Meetings on travel topics
Market Leader Elementary Unit 4
business meetings/ travel collocations
Roleplay the whole of a short meeting on the topic given in roleplay number 1 below, from meeting each other to saying goodbye. You can use the vocabulary on the right-hand side if you need to and your teacher has left it so that you can see it (not folded or cut off).
Do the same for some of the other meetings below, either choosing ones you want to practise or choosing numbers at random, as your teacher tells you.
| Topic of the meeting | Possibly useful vocabulary |
| 1 You want to cut the cost of staff business trips. | twin room , economy class, budget airline, online booking, night bus |
| 2 You want to cut staff commuting times. | city centre, shuttle bus |
| 3 You have to pay for staff commuting fees and so want to cut the cost. | car sharing, season ticket |
| 4 Staff complain about how much time they spend on business trips. | airport meeting room, teleconferencing, video conferencing, direct flight |
| 5 You are the management of a hotel. You want to cut costs. | doorman/ concierge, bellboy/ porter, receptionist, minibar, credit card, cleaner/ chambermaid |
| 6 Staff complain about one particular destination for business trips. | |
| 7 Staff complain that some people often have trips to the most desirable locations. | |
| 8 You are the management of a hotel. You want to move the hotel upmarket (e.g. changing from four stars to five stars). | doorman, bellboy/ porter, receptionist, minibar, pool, late checkout |
| 9 You are the management of a hotel. You want to increase the income per guest. | wifi, minibar, late checkout, cancellation, pool, credit card, refund |
| 10 Staff find it difficult to access email while they are travelling. | wifi |
| 11 You are bosses of a station management company. You want to boost income. | sales on platforms, vending machine |
| 12 You are directors of a rail company. You want to increase passenger numbers. | discount, return ticket, travel card |
| 13 You are the top management of an airport. You want to increase profits. | duty free shopping, business lounge, airport hotel, landing fees |
| 14 You are the management of an airline. You want to increase profits. | online check in, in-flight meal/ entertainment, charge for (hand) luggage, reusable boarding pass |
| 15 You are responsible for the running of an airline. You are having problems with “oversized” passengers. | leg room, fasten seatbelts, first class, business class, premium economy class |
| 16 You run an airport. You want to increase the (maximum) number of passengers. | security, passport control, customs, self- service, check in, final call, baggage reclaim, delay, runway, terminal building |
| 17 You are the board of taxi company. You want to make them more used by tourists. | credit card |
| 18 You are in charge of a fleet of taxis. You want to make them more up to date. | hybrid, credit card, receipt |
When your teacher stops you, ask about any you don’t understand or don’t have any ideas about, discussing ideas together each time.
Travel vocabulary collocations
Optional: Without looking on the right-hand side for now, brainstorm endings/ continuations of the expressions on the left, all of them connected to travel.
twin airline
economy sharing
budget room
online booking
night bus
city bus
shuttle centre
car class
season flight
video checkout
direct ticket
door boy
bell man
mini bar
late conferencing
return ticket
duty free
business reclaim
check pass
in-flight entertainment
hand luggage
boarding in
leg call
fasten control
passport seatbelts
final room
baggage lounge
terminal building
Match up words from the left and right above to make vocabulary related to travel. They are divided into three sections.
Look at the roleplays worksheet above to help and to start checking your answers.
Check as a class.
Brainstorm phrases for starting and ending meetings.
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