5 Business English Questions for Evaluating Proposals: Speaking Practice

1. Business English questions for evaluating proposals: Northstar Hotels

1.1 Loyalty program

1.2 Reservation system

1.3. Corporate customers

1.4 Supplier contracts

1.5. Legacy technology

2. Northstar Hotels: Answer key

3. Review the questions

4. Speaking practice

5. Sample responses

6. Lesson materials (PDF)

A proposal may look convincing at first, but what are the assumptions behind it? What information is missing, and what evidence supports the recommendation?

In this lesson, you’ll practice five Business English questions for evaluating proposals as Northstar Hotels integrates a newly acquired hotel group.

Business English Questions for Evaluating Proposals

Read and listen to the information about Northstar Hotels. Then listen to the five conversations. In each conversation, put the words in the correct order to complete the speaker’s question.

Northstar Hotels: Questioning Assumptions

Northstar Hotels has acquired Vista Hotels, a smaller international hotel group with around 120 properties. Over the next year, Northstar plans to combine the two companies' loyalty programs, reservation systems, supplier contracts, and corporate sales operations.

1. Loyalty program