This book is for restaurant and hotel employees with no previous experience in the Spanish language. It's also a great ool if you want to brush up on the Spanish you learned in high school or college. -- back cover.

Do you feel that not knowing Spanish is holding you back at work? Are you tired of relying on others to communicate a simple message? It's time to learn workplace Spanish!Unlike many Spanish language books that try and teach you everything about Spanish, this book just teaches you what you need to survive in the workplace.Each book in the Spanish for the Workplace series includes basic instructions on pronunciation, tips for learning, power phrases you needed to know at work, and 500 power words for each job.Minute Help Press is building a library of books for people with only minutes to spare. Checkout minutehelpguides.com to find out about current and future books in the Minute Help library.

Speak with your Spanish-speaking employees--no prior knowledge of Spanish needed! Perfect Phrases in Spanish for the Hotel and Restaurant Industries gives you more than 500 vital words and phrases specific to the hotel and restaurant fields, with translations spelled out phonetically so you can say what you need to say immediately. For example: Knock before entering a room. Toque a la puerta antes de entrar en una habitación. (TOH-keh ah lah P'WEHR-tah ahn-tess deh en-TRAR en oo-nah ah-bee-tah-S'YOHN) Set up thirty tables for eight people each. Ponga treinta mesas para ocho personas cada una. (POHNG-gah TRAYN-tah MEH-sahs pah-rah OH-choh pehr-SOH-nahs kah-thah OO-nah) Beat the egg yolks. Bata las yemas. (BAH-tah lahs YEH-mahs) Learn the Spanish words and phrases for: exchanging pleasantries • interviewing potential employees • discussing pay rate and taxes • giving instructions • terminating an employee • establishing work hours • explaining safety and emergency procedures • praising good work With Perfect Phrases in Spanish for the Hotel and Restaurant Industries, you can overcome the language barrier and develop a more collaborative, productive workplace environment.

Easy-to-use pronunciation guides and practical explanations of the most basic grammar concepts in Spanish make this volume a great resource for travelers, students, or anyone who wishes to learn the basics of Spanish conversation.

Getting to grips with a foreign language is never easy, and most phrase books are too convoluted to help you when you really need it. Spanish to go is here to help. Using everyday Spanish for everyday scenarios, this book is your passport to survival at the airport, in bars and restaurants, hotels or wherever you end up. Providing you with essential words and phrases for the most practical of situations, all with phonetic pronunciations to make tackling Spanish that little bit easier, Spanish to go has you covered.