Home Away from Home
One of the most important pasts of travelling is accommodation and catering. A
tourist’s holiday will be absolutely ruined if the places they stay and the food they eat do
not meet their expectations.
Accommodation can be described as either serviced accommodation or self-catering
accommodation depending on whether meals and housekeeping included. Serviced
accommodation is housekeeping plus either half board or full board. Half board means
breakfast plus one main meal (lunch or dinner) whereas full board means breakfast plus two
main meals.
Some luxurious hotels try to provide extra services to make clients feel at home as
much as possible. For instance, staff can arrange special amenities, business support and
personalized menus. Rooms can be equipped with a work desk, computer hook-up and fax
machine. A mobile phone can be made available. Rooms can also be outfitted with a video
player and kitchen items, including toaster, refrigerator, coffee maker, dishes and utensils.
Guests can consult with the chef to create individual menus, and to ensure an in-room
supply of staples such as coffee, milk, juice, bread and cereals. Apart from the strong
competition to provide good services to customers, some hotels have an environmental
policy to reduce energy consumption and pollution. This can not only help reduce costs, but
also attracts more tourists who care about the environment.
In Thailand, there is a wide variety of accommodation ranging from luxurious hotels
with international standards of service to guest houses that provide basic facilities. Because
of this, tourists need an easy way of knowing the standard of facilities they can expect. An
accommodation guide with grading symbols is provided by the Thai Hotel Association (THA)
for different classes of hotels in Bangkok. As for those in other provinces, accommodation
guides have been organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Tourists can obtain
the information at any TAT office or a Tourist Information Centre.
Some tourists want to be more independent and stay in self-catering accommodation
like an apartment. In this case, they have to do their own housekeeping and cooking or go
out to eat in local restaurants. This type of accommodation is less expensive compared to
serviced accommodation. So, tourists tend to work a little harder but have more
opportunities to mix with the local people.
Home Away from Home One of the most important pasts of travelling is accommodation and catering. Atourist’s holiday will be absolutely ruined if the places they stay and the food they eat donot meet their expectations. Accommodation can be described as either serviced accommodation or self-cateringaccommodation depending on whether meals and housekeeping included. Servicedaccommodation is housekeeping plus either half board or full board. Half board meansbreakfast plus one main meal (lunch or dinner) whereas full board means breakfast plus twomain meals. Some luxurious hotels try to provide extra services to make clients feel at home asmuch as possible. For instance, staff can arrange special amenities, business support andpersonalized menus. Rooms can be equipped with a work desk, computer hook-up and faxmachine. A mobile phone can be made available. Rooms can also be outfitted with a videoplayer and kitchen items, including toaster, refrigerator, coffee maker, dishes and utensils.Guests can consult with the chef to create individual menus, and to ensure an in-roomsupply of staples such as coffee, milk, juice, bread and cereals. Apart from the strongcompetition to provide good services to customers, some hotels have an environmentalpolicy to reduce energy consumption and pollution. This can not only help reduce costs, butalso attracts more tourists who care about the environment. In Thailand, there is a wide variety of accommodation ranging from luxurious hotelswith international standards of service to guest houses that provide basic facilities. Becauseof this, tourists need an easy way of knowing the standard of facilities they can expect. Anaccommodation guide with grading symbols is provided by the Thai Hotel Association (THA)for different classes of hotels in Bangkok. As for those in other provinces, accommodationguides have been organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Tourists can obtainthe information at any TAT office or a Tourist Information Centre. Some tourists want to be more independent and stay in self-catering accommodationlike an apartment. In this case, they have to do their own housekeeping and cooking or goout to eat in local restaurants. This type of accommodation is less expensive compared toserviced accommodation. So, tourists tend to work a little harder but have moreopportunities to mix with the local people.
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