A to Z - Glossary Of Hotel Management Technical Terms | Hotel Dictionary | Hotel Jargons | Hotel Lingo | Key Hotel Terms | Front Office Key Terms | F&B Service Key Terms | Kitchen and Food Production Key Terms | Housekeeping Key Terms | All Hotel Department Key Terms and Jargons
Term | Main definition |
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Cabana | A guest room adjacent to the pool area, with or without sleeping facilities. |
Cafe-complet | |
Cake | |
Calamari | The squid or inkfish. |
Call Accounting System | A system that is part of the telephone equipment that prices telephone calls made by hotel guests and sends the information to the property management system (PMS) for billing. |
Calorie | |
Camembert | Soft French cheese, 12 cm diameter by 2.5 cm high;one of the most popular cheeses. |
Camping Grounds | Camping grounds are normally located within cities in open spaces. They provide parking space along with water, electricity, and toilets. Camps must follow certain regulation regarding the quality of services and cost and are set by municipalities. |
Canape | Small shape of toast or biscuit covered with egg, fish,meat, etc., neatly decorated and often glazed with aspic. |
Cancellation | 1) To release or cancel the confirmed or tentative booking. 2) To decide or announce that (a planned event / room booking ) will not take place. |
Cancellation date | Indicates the date when the reservation was manually cancelled. |
Cancellation Hour | A specific time after which a property may release for sale all unclaimed non-guaranteed reservations, according to property policy. |
Capital budgets | Capital budgets: These allocate the use of capital assets that have a life span considerably in excess of one year, these are assets that are not normally used up in day to day operations. |
Cappuccino | Cup of frothy milk coffee made with one part espresso coffee to two parts hot milk. |
Caramelisation | Caramelization - The process of browning of sugars when exposed to 300 degrees F heat. It is used extensively in cooking for the resulting sweet nutty flavour and brown colour. |