One of the very significant items in business is travelling. Businessmen, who want to make personal contacts with their present or future partners, must travel a lot. Many trade fairs are held in different countries all over the world and a great deal of business executives visit them in order to study the market possibilities for increasing their firm’s sales in other countries.

There are some things that should be done before a businessman goes on a business trip: he should prepare all the travel documents; book the tickets and the hotel accommodation.

When reserving accommodation, the hotel will be asked to confirm the booking and the price of the room. If you are going to Britain it is important to know if the price of the room includes VAT, service charges and meals. The hotel will usually include this information in its reply. VAT (Value Added Tax) is a tax on value which is added to raw material when they become finished products. It is charged on products and services bought and used in England.


Example 1

The Manager                                                                                                                                           8 April 2010
Hilton Hotel
Paris

Dear Sir,
 
I would like to book a double room for 3 nights for Mr J. Smith, our general manager, who will arrive in Paris on Thursday 6 May.
 
Please confirm the reservation.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Ann Jones
Secretary



Example 2

Hilton Hotel
Paris
13 April 2010

Dear Miss Jones,
 
In receipt of your letter of 8th April, I confirm that we have reserved a double room for the nights 6-8 May.
 
The price of the room is 35 pounds a night including breakfast.
 
We look forward to receiving Mr Smith.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
R. Power
Manager

 


 
Vocabulary

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):
booking - rezervacija
accommodation - smeštaj
item - stavka
business executive -  šef
trade fair - sajam
sales - prodaja
arrangement - dogovor
VAT (Value Added Tax) - porez na dodatnu vrednost
reply - odgovor
raw material - sirovina
finished product - finalni proizvod		 book - rezervisati
confirm - potvrditi
include - uključiti
charge - naplatiti
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):
extensively - mnogo, intenzivno  -

 

Synonyms

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):
booking – reservation, date, appointment, engagement
accommodation – housing
item –matter, point, issue, case
business executive - corporate executive
sales – gross revenue, gross sales
arrangement – agreement, settlement, appointment
VAT (Value Added Tax) - ad valorem tax, value-added tax
reply – answer, response
raw material – unrefined, natural		 book – reserve, schedule
confirm – affirm, state, declare
include – involve
charge – bill
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):
extensively - greatly, largely  -

 

Antonyms

Nouns (imenice):Verbs (glagoli):

accommodation - nonconformity

business executive -  employee, worker

arrangement - disarrangement

reply - question, request

confirm - deny, disapprove

include - reject, exclude
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):		Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):
   
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