in themselves. These are not places just to spend
the night. They are meant to attract guests for a lengthy stay
✔✔All-Inclusive - ✔✔are resorts that charge one basic rate for just about everything.
Meals, entertainment, sports, educational classes, and the room are usually included in
the price
✔✔Spa - ✔✔are a special type of resort that emphasizes health, diet, and fitness
✔✔Pension - ✔✔are usually small, family-run lodgings in Europe that may be operated
much like a hotel or B&B
✔✔minshukus - ✔✔Lodging in Japan that follow Japanese Tradition
✔✔Châteaux, castles, and villas - ✔✔very upscale inns
✔✔Ryokan - ✔✔are found in Japan and are local upscale inns that retain many
Japanese traditions, such as sleeping on futons on the floor on tatami mats, wearing
yukatas (cotton sleeping kimonos), and featuring Japanese cuisine
✔✔Tented camps and tree lodges - ✔✔are for travelers on safari. They consist of
structures built on stilts, usually above an animal watering hole, and can be found in
eastern Africa
✔✔rondavels - ✔✔Located in Southern Africa, circular lodgings that may provide
inexpensive accommodations.
✔✔Boatels - ✔✔are motels for those who may arrive by private boat, rather than by car,
obviously located on rivers, inland waterways, and so on. The lodging itself may be on
boats as well
✔✔Casinos - ✔✔are often operated in conjunction with hotels or major resorts, such as
in Las Vegas and other areas where gambling may be legalized
