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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Check-in & Check-out

Welcome drink

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, welcome drink means: A free drink, such as juice, lemonade or sparkling wine, that a hotel offers guests when they arrive, often while they check in.

In Turkish: karşılama içeceği, hoş geldin içeceği

How it is used

A small but expected gesture in resorts: "Please enjoy a welcome drink while we prepare your key cards." Some hotels also offer a cold towel. Tour operator welcome meetings and gala nights may also start with a welcome drink.

Example sentences

  1. Welcome to the resort! Here's a welcome drink while I check you in.

  2. The welcome drink is served on the terrace before the gala dinner.

Common collocations

  • offer a welcome drink
  • complimentary welcome drink
  • welcome drink and cold towel
  • welcome cocktail
  • check inTo arrive at a hotel, register your details and receive your room key. Staff also check a guest in.
  • complimentaryGiven free of charge by a hotel or business, often as a courtesy or as part of good service.
  • lobbyThe large area just inside a hotel's main entrance, where guests arrive, wait, meet people and find the front desk.
  • welcome meetingA short meeting that a tour operator's rep holds for newly arrived guests to give useful information about the hotel, the area and excursions.

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