I. Answer the following questions. 2. What is a typical convention held to?

1. What is a convention?

2. What is a typical convention held to?

3. How long does а typical convention last? What activities does it include?

4. What facilities are required for а convention?

5. What are the usual attendance figures for conventions? What sometimes

happens when attendance is higher than predicted?

6. Who is usually included in the attendance figures? Who is not taken into

account?

7. Where were most conventions held in recent past times?

8. How has the growth of the airline industry changed the convention business?

9. Why is the convention business profitable for the hotel industry?

10.What are the major reasons for the shift of conventions from large cities to

resort areas?

11.Name some of the hotel employees who specialize in convention activities?

12.What are some of the special inducements that may be offered to attract

convention business?

13.Who on the hotel staff is responsible for the arrangements for а convention once

it has been booked into the hotel?

14.Why and how must convention arrangements be coordinated with the other

departments of the hotel?

15.What is a banquet?

16.What groups may sponsor banquets?

17.Who usually carries out the arrangements for preparing the banquet?

18.Can any hotel handle banquets?

II. Choose the variant that best completes the statement or answers the

Question.

1. A figure of attendance at conventions usually includes people who …

a) actually register for the

convention

b) have pre-booked the

accommodation in the hotel

c) have made an inquiry about

the convention agenda

d) have shown interest in the

problems under discussion

2. A convention guarantees a … for the hotel over a several-day period.

a) enlargement of employees

b) growth of staff’s salaries

c) good occupancy rate

d) managers’ headache

3. For most people a convention is a chance …

a) to escape from their families

b) to have some extra days to

their vocations

c) to hide from tax inspectors

d) to get away from the usual

daily routine

4. A hotel which is a handler of convention has some specialists on the staff, the most important of whom are the …

a) concierges

b) receptionists

c) porters

d) salesmen

5. Conventions follow a general pattern, but they always create … for the hotel.

a) entertaining atmosphere

b) special problems

c) difficulties in the field of

management

d) legal risks

III. Tell the group about the plot of the text (5-7 sentences).