BOM Board of Management R&D Research and Development There are many more abbreviations for job titles. Look at the Hotel organisational chart below and match the abbreviations with their full spelling. The Hospitality and Tourism industry has its own set of abbreviations that are very common and specific to the profession. Food and Beverage Manager Housekeeping Manager General Manager Personal Assistant Chief Financial Officer Rooms Division Manager Front Office Manager Useful language for messages are many common abbreviations that are generally recognised by most Native English speakers when writing messages. One of the most common is For example, ‘Re:’. phoned re: the dinner booking tonight.’ Re: here means It is very ‘Alan ‘regarding’. common in emailing especially in subject lines. There are many other common abbreviations that can help you when writing a message but you must make sure the reader understands the abbreviations. When using an abbreviation more than once you can write the full form the first time then put the acronym or abbreviation in brackets to explain the abbreviation and then you can use the abbreviation in the remaining part of the message. For example: Bob, the Human Resources Department (HRD) rang to speak to the General Manager ‘Hi (GM) but he wasn’t in. Could you ask the GM to ring HRD when he gets in, please?’ This way of explaining an abbreviation is also used with acronyms. For example:
BOM Board of Management R&D Research and Development There are many more abbreviations for job titles. Look at the Hotel organisational chart below and match the abbreviations with their full spelling. The Hospitality and Tourism industry has its own set of abbreviations that are very common and specific to the profession. Food and Beverage Manager Housekeeping Manager General Manager Personal Assistant Chief Financial Officer Rooms Division Manager Front Office Manager Useful language for messages are many common abbreviations that are generally recognised by most Native English speakers when writing messages. One of the most common is ‘Re:’. For example, ‘Alan phoned re: the dinner booking tonight.’ Re: here means ‘regarding’. It is very common in emailing especially in subject lines. There are many other common abbreviations that can help you when writing a message but you must make sure the reader understands the abbreviations. When using an abbreviation more than once you can write the full form the first time then put the acronym or abbreviation in brackets to explain the abbreviation and then you can use the abbreviation in the remaining part of the message. For example: ‘Hi Bob, the Human Resources Department (HRD) rang to speak to the General Manager (GM) but he wasn’t in. Could you ask the GM to ring HRD when he gets in, please?’ This way of explaining an abbreviation is also used with acronyms. For example:
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