The aim is to make them more inviting and family-like.
Hotel managers are learning to read body language, engage in small talk, maintain eye contact and think on their feet.
It's cogent foresight for what business travelers will come to expect in future.
We need to keep abreast of these innovations as we proceed to organize and implement our seminar, taking advantage of the newest facilities and services.
However, let's not think too high-tech for presentations aimed at senior execs in their 50s and 60s, or so low-tech that our junior exec audiences will surmise that Brightwell is stuck way back in the Stone Age!
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
inviting think on one's feet cogent keep abreast of surmise out of favor scripted lines utter make a note bid briefing paper
────────────────────────────── inviting, 居心地のよい、（…）したくなるような ────────────────────────────── If you say that something is inviting, you mean that it has good qualities that attract you or make you want to experience it.
ex) There is an inviting restaurant with an outdoor terrace.
────────────────────────────── think on one's feet, 即座に決断する ────────────────────────────── E-DICより
すばやく答えや案を考え出す，即座に答える
A good politician has to be able to think on his feet. 有能な政治家は，躊躇することなく質問に答えられなければならない
A cogent reason, argument, or example is strong and convincing. [FORMAL]
ex) There were perfectly cogent reasons why Julian Cavendish should be told of the Major's impending return.
────────────────────────────── keep abreast of, …に遅れを取らない、…に通じている ────────────────────────────── If you keep abreast of a subject, you know all the most recent facts about it.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 New Hotel Concepts (4) 9/10-11 2007"
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