Translation

Term

dog and pony show

a la carte

AAD.:Agent automated
deduction. AAR.
Association of American
Railroads. AARP. American
Association of Retired
Persons.

abeam

accommodation

accountable document

accountable manual
documents

accrual method

ACI.Assist Card
International

acrophobia

act of God

ACTE.:Association of
Corporate Travel
Executives.

ACV.:. Air cushioned

vehicle

AD.:Agent's discount/ Anno

"Domini, "year of our Lord.


)(

ADA room

)add-on(s

Additional collection

adiabatic rate

adjoining rooms

ADNO: CRS. Advise if not

okay.

ADTK:CRS. Advise if
ticketed.

advance purchase rate

advertised tour

Advise as to names

Advise if duplicate booking

)(

Advising schedule change.

affinity card

affinity group

agent bypass

agent sine

agentless booking

agoraphobia

Air cushioned vehicle

air rage

air taxi

air walls

Airlines Reporting
Corporation

all-suite

all-terrain vehicle

allotment

Already garnering rave

reviews

altiport

alumni rates

antipodean day

apres-ski

architectural bias

ARNK.:Arrival unknown

Around here, we fly farther

and faster than anyone

Art Deco

ATB.:Automated
ticket/boarding pass

atoll

au pair

Automated ticket and fare

determination system

automated ticketing and

fare determination system

average daily rate

B/B

baggage check

baggage claim

bagonize

bait and switch

basis two

bassinet

BCHFT.:Beachfront

bed night

bedienung

bellhop

BEO.:Banquet event order

) (
:

bereavement fare

Bermuda Plan

BHC.CRS. Backhaul check

(qv).

bidet

biodegradable

bird dog

birdcage

Blackout dates

blimp

board of directors setup

Boarding Pass

"boatel:"boat" and "hotel.

boutique hotel

break-even point

break-out room

brewpub

briefing tour

bubble car

budget fare

)(
225

buffer zone

Buffet breakfast

bundling

bust-out, bust-out
operation.

buy forward

buyback agreement

buyer's remorse

buying market share

cabana

cabin attendant

Cabin baggage

cabin steward

cabotage

) (
) (

capsule hotel

" "

card mill

carhop

)(

carry-on

carrying capacity

castaway

casual courier

) (

CCS.:Change segment
status

CCTE.:Certified Corporate
Travel Executive.

chair lift

chair lift

change of equipment

channel-based pricing

chargeback

chevron setup

Chief Operating Officer

churning

""

ciao.

Cinetronic Firearms
Simulator Room

circle trip

city pair

claim PNR booking

class of service

close

closed dates

clustering

CMP.:Abr. 1. Certified
Meeting Professional. 2.
Complete meeting
package.

CNS.

co-host carrier

coaching inns

cold call

commissionable

common rated

commuter

comp

comp rooms

concentrated hub

concierge

condo vacation

condominium

Condominium Travel
Associates

Condominium Travel
Associates

conference/banqueting
rooms

No glossary entry yet

connecting flight

Connecting Flight

connection

connection

Consolidated tour manual

consolidation

consolidator

Consular Information Sheet

Convention Ctr

conventioneer, summiteer

cork charge, corkage

corporate agency

corporate apartments

corporate rate

corporate travel manager

cost-reimbursable
contractor

couchette

counterfeit

coupon broker

courier

)(

crew to passenger ratio

( (


.

croak fare

cross-border ticketing

Cruise Lines International

Association

curbside check in

cut-off date

dabble agent

DAPO.:Do all possible

deadend booking

deep six

Default protection plan

denied-boarding
compensation

deplate

depreciable asset

designated driver

Destination marketing
organization

destination specialist

destination wedding

DEW Line:Distant Early

Warning line

digs

dine-around plan

Directional Minimum Check

directional selling

disabled

discontinued date

discretionary income

doing business as

Domestic escorted tour

dormette,sleeperette

dot-matrix printer

double-double

douching

Down Under

downline

drive-away company

drop-off charge

)(

dumbwaiter

ecotourism

home exchange

efficiencies

efficiency

elapsed flying time

elderhostel

Electronic liquor dispenser

electronic ticketing

End item

environs

Naadi-L-adaala

equity club

)(

Errors and omissions

insurance

Eurailpass

European plan

executive suite

extension tours

familiarization trip or tour

family style

fare

fare basis

fare break point

featherbeds

Features tea/coffe making

facilities

fee-based pricing

feeder airline

FIM.:Flight Interruption
Manifest.

firm up

FIT.:Foreign independent
tour

fleabag

Flight segment tax.

FRAV.: First available

free hits

fully appointed agency

funnel flight

"G.M. :"Gentil membre.

G.O. :"Gentil
"organisateur.

garni

getaway

GIT.:Group inclusive tour

)(

global positioning system

global positioning system

gondola

guaranteed group rate

Guild of Business Travel

Agents

H/B Supplement

hand-measured pouring

hansom cab

hard-dollar savings

hawker stand

He is new to the area and

to the industry

heli-skiing

history

HK.:Hold confirmed

HL.: Holds list

hold

holiday colony

:


.

hologram

honor system

honorarium

hors d'oeuvres

horseshoe setup

hosted tour

hostelry, inn

hot air ballooning

hotel and catering trade

hotel rep firm

hotelier

hotelling

house limit

hub-and-spoke

)(

hush kit

hydrofoil

I have nothing to check

I normally get most

involved when

IATAN.:International
Airlines Travel Agency

Network.

IFTAA.:International Forum

of Travel and Tourism

Advocates.

in bond

in plant

in season

in transit:En route

in-flight

in-out dates

in-room messaging

in-vehicle travel
information systems

inbound

incentive house

incentive travel

Inclusive tour excursion

fare

Independent contractorfriendly:

interline agreements

interline connection

Intermediate-size station
wagon

international carrier

International Date Line

International Dialing Code

International Society of
Travel and Tourism
Educators

interstate

Intracoastal Waterway

intrastate

iron horse

island hopping

jet loader

jet ski

Jet-assisted takeoff

jetliner

jetway

) (

joint notice of change

karaoke bar

Knee Boarding

land arrangements

land only

landau

landfall

landing fee

landing strip

landlocked

landlubber

landmark

last-room availability

last-seat availability

leg

leisure travel

lido deck

limited purpose card

liquidated damages clause

liveried

look-to-book ratio

loss leader

Loss/damage waiver

/
/

Lowering Dressing Bench

lowest logical airfare

mal de mer

market share override

program

MARS.:Multi-access
reservations system

Mayday

MCO.:Miscellaneous charge

order

meet and greet

Meeting Professionals
International

megalopolis

megaship

menu engineering

Metroliner

mid-air passenger
exchange

mid-office system

milk run

MIN.:. Minimum room

minimum connecting time

)(

minimum land package

minshuku

)(

MOD.:Moderate room

most desirable destinations

motorcoach

moving sidewalk

. .

NA.:Not available. Not

applicable. No answer.
Need alternative.

narrow body

nested excursions

netiquette:net etiquette

No go

NO.:No action taken (on

segment).

non-gaming hotel

nose count

NOSH.:No show

O&D traffic:Origin and

destination traffic

O.:Stopover

off airport location

offline airline, offline

carrier

offline connection

offline point

on airport location

one person at a time

open jaw

overbooking

) (

OX.:Cancel if requested
segment is available,
otherwise hold.

parador

passive booking, passive

segment

Pay TV

people mover

Per person, double

occupancy

Personal effects coverage

photo safari

pier head jump

pinisi

plating away

plimsoll line/load line

"
"

point

point of embarkation, point

of origin

point of turnaround

point to point

polyglot

port-intensive

) (

porterage

porterage

posada

positive space

pow wow

pre- (or post-) convention

tour

)(

predesignated point

PREMIUM TRAFFIC

privacy please

pseudo ARC number

pseudo PNR

qd.:Quad.

Quin:quinary

record locator, record

locator number

revalidation sticker

RNP.:Reduce number in
party

road rat

room block

satellite TV

seagoing

) (

Sip & Dip Pool

Skeet shooting

soft opening

soft-dollar savings

soiree

SOLAS.:Safety of life at
sea

state of the art

the historic preservation

district.

the main terminal

Tracker

trekking

tying

unchecked baggage

uninterrupted international
air transportation

unspoiled

upmarket

vertigo

Visitors Information

welcome package

ahlan - marhaban

wellcome

wet landing

white-knuckler

whitewater rafting

Wine trails

xenophobia

zebra

)(

zero-zero

Zodiac

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