Hotels
A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging paid on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning or climate control. Additional common features found in hotel rooms are a telephone, an alarm clock, a television, a safe, a mini-bar with snack foods and drinks, and facilities for making tea and coffee. Luxury features include bathrobes and slippers, a pillow menu, twin-sink vanities, and Jacuzzi bathtubs. Larger ones may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, fitness center, business center, child care, conference facilities and social function services
Hotel rooms are usually numbered to allow guests to identify their room. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, it is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a minimized amount of room space and shared facilities. Hotel operations vary in size, function, and cost. Most hotels and major hospitality companies that operate hotels have set widely accepted industry standards to classify hotel types.
Ways to promote
· Story Worth Telling. Your hotel needs to have something unique, refreshing or innovative. Yours needs to have a story to it which people like, and think worthwhile to share with their friends. Good service is on the basics of all of everything.
· Regional and National Press. PR has and will always be important to reach your domestic market. Make sure you build a good relationship with journalists and editors of regional and national newspaper and magazine publications.
· Tourist Office. Talk to your local tourism office and find out how they can help you to promote your hotel. Make sure you have a representative listing on their website and that you are well promoted in their office when tourists come to town.
· Sales Rep. Have a sales representative put your hotel on the local map with local businesses nearby. Visit prospective and current clients regularly, bring the gifts, meaning smart and real gifts. Spoil them rotten, and make them addicted to you.
General categories of hotels include the following;
· Conference and resort hotels often contain full-sized luxury facilities with full service accommodations and amenities.
· Historic Inns and boutique hotels often contain luxury facilities of varying size in unique or intimate settings with full service accommodations.
· Limited Service
· Extended Stay
· Timeshare
· Destination Club
Unique hotels
· Treehouse. Some hotels are built with living trees as structural elements.
· Straw bale hotels
· Bunker hotels
· Cave hotels
· Capsule hotels
· Interior of a capsule hotel. They are a type of economical hotel that are found in Japan, where people sleep in stacks of rectangular containers.
· Ice and snow hotels
· Garden hotels
· Underwater hotels. Some hotels have accommodation underwater,
· Railway hotels.
World record setting hotels
· Historical Hotel Savoy in Florence
· Largest. List of the largest hotels in the world. In 2006, Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, as the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms. The Izmailovo Hotel in Moscow has the most rooms, with 7,500, followed by the Venetian Palazzo Complex in Las Vegas (7,117 rooms) and MGM Grand Las Vegas (6,852 rooms).
· Oldest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel in operation is the Hoshi Ryokan, in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, Japan, which opened in the year 718.
· Tallest. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is claimed to be the world's highest hotel. It is located on the top floors of Hong Kong's tallest building, the 488 meter tall International Commerce Centre.
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Hotel rooms are usually numbered to allow guests to identify their room. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, it is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a minimized amount of room space and shared facilities. Hotel operations vary in size, function, and cost. Most hotels and major hospitality companies that operate hotels have set widely accepted industry standards to classify hotel types.
Ways to promote
· Story Worth Telling. Your hotel needs to have something unique, refreshing or innovative. Yours needs to have a story to it which people like, and think worthwhile to share with their friends. Good service is on the basics of all of everything.
· Regional and National Press. PR has and will always be important to reach your domestic market. Make sure you build a good relationship with journalists and editors of regional and national newspaper and magazine publications.
· Tourist Office. Talk to your local tourism office and find out how they can help you to promote your hotel. Make sure you have a representative listing on their website and that you are well promoted in their office when tourists come to town.
· Sales Rep. Have a sales representative put your hotel on the local map with local businesses nearby. Visit prospective and current clients regularly, bring the gifts, meaning smart and real gifts. Spoil them rotten, and make them addicted to you.
General categories of hotels include the following;
· Conference and resort hotels often contain full-sized luxury facilities with full service accommodations and amenities.
· Historic Inns and boutique hotels often contain luxury facilities of varying size in unique or intimate settings with full service accommodations.
· Limited Service
· Extended Stay
· Timeshare
· Destination Club
Unique hotels
· Treehouse. Some hotels are built with living trees as structural elements.
· Straw bale hotels
· Bunker hotels
· Cave hotels
· Capsule hotels
· Interior of a capsule hotel. They are a type of economical hotel that are found in Japan, where people sleep in stacks of rectangular containers.
· Ice and snow hotels
· Garden hotels
· Underwater hotels. Some hotels have accommodation underwater,
· Railway hotels.
World record setting hotels
· Historical Hotel Savoy in Florence
· Largest. List of the largest hotels in the world. In 2006, Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, as the world's largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms. The Izmailovo Hotel in Moscow has the most rooms, with 7,500, followed by the Venetian Palazzo Complex in Las Vegas (7,117 rooms) and MGM Grand Las Vegas (6,852 rooms).
· Oldest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel in operation is the Hoshi Ryokan, in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, Japan, which opened in the year 718.
· Tallest. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong is claimed to be the world's highest hotel. It is located on the top floors of Hong Kong's tallest building, the 488 meter tall International Commerce Centre.
For more information regarding this topic, please visit HOTEL SPY.
If you would like to learn how to make money and have fun while doing it, Click this link, enter your email address and a free video will be presented to you. CLICK HERE == www.thegreatbigidea.com
You may also contact me clicking the contact me tab in the menu page of my blog
www.wei-shanshan.com
