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Tourism & Hospitality vocabulary · Travel Agencies & Tour Operators

Welcome meeting

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, welcome meeting means: A short meeting that a tour operator's rep holds for newly arrived guests to give useful information about the hotel, the area and excursions.

In Turkish: karşılama toplantısı, bilgilendirme toplantısı

How it is used

Usually held the morning after arrival in the lobby or a meeting room, sometimes with a welcome drink. Reps explain departure transfer times, safety tips and the excursion programme, and many use it to sell tours. Times are on the information board and in the welcome pack.

Example sentences

  1. The welcome meeting is tomorrow at 10:30 by the pool bar.

  2. At the welcome meeting, the rep explained how to book excursions and when the return transfer would pick them up.

Common collocations

  • attend the welcome meeting
  • hold a welcome meeting
  • welcome meeting time
  • welcome pack
  • holiday repA tour operator's employee who looks after its guests at a resort, gives information, sells excursions and helps with problems.
  • tour operatorA company that puts together holiday packages from flights, hotels, transfers and tours and sells them directly or through travel agencies.
  • excursionA short trip, usually lasting a day or less, that tourists take from their hotel to visit a place or do an activity.
  • welcome drinkA free drink, such as juice, lemonade or sparkling wine, that a hotel offers guests when they arrive, often while they check in.

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