EIA Lesson 5 Hotel makeover What do you think attracts tourists to a hotel? 4. ©)))|{f LISTENING ||) Conversation () Identifies, orders and interprets explicit and implicit information in a text in context. * Listening for specific information. A. ®))) Listen to the conversation and circle the correct option. Give reasons for your choice. 1. The conversation is about: 2) plans for a new restaurant. b) discussing a business strategy. ©) attracting more national visitors. B. ©) Check (/) the points mentioned in the conversation. 1. Increase the annual revenue ofthe hotel 7. attract more vistors o 2. Increase the price of hate! rooms: [)—@. Hire anew hotel menage: 5. Increase the amount a istor spends in thehotel. [] 9. Get anew public relations Spence. 4. Improve the economic ciate, [] 10. Update the hotel biog oO 5, Initiate training programs for the staff []_ 11 Starta telephone campaion Oo ae, 6. Improve the hotel dining facilities. oO 12. Design a new web page 2. LANGUAGE FOCUS Connectors of addition, contrast, and sequencing A. Look at these sentences and the underlined words. Do the connectors indicate A (an Addition), € (= Contrast), ‘or S (a Sequence)? Write the correct letter. First of all, we need to increase what the average visitor spends, In.addition to this, you need to upgrade the hotel restaurant, However, this is not going to be easy. ‘The first thing to do Is to implement training programs. But despite this problem, that must be our goal. Tobegin with, you should hire a new public relations team, What's more, you should hire a new website editor. Before you do that, you need to consult your new PR agency. o0000000 2 In small groups, look at the underlined phrases above and decide how you express them in your langua ©. Circle the most logical option. We don’t have much money to invest. First of all, / However, we need to make improvements, ‘We need to buy new linen for the bedrooms. Despite / Moreover, we need to buy new drapes. 3. We need a new chef to improve our restaurant. What is more, / Despite we need a new menu. “My