| accommodate |
If a hotel room accommodates four people, it has room for four people. Four people can use the space comfortably. If an elevator can accommodate twelve people, it means that it can hold twelve people. [1/3 definitions] |
| allow |
When animals or people are allowed to be in a place, it is OK for them to be there. If pets are allowed at a hotel, it means that you can bring your pet into the hotel. [1/3 definitions] |
| banquet |
A banquet is a fancy, formal dinner. Usually, there is a lot of food and many guests. A banquet is often held in a hotel or large room in a restaurant. |
| camp1 |
When you camp, you sleep at night in an outdoor place, often in a tent. When people travel or take a vacation, they sometimes camp instead of staying in a hotel. People often camp in places like woods, forests, and other natural places. [1/3 definitions] |
| charge |
If a hotel charges guests two dollars for shampoo, it means that guests have to pay two dollars if they want to use the hotel's shampoo. If a plumber charges a customer a hundred dollars to fix a leaking pipe, it means the plumber requires the customer to pay that much for the work. [1/9 definitions] |
| check in |
When you check in, you tell someone in an official way that you have arrived or that you are ready for something. When you arrive at a hotel, you have to check in. Before you fly somewhere, you have to check in. |
| check out |
When people check out of a hotel, they say in an official way that they are finished with their hotel room, and then they pay their bill. [1/4 definitions] |
| chef |
a cook in charge of a hotel or restaurant kitchen. |
| cruise |
When people cruise, they go on a ship just for pleasure, usually for several days or more. They sometimes stop at different places just to look around as tourists, but they go back to the ship to sleep. Some people cruise on a private ship, which might be small, but other people cruise with many other people on a large ship that is something like a hotel on the water and offers many kinds of activities for having fun. [1/4 definitions] |
| desk |
Sometimes a desk is a counter where you can get some kind of help or service. In a hotel, the front desk is where you get the key to your room. [1/2 definitions] |
| dining room |
a room in a home or hotel where meals are eaten. |
| ensure |
If a hotel ensures that their guests are happy, they make certain that their guests will be happy by doing necessary things. If a person or thing ensures something, they make it certain to happen. |
| front desk |
A front desk is a large counter in the lobby of a hotel. Guests sign in at the front desk, get keys to rooms, and also pay there when they are ready to leave. People at the front desk also help guests with things they need while they stay at the hotel. |
| guest |
a customer at a hotel or restaurant. [1/2 definitions] |
| hotel |
A hotel is a place where people sometimes stay and sleep when they are traveling or visiting a place. A hotel has many rooms, and people pay money to stay in them. A hotel often has a restaurant where people can eat too. |
| inn |
a small hotel for people who are travelling. |
| lobby |
a hall or open room inside the entrance of a hotel, theater, or other large building. It is often used as a waiting room. [1/3 definitions] |
| motel |
a hotel with parking spaces near the bedrooms for those who travel by car. |
| parlor |
a room in a house, hotel, restaurant, or the like for conversation or for entertaining guests. [1/2 definitions] |
| porter1 |
a person whose job is to carry baggage at a train station, airport, or hotel. [1/2 definitions] |
| reception |
a British word for the place where you report your arrival and are greeted at a hotel or office. A "reception" is usually called a "reception desk" in the US. [1/6 definitions] |