A
hotel
or a
guest-house
is a large
building
with many
rooms
, where people can
sleep
when they are not at
home
. A
motel
is a hotel especially for motorists - people who drive
cars
- where the room
door
usually opens into the
parking lot
rather than to an interior
corridor
.
Inn
is sometimes used to mean a smaller hotel.
Guest house
can also mean an
accessory dwelling unit
. An
extended stay hotel
is one where
suites
are rented by the week.
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These places will rent a room for any number of days. They offer rooms to sleep as their business. There are also hotels where
conferences
are held.
Some hotels have
swimming pool
. Some hotels are called
capsule hotels
(in
Japan
).
Hotels emerged as inns along important transport routes. The first hotels appeared in the days of the
Ancient World
, in the
Middle Ages
they also served as shelters for the infirm. This is indicated by the etymology of the word hotel, hotel: through st.-fr. ostel, hostel it comes from Latin. cubiculum hospitale ("guest room"), whence the word "hospital".
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.
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In the
16th
-
17th
centuries, the hotel is an aristocratic residential building with ceremonial and service courtyards.
Today, according to the definition of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), hotels are called a house with furnished rooms for short-term stay of visitors, consisting of a number of rooms that have a single guide and provide certain services. They are grouped into classes and categories according to the types of services provided, with the equipment available in them.
The hotel is also called a residential property complex (
building
, part of the building, equipment and other property), designed to provide services.
International luxury hotels have high-quality amenities, full-service restaurants and rooms. They usually provide the highest level of personalized and professional service in major or capital cities.
Upscale full-service hotels range in quality from upscale to luxury.
Branded hotels are typically full-service and classified as luxury. A key characteristic is focus on a unique guest experience.
Smaller independent non-branded hotels with 100 rooms or fewer.
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- Focused or select service
Small to medium hotels that give a limited number of amenities. This amenities cater and market to a specific demographic of travelers, such as the single business traveler. Such hotels may lack leisure amenities such as an
restaurant
or a swimming pool.
Small to medium-sized hotels where clients can stay longer than in traditional hotels.
- Capsule hotel
- lodging establishment where the
rooms
are sleeping compartments about the size of a single bed.
- Hostel
- a hotel where guests rent
beds
in
dormitory
or
barracks
style rooms.
- Timeshare and destination clubs
- Microstay
- Motel
A motel is an abbreviation for "motor hotel". It is a small-sized low-rise lodging establishment. Usually motels have access to individual rooms from the car park. Motels are good for road travellers, travellers on road trip vacations or workers who drive for their job.
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