ACCOMMODATIONS

• The other term for accommodation

  Hospitality
• Hospitare Greek word for hospitality
• Hospitality is the warm and cordial reception of guest
• Hospitality Industry is the wide range of businesses each w/c is dedicated to the smile of people away from home
• Nishiyama Onsen keiunkan is the oldest hotel in the world
• nishiyama onsen keiunkan is located in yamanashi japan
• First world hotel is the biggest hotel in terms of room count and its located in malaysia
• Inn is the forerunner of the modern hotel
• Roadside inns

  Ø  Mentioned in several instances in both old and New testaments

  Ø  Found in bible, when Joseph Christ’s foster father was told “There is no Room at the inn”
• Excavations

  Ø  Located in Pompeii (Italy)

  Ø  Reveals that the romans had developed the concept of inns into trade
• America’s first hotels were seaport inns
• ELLSWORTH STATLER

  Ø  First hotel chain pioneer in the united states.

  Ø  Hotels bearing his name had been built in buffalo Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit Boston and, New York
• Sheraton chain

  Ø  Founded by Ernest Henderson
• Holiday Inn

  Ø  Founded by Kemmons Wilson
• John Portman

  Ø  Introduced the atrium concept in hotel, boosted popularity of Hyatt
• ·         Sheraton opened its first hotel in Canada in 1949
• Hilton International opened its first hotel in san Juan, Puerto rico in 1949
• Holiday inn opened it first property in Montreal(Canada/Quebec) in 1960, at present it has 221 international hotels in 52 countries outside the united states 
• Types of Accommodation in order

  1. Hotels
  2. Motel or Motor Hotel
  3. Resort Hotels
  4. Pensions
  5. Paradors
  6. Condominium Hotels or Condotel
  7. Campgrounds
  8. Bed and Breakfast or B&B
  9. Tourist Inns
  10. Apartments Hotels or Apartels
  11. Health Spas
  12. Private Homes
  13. Time-sharing
  14. Hostels
• 1.       HOTEL

  Ø  10 room boarding house or a building that has a thousand or more rooms, convention and meeting facilities, recreation facilities such as swimming pools and tennis courts, 24-hour room service, with several restaurants and bars and various types of entertainment. Hotels have been designed and built to meet almost any kind of budget or comfort level that the traveling public might want.
• 1.       MOTEL OR MOTOR HOTEL

  Ø  Motels only offer rooms only and free parking to guest.

  Ø  Found along the highways and cater primarily to transient and cost-conscious travels
• RESORT HOTELS

  Ø  Intendent for vacation travelers

  Ø  Range from budget to luxury and can accommodate these travelers and even convention delegates.

  Ø Usually located near beaches and offer more amenities, shops, and recreation opportunities
• PENSIONS

  Ø  Found principally in Europe

  Ø  Usually family-owned accommodation facilities.

  Ø  Pension is also called GASTHAUS

  Ø  Usually offer continental breakfast but do not have facilities for other meals

  Ø  Known for their informal family atmosphere
• PARADORS

  Ø  Unique to Spain

  Ø  Old castle, convents, or monasteries that have been converted into hotels by the government and are operated by the government
• CONDOMINUIM HOTELS

  Ø  Recent innovation

  Ø  Often hotels with apartments instead of basic rooms
• CAMPGROUNDS

  • popular accommodation in both Europe and north America
  • Usually appeal to families who travel in recreational vehicles RVs
  • RVs stopping spots are often found in government parks and forest
• Bed and Breakfast / B&B

  • Form of lodging which originated in Europe(Great Britain and Ireland)
  • provides bed for night and breakfast the next day
  • 1970s the idea was brought to the united states
  • Retired and semiretired people with large houses have contributed much to the growth of these establishments
• Tourist Inns

  • Establishments that cater to transients
  • do not normally meet the minimum requirements of an economy hotel
• Apartment Hotels or Apartels

  • Contain several independent an d furnished and semi furnished apartments.
  • least to tourist and travelers on a long term basis and offer basic services to its tenant similar hotels
• Health spas

  • cater people who go to spas or mineral spring for medical treatment or weight reduction
  • originated in Europe
  • The spas became the center of the social life of the English, the French and the Germans during the seventeenth and later centuries
  • in Czechoslovakia Europe(or now known Czech Republic and Slovakia) there are more than 900 curative mineral springs and 50 spas town and resorts that are visited by thousand of people from 50 countries
  • Czech Republic (Prague) and Slovakia(Bratis Lava)
• Private Homes

  • Earliest form of overnight lodging for travelers
  • it provides lodging to tourists who cannot be accommodated in hotels and motels during peak vacation periods
• Time-sharing

  • more recent unique type of accommodation
  • started in Europe in 1960 when people found it difficult to make reservations every year in popular hotels during summers
  • It is the selling of vacation lodging, usually condominium for a specific week or weeks over a given number of years. Originally condominium in resort were brought and marketed as either a second home or primary home depending on the need of the buyer
  • Two typed of time-sharing fee-simple and right to use program
• fee simple program

  • program provides the buyer with both an occupancy and ownership right to specific resort unit for a fixed period annually
• Right to use program

  • guarantees an annual occupancy right for a specific period but does not convey ownership interest in the proper
• Hostels

  • provide basic amenities such as bunk beds and commonly shared toilet and bathroom
  • traveler provide his own bedding
  • The idea was conceived in 1909 by an elementary school teacher in Germany who wanted to provide low-cost overnight lodging to travelers throughout Europe
  • The first hostel was established in united states 1934
  • At present hostels are run by individuals or nonprofit organizations or few are run by the national organization
• Classification of Hotels

  Classifying hotels

  • location
  • type of guest
  • price
• According to location

  • center city
  • suburban
  • airport
  • highway
• Based on guest type

  Hotels are classified as

  • commercial
  • conventions
  • or resort
• According to price

  Hotels categorizes as

  • Economy
  • Standard
  • first class or deluxe
• Rating Systems

  • rating guides have been published by individuals automobile associations, and travel organizations using various combination of star dots, and alphabetical indicators
  • Most rating are based on the quality of the physical structure, furnishing, maintenance, housekeeping and overall service