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Public areas

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, public areas means: The parts of a hotel that all guests and visitors can use, such as the lobby, corridors, restaurants, toilets, lifts and the pool area.

In Turkish: genel alanlar, ortak alanlar

How it is used

Usually shortened to PA in housekeeping: PA team, PA attendant, PA cleaning. Public areas are cleaned several times a day and again at night, when the lobby is quiet. Smoking is normally banned in indoor public areas.

Example sentences

  1. The public areas team cleans the lobby toilets every hour.

  2. Please check all the public areas before the VIP group arrives.

Common collocations

  • public areas team
  • PA attendant
  • clean the public areas
  • public area cleaning
  • housekeepingThe hotel department that cleans and prepares guest rooms and public areas and looks after towels, sheets and room supplies.
  • lobbyThe large area just inside a hotel's main entrance, where guests arrive, wait, meet people and find the front desk.
  • housekeeperA person who works in a hotel's housekeeping department; the head of the whole department is called the executive housekeeper.
  • maintenanceThe work of keeping a hotel's building and equipment in good condition, and the department that repairs things such as air conditioning, lights and plumbing.

More terms: Housekeeping

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