Role play card - Student A

Your company is planning to take the whole company away for a weekend in a hotel.

You work for the HR (Human Resources) department, so for you the most important thing is making the employees happy. You therefore think is it vital to book an expensive hotel with all the best facilities. Negotiate with your partner and agree on every detail of the hotel you are going to look for.

Things you might want to talk about include:

- A luxury hotel with big individual bedrooms

- Being in a picturesque and/ or exotic location where no one has ever been before

- Exciting and unusual things to do in the local area

- Delicious food and drink

Role play card - Student B

Your company is planning to take the whole company away for a weekend in a hotel.

You work for the Finance department, so for you the most important thing is keeping the cost down. Negotiate with your partner and agree on every detail of the hotel you are going to look for.

Things you might want to talk about include:

- Being in a location close to your company to cut down on travel costs

- Making employees share hotel rooms

- Choosing a reasonably priced hotel

- Cutting down on the cost of food and drink

- Arranging cheap or free day trips and other activities