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help with the structure please

Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

turns in a sitting

English answer:

groups of diners in a session

Added to glossary by David Knowles
Dec 18, 2005 14:52
18 yrs ago
English term

turn in a sitting

English Bus/Financial Tourism & Travel hotel reastaurant specification
The restaurant area in a Holiday Inn hotel is specified "based on the number of covers being equivalent to approx. XX% of the full occupancy and allowing for 1.5 m2/cover & 1.5 turns in a sitting".
Just an explanation in English, please.
My other question regards "covers" in the same sentence.
Probably hotel sector newspeak :-).
Thanks in advance for your help.
Responses
3 +12 How many diners sit at a table

Discussion

juvera Dec 18, 2005:
..visiting the restaurant (turnover of diners). When they sell the place, they state the former, specifying the actual space, that gives you (say) cover 100, 100x1.5m2, & turn 1.5, so the space is 150m2, actual diners estimated 150.
juvera Dec 18, 2005:
Let's clear it up. Cover can mean a number of things, but here: the number of setting at the restaurant. Turn: the factor to multiply the cover by to get the number of people the restaurant is able to serve at one meal, say dinner, or the usual number...
Andrzej Mierzejewski (asker) Dec 18, 2005:
It's clear now. Thank you, David!

Responses

+12
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English term (edited): turn in a sitting
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How many diners sit at a table

"Cover" usually refers to a person sitting at a table, so "two covers" means two people sitting at a table. The 1.5 turns means that each table has on average 1.5 groups of diners per session (breakfast, lunch or dinner). In other words, half the tables are occupied twice and half just once.
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agree Dave Calderhead : and see my answer to cover, = customer and sitting = mealtime
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