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Meeting room

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˈmiːtɪŋ ruːm/nounCore term

In tourism & hospitality, meeting room means: A room in a hotel that companies or groups can rent for meetings, training sessions or presentations, usually with equipment such as a projector.

In Turkish: toplantı salonu, toplantı odası

How it is used

Hotels rent meeting rooms by the hour, half day or full day, often as a day delegate package with coffee breaks and lunch. Rooms can be set up in different styles: theatre, classroom, U-shape or boardroom. Large rooms that can be divided are called function rooms or ballrooms.

Example sentences

  1. We'd like to book a meeting room for twenty people with a projector and a flip chart.

  2. The meeting room is set up in a U-shape, as you requested.

Common collocations

  • book a meeting room
  • meeting room hire
  • set up a meeting room
  • fully equipped meeting room
  • day delegate package
  • MICEShort for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions: the part of tourism that deals with business events and group travel for companies.
  • venueThe place where an event such as a conference, wedding, concert or party is held.
  • coffee breakA short break during a meeting or conference when hot drinks, water and snacks are served to the participants.
  • facilitiesThe buildings, rooms, equipment and services a hotel provides for guests, such as pools, restaurants, a gym, meeting rooms and parking.
  • banquetA formal meal for a large number of people, such as a wedding dinner or gala; in hotels, also the department that organises such events.

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