(Not So) Lost in Translation

After four unsuccessful years of Spanish, I have moved on to a new language: Hospitality Industry. Here's what I have learned:

Housing
English: A place where you live
Hospitality: Managing rooms reserved at a hotel for a conference

Pipe and Drape:
English: Something that holds water & something that you don’t want water on
Hospitality: Temporary walls set at an event (usually an expo) using piping to hang cloth

Badge:
English: Something a police officer has
Hospitality: Name tag that gets you into the conference (I bet a Police Badge would do the trick too)

Room Block:
English: A space and something babies play with
Hospitality: Rooms reserved at a hotel for a group (“Their room block is 300” means they have reserved 300 rooms)

Crescent Rounds:
English: Isn’t this something the Pillsbury Doughboy sells?
Hospitality: Seats set around 2/3 of a round table with the space in front of the stage open for better viewing

Who needs flashcards? More definitions will be published in my Event Planning in GR Guidebook - it's currently in the works!