2. Translate the sentences.

1. People have become more and more concerned about health and they tend to eat healthier food like gluten-free food and organic food.

2. E-booking is Internet Booking Engine (IBE) and Central Reservation System (CRS) designed for direct on-line booking and payment, intended for accommodation objects of all types and sizes.

3. Wellness is generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being.

4. Wellness tourism represents US$439 billion market or 14% of world tourism expenditures.

5. Sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting a place as a tourist and trying to make only a positive impact on the environment, society and economy.

6. There are many low-budget options that would allow you to get to your dream destination. 

7. A budget hotel is the lowest category of hotel that provides the rooms and meals at cheap cost.

8. A budget airline, also called a low-cost carrier, is a flight carrier that seeks to provide flight service at low cost, sometimes undercutting traditional airlines by more than 50%.

9. Self Service Concierge is a touch smart screen kiosk located in the lobbies of hotels, which can help a guest find out information (restaurants, activities, flights) without the hassle of carrying a laptop or waiting for someone to assist them.

10. Touch-screen in-room consoles are panels that are located in hotel bathrooms, allowing guests to set the lighting, curtains and control music to indulge in an ultimate relaxation experience.

11. Infrared scanners are used to minimize disruptions relating to housekeeping (which is a common complaint from customers).

12. Social media has made a huge impact on the tourism industry.

13. Consumers engage with social networking sites to research trips, make informed decisions about their travels and share their personal experiences of a particular hotel, restaurant or airline.

14. Sharing your skills or providing goods or services for a fee is called the sharing economy.

15. A sharing economy is an economic model based on sharing underutilized assets from spaces to skills for monetary and non-monetary benefits.

16. In hospitality industry the major players of the sharing economy are AirBnB and Couchsurfing. They are providing users spaces ranging from a simple couch to a castle in England. It is cheaper than staying at hotels.

17. Uber and Lyft is a convenient, inexpensive and safe taxi service.

18. Virtual currency uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks.

19. Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically.

20. Near-field communication (NFC) technology is the next-generation short-range high frequency wireless communication technology that gives users the ability to exchange data between devices.

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3. Read the text and answer the questions.

10 Modern Trends in Hospitality Industry

1. Providing healthy food

People have become more and more concerned about health and they tend to eat healthier food like gluten-free food and organic food. That’s why travelers expect hotels to cater to their special needs.

2. E-booking

E-booking is Internet Booking Engine (IBE) and Central Reservation System (CRS) designed for direct on-line booking and payment, intended for accommodation objects of all types and sizes. By implementing E-booking you can also increase your guests’ satisfaction by providing them fast, simple and direct reservation.

E-booking is not only system for real-time reservations but also a distribution tool. System is connected with all of 4 world leading GDS (Amadeus, Galileo, Sabre, Worldspan) and in that way the hotel is distributed to date bases approached by 500 000 travel agents in the world. Even more, at no additional cost you are distributed to IDS/ADS (Internet and Alternative distribution systems) assembling more than 1200 web sites.