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Level 3
Airbnb enters luxury travel market
25th February, 2018
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
Contents
The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15
Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16
Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17
Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18
Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19
Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20
Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21
Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22
Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23
Role Play 11 Free Writing 24
After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25
Student Survey 13 Homework 26
Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27
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THE ARTICLE
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
The online accommodation booking company Airbnb is going upmarket. It
is moving into the luxury travel market. CEO Brian Chesky has
announced an improvement in the company's business model. It wants
richer people to use it. The company will offer new types of places to stay
such as vacation homes and boutique hotels. The company has over four
million rooms on its site in 81,000 cities and 191 countries. It has helped
make over 260 million reservations since it launched nine years ago. Mr
Chesky hopes to increase this to more than one billion people staying in
its rentals by 2028. Chesky said: "Airbnb is still an alternative. It's still
not for everyone. Today we will show you our road map: Airbnb for
everyone."
Airbnb does not own any real estate, or properties. It acts as a broker
between property owners who want to make extra cash by renting out
their rooms or homes, and travelers looking for a cheaper, more homely
alternative to hotels. The company makes money from the booking fees
it charges. Its vision is to branch out into luxury accommodation,
restaurant reservations, and adventure travel experiences. A new option
will allow people to book "unique spaces". This includes things like yurts -
the large, circular tents that are home to many people in Mongolia.
Airbnb's new "Beyond" option will offer travelers "full-on luxury stays"
that include "some of the world's nicest homes".
Sources: https://www.cnet.com/news/airbnb-is-getting-all-fancy/
https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living/travel/the-airbnb-experience-is-about-to-get-even-
better/news-story/e95b3ca4cd25024bc6921f62441c5b6c
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb
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WARM-UPS
1. LUXURY TRAVEL:
Students walk around the class and talk to other students
about luxury travel. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will
the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
online / accommodation / upmarket / business model / vacation / boutique hotels /
real estate / cash / booking fees / luxury / travel / unique / Mongolia / option
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. LUXURY HOTELS:
Students A strongly believe luxury hotels are a waste of
money; Students B strongly believe they aren't. Change partners again and talk about
your conversations.
4. PLACES TO STAY:
What are the good and bad things about these places?
Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
Good Bad
5-star hotel
Youth hostel
Business hotel
Motel
Bed and breakfast
Tent
5. LUXURY:
Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate
with the word "luxury". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them.
Together, put the words into different categories.
6. HOTELS:
Rank these with your partner. Put the most important things about a
hotel at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• comfortable bed • swimming pool
• quiet • nice smell
• safety • clean
• room service • cheap price

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VOCABULARY MATCHING
Paragraph 1
1. accommodation a. A hotel or business that is small and
sophisticated or fashionable.
2. upmarket b. A room, group of rooms, or building in
which someone may live or stay.
3. CEO c. The boss of a company; Chief Executive
Officer.
4. boutique d. Started something new (a business,
campaign, project, etc.).
5. reservation e. Something you can use instead of another
thing.
6. launched f. More expensive and for richer people.
7. alternative g. The action of booking something so you can
have or use it later (e.g. a hotel room,
airplane ticket, restaurant table, theater
ticket, etc.).
Paragraph 2
8. real estate h. The money you pay for a service.
9. broker i. Maximum, top-quality.
10. cash j. Being the only one of its kind; unlike
anything else; only one of its kind.
11. fees k. Real money (i.e. notes and coins) and not
money on credit cards, checks, bit-coin, etc.
12. branch l. Move into different areas or business,
activities or interests.
13. unique m. Land and buildings.
14. full-on n. A person who buys and sells things for other
people.
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BEFORE READING / LISTENING
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
1. TRUE / FALSE:
Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. The website Airbnb has decided to go downmarket. T / F
b. The CEO announced the company's business model would be better. T / F
c. Airbnb operates in over 190 countries around the world. T / F
d. The CEO of Airbnb showed people a road map of Mongolia. T / F
e. Airbnb is one of the world's biggest owners of hotel properties. T / F
f. The company makes most of its money from booking fees. T / F
g. People now have the option to book a night in a tent in Mongolia. T / F
h. Airbnb's CEO said his website is beyond most people. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH:
(The words in bold are from the news article.)
1. booking a. special
2. announced b. started
3. vacation c. payments
4. launched d. stated
5. alternative e. have
6. own f. plan
7. fees g. reservation
8. vision h. choice
9. unique i. different
10. option j. holiday

3. PHRASE MATCH:
(Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1. The online accommodation a. of places to stay
2. business b. out
3. The company will offer new types c. map
4. since it launched d. fees it charges
5. Today we will show you our road e. model
6. Airbnb does not own any real f. extra cash
7. property owners who want to make g. booking company
8. makes money from the booking h. nine years ago
9. Its vision is to branch i. on luxury
10. full- j. estate, or properties

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GAP FILL
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
The online accommodation (1) ____________ company Airbnb is booking
going upmarket. It is moving into the luxury travel market. CEO
alternative
Brian Chesky has (2) ____________ an improvement in the
since
company's business model. It wants richer people to use it. The
offer
company will (3) ____________ new types of places to stay such
map
as (4) ____________ homes and boutique hotels. The company
has over four million rooms on its site in 81,000 cities and 191 announced
countries. It has helped make over 260 million reservations
increase
(5) ____________ it launched nine years ago. Mr Chesky hopes to
vacation
(6) ____________ this to more than one billion people staying in

its rentals by 2028. Chesky said: "Airbnb is still an
(7) ____________. It's still not for everyone. Today we will show
you our road (8) ____________: Airbnb for everyone."

Airbnb does not own any (9) ____________ estate, or properties. fees
It acts as a broker between property owners who want to make
extra
(10) ____________ cash by renting out their rooms or homes, and
unique
travelers looking for a cheaper, more (11) ____________
real
alternative to hotels. The company makes money from the
option
booking (12) ____________ it charges. Its vision is to branch out
into luxury accommodation, restaurant reservations, and homely
adventure travel experiences. A new (13) ____________ will allow
circular
people to book "(14) ____________ spaces". This includes things
option
like yurts - the large, (15) ____________ tents that are home to

many people in Mongolia. Airbnb's new "Beyond"
(16) ____________ will offer travelers "full-on luxury stays" that
include "some of the world's nicest homes".
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LISTENING –
Guess the answers. Listen to check.
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
1) The online accommodation booking company Airbnb is ______
a. go in upmarket
b. go in up market
c. go in up mark it
d. going upmarket
2) Chesky has announced an improvement in the company's ______
a. businesses model
b. business models
c. business model
d. businesses models
3) offer new types of places to stay such as vacation homes and ______
a. boutique hotels
b. batik hotels
c. boo tick hotels
d. boot teak hotels
4) Mr Chesky hopes to increase this to more than one billion people ______ rentals
a. stay in in its
b. staying in its
c. stay yin in its
d. stayed in its
5) It's still not for everyone. Today we will show you ______
a. our road nap
b. our road map
c. our road tap
d. our road rap
6) It acts as a broker between property owners who want to ______
a. made extra cache
b. make extra cache
c. may keg stuck cash
d. make extra cash
7) travelers looking for a cheaper, more ______ hotels
a. homely alternative too
b. homing alternative to
c. homely alternative two
d. homely alternative to
8) makes money from the booking fees it charges. Its vision is ______
a. to blanch out
b. to branch out
c. to brunch out
d. to brandish out
9) A new option will allow people to book "______"
a. unique spaces
b. you need spaces
c. you need space is
d. uniquely spaces
10) Airbnb's new "Beyond" option will offer travelers "______ stays"
a. full-in luxury
b. full-on luxury
c. fill-in luxury
d. filling luxury
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LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
The online accommodation booking company Airbnb
(1) ___________________. It is moving into the luxury travel market. CEO
Brian Chesky has announced (2) ___________________ the company's
business model. It wants richer people to use it. The company will offer new
(3) ___________________ to stay such as vacation homes and boutique
hotels. The company has over four million rooms on its site in 81,000 cities
and 191 countries. It has helped make over 260 million
(4) ___________________ launched nine years ago. Mr Chesky hopes to
increase this to more than one billion people staying
(5) ___________________ by 2028. Chesky said: "Airbnb is still an
alternative. It's still not for everyone. Today we will show you
(6) ___________________: Airbnb for everyone."
Airbnb does not own (7) ___________________, or properties. It acts as a
broker between property owners who want to make extra cash by renting
out their rooms or homes, and travelers looking for a
(8) ___________________ alternative to hotels. The company makes
money from the booking fees it charges. Its vision is
(9) ___________________ into luxury accommodation, restaurant
reservations, and adventure travel experiences. A new
(10) ___________________ people to book "unique spaces". This includes
things like yurts - the large, (11) ___________________ are home to many
people in Mongolia. Airbnb's new "Beyond" option will offer travelers
"(12) ___________________ stays" that include "some of the world's nicest
homes".
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
1. What position in Airbnb does Mr Brian Chesky have?
2. What kind of model did Mr Chesky say he would improve?
3. In how many countries does Airbnb have rooms?
4. How many reservations does Mr Chesky want to have had by 2028?
5. What kind of map did Mr Chesky say he would show people?
6. How much real estate does Airbnb own?
7. What does Airbnb make money from?
8. What kind of travel experiences will Airbnb now start offering?
9. What is a yurt?
10. What kind of stays will users of Airbnb's "Beyond" option get?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180225-airbnb-luxury-travel.html
1) What position in Airbnb does Mr 6) How much real estate does Airbnb
Brian Chesky have? own?
a) Chief App Officer a) a little
b) Chief Technical Officer b) a lot
c) Chief Financial Officer c) none
d) Chief Executive Officer d) an average amount
2) What kind of model did Mr Chesky 7) What does Airbnb make money
say he would improve? from?
a) a model of a hotel a) booking fees
b) a business model b) drinks
c) a car model c) tips
d) an Internet model d) selling guide books
3) In how many countries does 8) What kind of travel experiences
Airbnb have rooms? will Airbnb now start offering?
a) 161 a) deep-sea travel
b) 171 b) space travel
c) 181 c) adventure travel
d) 191 d) polar travel
4) How many reservations does Mr 9) What is a yurt?
Chesky want to have had by 2028? a) a yoghurt drink
a) billions b) a tent
b) more than 100,000,000 c) a currency on Airbnb
c) over a billion d) an animal
d) 10,000,000,000
10) What kind of stays will users of
5) What kind of map did Mr Chesky Airbnb's "Beyond" option get?
say he would show people? a) full-on luxury stays
a) a map of Mongolia b) nice ones
b) a map of a new hotel c) homestays
c) a map of the stars d) long stays
d) a road map

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