A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. The City of New York 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in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning or climate control. A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context Additional common features found in hotel rooms are a telephone, an alarm clock, a television, and Internet connectivity; snack foods and drinks may be supplied in a mini-bar, and facilities for making hot drinks. A mini-bar is a small private snack and beverage bar often found in upscale Western-style Hotel rooms Larger hotels may provide a number of additional guest facilities such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare, and have conference and social function services.

Some hotels offer various combinations of meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours; to avoid this requirement it is not uncommon to come across private hotels which are not subject to this requirement. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Japan, capsule hotels provide a minimized amount of room space and shared facilities. A is a hotel system of extremely Dense occupancy Description The guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or Fiberglass block roughly 2 m

In Australia and Canada, hotel may also refer to a pub or bar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A bar (also called a Pub or Tavern) is a business that serves drinks especially Alcoholic beverages such as beer liquor and mixed drinks for consumption In India, the word may also refer to a restaurant since the best restaurants were always situated next to a good hotel. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Classification 3 Motels 4 Historic hotels 5 Unusual hotels 5.1 Treehouse hotels 5.2 Cave hotels 5.3 Capsule hotels 5.4 Ice and snow hotels 5.5 Garden hotels 5.6 Underwater hotels 5.7 Other unusual hotels 6 World record setting hotels 6.1 Tallest 6.2 Largest 6.3 Oldest 6.4 Largest LEED GREEN Building 7 Living in hotels 8 See also 9 Gallery 10 References

Etymology

The word hotel is derived from the French hôtel (coming from hôte meaning host), which referred to a French version of a townhouse or any other building seeing frequent visitors, rather than a place offering accommodation. Corinthia (Greek Κορινθία Korinthía) is the area around the city of Corinth, located in the north-eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Historically in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries a townhouse (or a "house in town" was a residence of a peer or member of the In contemporary French usage, hôtel now has the same meaning as the English term, and hôtel particulier is used for the old meaning. In French contexts an hôtel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort The French spelling, with the circumflex, was also used in English, but is now rare. Pitch The circumflex accent was first used in the polytonic orthography of Ancient Greek, where it occurred (subject to certain rules on the accented syllable The circumflex replaces the 's' found in the earlier hostel spelling, which over time took on a new, but closely related meaning. Hostels provide budget-oriented accommodation where guests can rent a bed, sometimes a Bunk bed in a Dormitory and share a bathroom

Classification

The cost and quality of hotels are usually indicative of the range and type of services available. Due to the enormous increase in tourism worldwide during the last decades of the 20th century, standards, especially those of smaller establishments, have improved considerably. For the sake of greater comparability, rating systems have been introduced, with the one to five stars classification being most common and with higher star ratings indicating more luxury. Stars are often used as symbols for classification purposes They are used by reviewers for ranking things such as movies TV shows restaurants and hotels Hotels are independently assessed in traditional systems and these rely heavily on the facilities provided. Some consider this disadvantageous to smaller hotels whose quality of accommodation could fall into one class but the lack of an item such as an elevator would prevent it from reaching a higher categorization. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another In some countries, there is an official body with standard criteria for classifying hotels, but in many others there is none. There have been attempts at unifying the classification system so that it becomes an internationally recognized and reliable standard but large differences exist in the quality of the accommodation and the food within one category of hotel, sometimes even in the same country. The American Automobile Association (AAA) and their affiliated bodies use diamonds instead of stars to express hotel and restaurant ratings levels. The AAA (usually read triple-A) formerly known as the American Automobile Association, is an American not-for-profit Automobile

Motels

Main article: Motel

A motel is a hotel which is made convenient for people who wish to be able to have quick access from their parked car to a hotel room. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, a Portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred

Historic hotels

Some hotels have gained their renown through tradition, by hosting significant events or persons, such as Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany, which derives its fame from the so-called Potsdam Conference of the World War II allies Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin in 1945. Hotel Astoria (гости́ница «Асто́рия» is a five-star hotel in St Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Schloss Cecilienhof is a palace in the northern part of the Neuer Garten park in Potsdam, close to the Jungfernsee lake Also see Potsdam New York (in the USA For the Potsdam Conference see Potsdam Conference. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16, World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in Mumbai is one of India's most famous and historic hotels because of its association with the Indian independence movement. The Taj Mahal Palace is a prestigious Hotel located in the Colaba region of Mumbai, India, next to the Gateway of India. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The term " Indian independence movement " is diffuse incorporating various national and regional campaigns agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Militant Other establishments have given name to a particular meal or beverage, as is the case with the Waldorf Astoria in New York City known for its Waldorf Salad or the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the drink Singapore Sling was invented. The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is a famously luxurious hotel in New York The City of New York A Waldorf salad is a Salad consisting of fine sliced Apple and Celery ( Julienne) chopped Walnuts Mayonnaise or a mayonnaise-based Raffles Hotel ( Chinese: 莱佛士酒店 is a colonial-style Hotel in Singapore, dating from 1887 and named after Singapore's founder Sir Stamford Singapore The Singapore Sling is a Cocktail that was invented by Ngiam Tong Boon (嚴崇文 for the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel in Singapore sometime between Another example is the Hotel Sacher in Vienna Austria, home of the Sachertorte or the Hotel de Paris where the crèpe Suzette was invented. The Hotel Sacher is a Five-star hotel in the Innenstadt of Vienna, Austria, next to the Staatsoper. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Sachertorte ˈzɑxərˌtɔrtə is a Chocolate Cake, invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna

There are also hotels which became much more popular through films like the Grand Hotel Europe in Saint Petersburg, Russia when James Bond stayed there in the blockbuster Goldeneye. The Hôtel Ritz is a Hotel located at 15 Place Vendôme, in the heart of Paris, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Grand Hotel Europe (Гранд Отель Европа known as Hotel Evropeiskaya until 1991 vies with Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel and Hotel Astoria Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story This article refers to the theatrical slang term for other uses see Blockbuster (disambiguation. GoldenEye (1995 is the seventeenth Spy film of the British James Bond series directed by Martin Campbell and the Cannes hotels such as the Carlton or the Martinez become the center of the world during Cannes Film Festival (France).

A number of hotels have entered the public consciousness through popular culture, such as the Ritz Hotel in London, UK ('Putting on The Ritz'), the Algonquin Hotel in New York City with its famed Algonquin Round Table and Hotel Chelsea, also in New York City, subject of a number of songs and also the scene of the stabbing of Nancy Spungen (allegedly by her boyfriend Sid Vicious). The Ritz Hotel London is a 133-room Hotel located in Piccadilly and overlooking Green Park in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Algonquin Hotel is a historic hotel located at 59 West 44th Street in Manhattan ( New York, New York) The Algonquin Round Table was a celebrated group of New York City writers critics actors and wits The Hotel Chelsea is a well-known residence for artists musicians and writers in the neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City. Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27 1958 – October 12 1978 was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. John Simon Ritchie (born May 10, 1957, died February 2, 1979) better known as Sid Vicious, was an English Punk Hotels that enter folklore like these two are also often frequented by celebrities, as is the case both with the Ritz and the Chelsea.

Unusual hotels

Many hotels can be considered destinations in themselves, by dint of unusual features of the lodging and/or its immediate environment:

Treehouse hotels

Some hotels are built with living trees as structural elements, for example the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica; the Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park, Kenya; the Ariau Towers near Manaus, Brazil, on the Rio Negro in the Amazon; and Bayram's Tree Houses in Olympos, Turkey. A destination hotel is a place of Lodging whose inherent location and amenities attract visitors regardless of the route needed to arrive or the areawide features of interest Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( Spanish: Costa Rica or República de Costa Rica,) is a Country in Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1966 m (6450 ft above sea level on the Aberdare Range The Aberdare National Park covers the higher areas of the Aberdare Mountain Range of central Kenya and the Aberdare Salient to their east The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The Ariau Towers is a boutique hotel northwest of Manaus Brazil on the Rio Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River. Manaus is a largest city in the Amazonia Brazil and capital of Amazonas State. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Olympos is a common variation of Olympus. This article refers to a National Park in Turkey Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches

Cave hotels

Desert Cave Hotel in Coober Pedy, South Australia and the Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (named after the author) in Guadix, Spain, as well as several hotels in Cappadocia, Turkey, are notable for being built into natural cave formations, some with rooms underground. Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, 846 kilometres north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza ( 10 March 1833 - 19 July 1891) was a Spanish Author, Writer and Political Guadix, a city of southern Spain, in the province of Granada; on the left bank of the river Guadix a sub-tributary of the Guadiana Menor and on the Madrid Cappadocia (or Capadocia, Turkish Kapadokya, from Greek: Καππαδοκία / Kappadokía which in turn is from the Persian: A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter

Capsule hotels

Capsule hotels are a type of economical hotel that are quite common in Japan. A is a hotel system of extremely Dense occupancy Description The guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or Fiberglass block roughly 2 m For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Similar hotels are now also found in Europe.

Ice and snow hotels

Main article: Ice hotel

The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, and the "Hotel de Glace" in Duschenay,­ Canada, melt every spring and are rebuilt each winter; the Mammut Snow Hotel in Finland is located within the walls of the Kemi snow castle; and the Lainio Snow Hotel is part of a snow village near Ylläs, Finland. An ice hotel is a temporary Hotel made up entirely of Snow and sculpted blocks of Ice. Jukkasjärvi is a locality in Lapland in northern Sweden, situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Kemi (Giepma is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near of the city of Tornio. Ylläs, or Yllästunturi in Finnish, is a 718 metre high fell in the municipality of Kolari in Lapland Province of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.

Garden hotels

Garden hotels, famous for their gardens before they became hotels, include Gravetye Manor, the home of garden designer William Robinson, and Cliveden, designed by Charles Barry with a rose garden by Geoffrey Jellicoe. Many hotels converted from large private residences have gardens designed by famous garden designers or are particularly notable for their gardens William Robinson (5 July 1838 &ndash 17 May 1935 was an Irish practical Gardener and Journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement Location Cliveden (pronounced CLIV-d'n is a Mansion in Buckinghamshire, England overlooking the River Thames owned by the Sir Charles Barry FRS ( 23 May 1795 &ndash 12 May 1860) was an English Architect, best known for his role Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996 was an English Landscape architect, Garden designer, Architect and author

Underwater hotels

Some hotels have accommodation underwater, such as Utter Inn in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. Utter Inn ( Swedish) or in English Otter Inn is an art project by Mikael Genberg which offers underwater accommodation to the public Lake Mälaren ( (historically occasionally referred to as Lake Malar in English is the third-largest Lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Hydropolis, under construction in Dubai, will have suites on the bottom of the Persian Gulf, and Jules Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida requires scuba diving to access its rooms. The Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort is a planned hotel which will be the world's first underwater luxury resort Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the The Jules Undersea Lodge is an underwater hotel in Key Largo, Florida and is the only such hotel in the United States. Key Largo is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and at long the largest of the Keys Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the

Other unusual hotels

• The Library Hotel in New York City is unique in that each of its ten floors are assigned one category from the Dewey Decimal System. The Library Hotel is a 60-room Boutique hotel in New York City, located at 299 Madison Avenue (at 41st Street near the New York Public Library The City of New York The Dewey Decimal Classification ( DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a Proprietary system of Library classification developed
• The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, is structured in the shape of a boat's sail. The Burj Al Arab ( Arabic: برج العرب literally Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury Hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE
• The former ocean liner RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California uses its first-class staterooms as a hotel. An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule Naming and construction With Germany launching their and into service the British did not want to be left out in this ship building race Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast
• The Jailhotel Löwengraben in Lucerne, Switzerland is a converted prison now used as a hotel. Lucerne ( Italian Lucerna) is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne
• The Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel in Doha, Qatar is known to be the Pyramid of the Gulf for its pyramidal structure.

World record setting hotels

Tallest

The tallest hotel in the world is the Burj al-Arab in Dubai at 321 metres, which however will soon be surpassed by the nearby Rose Rotana Suites at 333 metres (1,091 feet). The Burj Al Arab ( Arabic: برج العرب literally Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury Hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE The Rose Tower is a 333-metre (1093-feet 72-story Skyscraper on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Largest

The hotel with the greatest number of rooms is the MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas, USA, with a total of 6,276 rooms. The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip, which opened as a Hollywood themed resort The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U First World Hotel is the second largest hotel in the world by rooms Genting Highlands ( Malay: Tanah Tinggi Genting; Chinese: 雲頂高原 (1700m above sea level) is a mountain peak within the Titiwangsa Mountains on the For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and ^[1]

Oldest

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel still in operation is the Hoshi Ryokan, in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, Japan which opened in 717. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U is a ryokan (Japanese traditional inn in the Awazu Onsen area of Komatsu, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Events By Place Europe March 21 — The Battle of Vincy is fought between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.

Largest LEED GREEN Building

The largest LEED GREEN building is The Palazzo in Las Vegas, NV. The Palazzo ( IPA:) is a AAA five-diamond Luxury Hotel and Casino Resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in ^[2]

Living in hotels

A number of public figures have notably chosen to take up semi-permanent or permanent residence in hotels.

• Actor Richard Harris lived at the Savoy Hotel while in London. Richard St John Harris ( October 1 1930 - October 25 2002) was a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Grammy Award The Savoy Hotel is a five-star Hotel located on the Strand, in the City of Westminster in Central London that opened on August London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Hotel archivist Susan Scott recounts an anecdote that when he was being taken out of the building on a stretcher shortly before his death he raised his hand and told the diners "it was the food". ^[3]

See also

• Apartment hotel
• Bed and breakfast
• Hospitality services
• Hostal
• Hostel
• Luxury resort
• Motel
• RevPAR (measurement of hotel performance)
• Serviced apartment
• Vacation rental

Gallery

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