Terminological structuring project for the area of tourism and hospitality: a thesaurus of definitions

This article presents the definitions of different terms used in the area of tourism and hospitality. As theoretical reference a research in the field of terminologies was carried out. We considered important to point out the difference between definition, concept and meaning and therefore we have created a thesaurus of definitions specifying the terminological technical and scientific structure for terms, thus composing a theoretical common body for the area of accommodation aiming at building a thesaurus which is to be used by PIC SENAC. The research is based on various sources of written information (books, articles, dictionaries). The thesaurus is not a work with determined end. On the contrary, when a thesaurus is created, it has to be updated as terms and meanings are in constant transformation.