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[[File:PNY Exterior with Rolls Royce.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|[[The Peninsula New York]] hotel, located at the corner of [[Fifth Avenue]] and [[55th Street (Manhattan)|55th Street]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]]]
A '''hotel''' is an establishment that provides paid [[lodging]] on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large [[suite (hotel)|suite]]s with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a [[refrigerator]], and other kitchen facilities, [[upholster]]ed chairs, a television, and [[En-suite|en-suite bathroom]]s. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, a business center with computers, printers, and other office equipment, childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, [[Gym|gymnasium]], restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually [[Room number|numbered]] (or named in some smaller hotels and [[Bed and breakfast|B&Bs]]) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In [[Japan]], [[capsule hotel]]s provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.

The precursor to the modern hotel was the [[inn]] of [[medieval Europe]]. For a period of about 200 years from the mid-17th century, [[coaching inn]]s served as a place for lodging for [[coach (carriage)|coach]] travelers. Inns began to cater to wealthier clients in the mid-18th century. One of the first hotels in a modern sense was opened in [[Exeter]] in 1768. Hotels proliferated throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]] in the early 19th century, and luxury hotels began to spring up in the later part of the 19th century, particularly in the United States.

Hotel operations vary in size, function, complexity, and cost. Most hotels and major hospitality companies have set industry standards to classify hotel types. An upscale full-service hotel facility offers [[Luxury goods|luxury]] amenities, full-service accommodations, an on-site [[restaurant]], and the highest level of personalized service, such as a [[concierge]], [[room service]], and [[clothes iron|clothes-ironing]] staff. [[Conference and resort hotels|Full-service hotels]] often contain upscale full-service facilities with many full-service accommodations, an on-site full-service [[restaurant]], and a variety of on-site [[Amenity|amenities]]. [[Boutique hotel]]s are smaller independent, non-branded hotels that often contain upscale facilities. Small to medium-sized hotel establishments offer a limited amount of on-site amenities. Economy hotels are small to medium-sized hotel establishments that offer basic accommodations with little to no services. [[Extended stay hotel]]s are small to medium-sized hotels that offer longer-term full-service accommodations compared to a traditional hotel.

[[Timeshare]] and [[destination clubs]] are a form of property ownership involving ownership of an individual unit of accommodation for seasonal usage. A [[motel]] is a small-sized low-rise lodging with direct access to individual rooms from the car parking area. [[Boutique hotel]]s are typically hotels with a unique environment or intimate setting. A number of hotels and motels have entered the public consciousness through popular culture. Some hotels are built specifically as destinations in themselves, for example [[casino]]s and holiday [[resort]]s.

Most hotel establishments are run by a [[general manager]] who serves as the head executive (often referred to as the "[[hotel manager]]"), overseeing the entire operation and ensuring all departments function cohesively, department heads who oversee various departments within a hotel (e.g., food service), [[middle manager]]s, [[Administration of business|administrative]] staff, and line-level supervisors. Each department head manages their specific area, trains staff, handles departmental budgets, and ensures their team delivers quality service that aligns with the hotel’s standards. The organizational chart and volume of job positions and hierarchy varies by hotel size, function and class, and is often determined by hotel ownership and managing companies.

==Etymology==
[[File:Mercure hotel taksim.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|A typical hotel room with a bed, desk, and television]]
The word ''hotel'' is derived from the [[French language|French]] ''hôtel'' (coming from the same origin as ''[[hospital]]''), which referred to a French version of a building seeing frequent visitors, and providing care, rather than a place offering accommodation. In contemporary French usage, ''hôtel'' now has the same meaning as the English term, and ''[[hôtel particulier]]'' is used for the old meaning, as well as "hôtel" in some place names such as [[Hôtel-Dieu de Paris|Hôtel-Dieu]] (in Paris), which has been a hospital since the [[Middle Ages]]. The French spelling, with the [[circumflex]], was also used in English, but is now rare. The circumflex replaces the 's' found in the earlier ''[[hostel]]'' spelling, which over time took on a new, but closely related meaning. Grammatically, hotels usually take the [[definite article]] – hence "The Astoria Hotel" or simply "The Astoria".

==History==
[[File:Tabard inn mid19th.jpg|right|thumb|upright|The Tabard Inn, [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark, London]]]]
Facilities offering hospitality to travellers featured in early civilizations. In [[Greco-Roman culture]] and in [[ancient Persia]], hospitals for recuperation and rest were built at [[thermal bath]]s. [[Guinness World Records]] officially recognised Japan's [[Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan]], founded in 705, as the oldest hotel in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Oldest hotel |url = http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-hotel |access-date = 4 April 2015 |publisher = Guinness World Records |archive-date = 10 April 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150410060242/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-hotel |url-status = live }}</ref> During the [[Middle Ages]], various religious orders at [[monastery|monasteries]] and [[abbey]]s would offer accommodation for travellers on the road.

The precursor to the modern hotel was the [[inn]] of [[medieval Europe]], possibly dating back to the rule of [[Ancient Rome]]. These would provide for the needs of travellers, including food<ref>Compare:
{{Cite web
| url= http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4017990.html
| title= Hotels: A Brief History
| access-date= 2 January 2021
| quote= In the Middle Ages, monasteries and abbeys were the first establishments to offer refuge to travellers on a regular basis. Religious orders built inns, hospices and hospitals to cater for those on the move. [...] Inns multiplied, but they did not yet offer meals.
| archive-date= 28 April 2017
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051945/http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4017990.html
| url-status= live
}}</ref> and lodging, [[Stable|stabling]] and [[fodder]] for the traveller's horses and fresh horses for [[mail coach]]es. Famous London examples of inns include the [[The George, Southwark|George]] and the [[The Tabard|Tabard]]. A typical layout of an inn featured an inner court with bedrooms on the two sides, with the [[kitchen]] and [[parlour]] at the front and the stables at the back.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4017990.html |title= Hotels: A Brief History |access-date= 17 December 2012 |quote= During this epoch [early-15th century], more than 600 inns were registered in England. Their architecture often consisted of a paved interior court with access through an arched porch. The bedrooms were situated on the two sides of the courtyard, the kitchen and the public rooms at the front, and the stables and storehouses at the back. |archive-date= 26 December 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121226181728/http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4017990.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

For a period of about 200 years from the mid-17th century, [[coaching inn]]s served as a place for lodging for [[coach (carriage)|coach]] travellers (in other words, a [[roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]]). Coaching inns stabled teams of [[horse]]s for [[stagecoach]]es and [[mail coach]]es and replaced tired teams with fresh teams. Traditionally they were seven miles apart, but this depended very much on the terrain.

[[File:TremontHouse ca1830s byJamesBennett Boston SimonsUPNE.png|thumb|right|[[Tremont House (Boston)|Tremont House]] in [[Boston]], United States, a luxury hotel, the first to provide indoor plumbing]]
[[File:Boody House, Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - ef743aec05907ad71e3bb7b5453e734b (page 1) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|The Boody House Hotel in Toledo, Ohio]]

Some [[England|English]] towns had as many as ten such inns and rivalry between them became intense, not only for the income from the stagecoach operators but for the revenue from the food and drink supplied to the wealthy passengers. By the end of the century, coaching inns were being run more professionally, with a regular timetable being followed and fixed menus for food.<ref>Coaching Era, The: ''Stage and Mail Coach Travel in and Around Bath, Bristol and Somerset'', Roy Gallop, Fiducia (2003), {{ISBN|1-85026-019-2}}</ref>

Inns began to cater to richer clients in the mid-18th century, and consequently grew in grandeur and in the level of service provided. Sudhir Andrews traces "the birth of an organised hotel industry" to Europe's [[chalet]]s and small hotels which catered primarily to aristocrats.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1 = Andrews
 | first1 = Sudhir
 | chapter = History of Hotels and Motels
 | title = Introduction To Tourism And Hospitality Industry
 | date = June 2007
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PrRdc5SI_R4C
 | edition = reprint
 | location = New Delhi
 | publisher = Tata McGraw-Hill Education
 | publication-date = 2007
 | page = 46
 | isbn = 9780070660212
 | access-date = 2 January 2021
| quote = It was in Europe that the birth of an organised hotel industry took place in the shape of chalets and small hotels, which provided a variety of services and were mainly patronized by the aristocrats of the day. 
}}
</ref>
One of the first hotels in a modern sense, the [[Royal Clarence Hotel|Royal Clarence]], opened in [[Exeter]] in 1768, although the idea only really caught on in the early-19th century. In 1812 Mivart's Hotel opened its doors in [[London]], later changing its name to [[Claridge's]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.buildinghistory.org/buildings/inns.shtml|title= Researching the history of pubs, inns and hotels|access-date= 17 December 2012|archive-date= 17 January 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130117081213/http://www.buildinghistory.org/buildings/inns.shtml|url-status= live}}</ref>

Hotels proliferated throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]] in the 19th century. Luxury hotels, including the 1829 [[Tremont House (Boston)|Tremont House]] in [[Boston]], the 1836 [[Astor House]] in [[New York City]],<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.oldandsold.com/articles25/hotels-12.shtml|title= Nineteenth Century Hotels in the United States|access-date= 17 December 2012|archive-date= 14 June 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120614140716/http://www.oldandsold.com/articles25/hotels-12.shtml|url-status= live}}</ref> the 1889 [[Savoy Hotel]] in London, and the [[César Ritz|Ritz chain of hotels]] in London and [[Paris]] in the late 1890s, catered to an ever more-wealthy clientele.

[[Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]] is part of a United States law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf |title=Civil Rights Act of 1964: P.L. 88-352 |website=senate.gov |access-date=12 August 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503172510/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CivilRightsActOf1964.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Hotels are included as types of public accommodation in the Act.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/515|title=Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States.|website=Oyez|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-date=13 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313032816/https://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/515|url-status=live}}</ref>

==International scale==
Hotels cater to travelers from many countries and languages, since no one country dominates the travel industry.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Country
! Hotel rooms in 2011–12<ref name="unwto">{{cite web | url=http://www.e-unwto.org/content/v486k6/?v=search | title=Tourism Factbook | publisher=UN World Tourism Organization | date=2014 | access-date=22 April 2014 | pages=3.2, 4.13, 4.14 | archive-date=11 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211131504/http://www.e-unwto.org/content/v486k6/?v=search | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="hhh">{{cite web | url=http://hhh.lang1234.com/ | title=Workers and Guests Have Different Language Needs in a Hotel | publisher=Lang1234.com | date=2013 | access-date=22 April 2014 | archive-date=11 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211131507/http://hhh.lang1234.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
! Average rooms per hotel<ref name="hhh" />
! Overnight tourists traveling from each country, annual<ref name="unwto" /><ref name="hhh" />
|-
| [[United States]] ||4,900,000 || 93 || 58,000,000 
|-
| [[China]] ||1,500,000 || 132 || 83,000,000 
|-
| [[Japan]] ||1,370,000 || 27 || 18,000,000 
|-
| [[Italy]] ||1,100,000 || 32 || 29,000,000 
|-
| [[Germany]] ||950,000 || 27 || 72,000,000 
|-
| [[Spain]] ||900,000 || 47 || 12,000,000 
|-
| [[Mexico]] ||660,000 || 37 || 16,000,000 
|-
| [[United Kingdom]] ||650,000 || 17 || 57,000,000 
|-
| [[France]] ||620,000 || 36 || 26,000,000 
|-
| [[Thailand]] ||530,000 || NA || 6,000,000 
|-
| [[Indonesia]] ||410,000 || 25 || 7,000,000 
|-
| [[Greece]] ||400,000 || 41 || 5,000,000 
|-
| [[Brazil]] ||400,000 || 40 || 8,000,000 
|-
| [[Turkey]] ||330,000 || 117 || 16,000,000 
|-
| [[Austria]] ||290,000 || 22 || 11,000,000 
|-
| [[Russia]] ||260,000 || 33 || 44,000,000
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''Global total''' || '''21,000,000''' || '''41'''  || '''876,000,000'''
|}

==Types==
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. General categories include the following:

==={{anchor|Luxury}}International luxury===
[[File:Moskva Hotel in MSK (img1).jpg|thumb|[[Four Seasons Hotel Moscow]], Russia]]
[[Image:Mandarin_Oriental_Bangkok_Exec_Suite.jpg|thumb|[[Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok]], Thailand]] [[File:Rosewood London Courtyard.jpg|thumb|[[Rosewood London]], England]]
International luxury hotels offer high-quality amenities, full-service accommodations, on-site full-service restaurants, and the highest level of personalized and professional service in [[major city|major]] or [[capital cities]]. International luxury hotels are classified with at least a [[AAA Five Diamond Award|Five Diamond]] rating or [[Star (classification)|Five Star]] [[hotel rating]] depending on the country and local classification standards. Example brands include: [[Grand Hyatt]], [[Conrad Hotels|Conrad]], [[InterContinental Hotels & Resorts|InterContinental]], [[Sofitel]], [[Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group|Mandarin Oriental]], [[Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons]], [[The Peninsula Hotels|The Peninsula]], [[Rosewood Hotels & Resorts|Rosewood]], [[JW Marriott Hotels|JW Marriott]] and [[The Ritz-Carlton]].

==={{anchor|Lifestyle}}Lifestyle luxury resorts===
[[File:Main swimming pool, Shangri-La Fijian Resort.jpg|thumb|[[Shangri-La's Fijian Resort]] in [[Yanuca]] Island, Fiji]]
[[Image:Wild-wadi.jpg|thumb|[[Jumeirah Beach Hotel]] in [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates]]
[[File:Raffles Praslin 2015.JPG|thumb|[[Raffles Praslin, Seychelles]]]]
Lifestyle luxury [[resorts]] are branded hotels that appeal to a guest with lifestyle or personal image in specific locations. They are typically full-service and classified as luxury. A key characteristic of lifestyle resorts is focus on providing a unique guest experience as opposed to simply providing lodging. Lifestyle luxury resorts are classified with a Five Star hotel rating depending on the country and local classification standards. Example brands include: [[Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts|Waldorf Astoria]], [[St. Regis Hotels & Resorts|St. Regis]], [[Wynn Resorts]], [[MGM Resorts International|MGM]], [[Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts|Shangri-La]], [[The Oberoi Group|Oberoi]], [[Belmond Limited|Belmond]], [[Jumeirah (hotel chain)|Jumeirah]], [[Aman Resorts|Aman]], [[Taj Hotels]], [[Hoshino Resorts|Hoshino]], [[Raffles Hotels & Resorts|Raffles]], [[Capella Hotels and Resorts|Capella]], [[Fairmont Hotels and Resorts|Fairmont]], [[Banyan Tree Holdings|Banyan Tree]], [[Regent Hotels & Resorts|Regent]] and [[Park Hyatt]].

==={{anchor|Full}}Upscale full-service===
[[Conference and resort hotels|Upscale full-service hotels]] often provide a wide array of guest services and on-site facilities. Commonly found amenities may include: on-site food and beverage (room service and restaurants), meeting and conference services and facilities, fitness center, and business center. Upscale full-service hotels range in quality from upscale to luxury. This classification is based upon the quality of facilities and amenities offered by the hotel.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Full-Service Vs. Limited-Service Hotels|url = http://traveltips.usatoday.com/fullservice-vs-limitedservice-hotels-106136.html|website = Travel Tips – USA Today|access-date = 23 October 2015|archive-date = 23 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023122328/http://traveltips.usatoday.com/fullservice-vs-limitedservice-hotels-106136.html|url-status = live}}</ref> Examples include: [[W Hotels]], [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton]], [[Langham Hospitality Group|Langham]], [[Kempinski]], [[Pullman Hotels and Resorts|Pullman]],
[[Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants|Kimpton Hotels]], [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton]], [[Swissôtel]], [[Lotte Hotels & Resorts|Lotte]], [[Renaissance Hotels|Renaissance]], [[Marriott International|Marriott]] and [[Hyatt|Hyatt Regency]] brands.

==={{anchor|Boutique}}Boutique===
[[Boutique hotel]]s are smaller independent non-branded hotels that often contain mid-scale to upscale facilities of varying size in unique or intimate settings with full-service accommodations. These hotels are generally 100 rooms or fewer.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.hvs.com/Content/3171.pdf|title = Boutique Hotels Segment|last = Balekjian|first = Cristina|date = September 2011|journal = HVS|access-date = 22 October 2015|archive-date = 26 February 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150226015118/http://www.hvs.com/Content/3171.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref>

==={{anchor|Focused}}Focused or select service===
Small to medium-sized hotel establishments that offer a limited number of on-site amenities that only cater and market to a specific demographic of travelers, such as the single business traveler. Most focused or select service hotels may still offer full-service accommodations but may lack leisure amenities such as an on-site restaurant or a swimming pool. Examples include [[Hyatt Place]], [[Holiday Inn]], [[Courtyard by Marriott]] and [[Hilton Garden Inn]].

==={{anchor|Economy}}Economy and limited service===
Small to medium-sized hotel establishments that offer a very limited number of on-site amenities and often only offer basic accommodations with little to no services, catering to the budget-minded traveler seeking a "no frills" accommodation. Limited service hotels often lack an on-site restaurant but in return may offer a limited complimentary food and beverage amenity such as on-site continental breakfast service. Examples include [[Ibis Budget]], [[Hampton by Hilton]], [[Aloft Hotels|Aloft]], [[Holiday Inn Express]], [[Fairfield by Marriott|Fairfield by Mariott]], and [[Four Points by Sheraton]].

==={{anchor|Extended}}Extended stay===
[[Extended stay hotel]]s are small to medium-sized hotels that offer longer-term full-service accommodations compared to a traditional hotel. Extended stay hotels may offer non-traditional pricing methods such as a weekly rate that caters towards travelers in need of short-term accommodations for an extended period of time. Similar to limited and select service hotels, on-site amenities are normally limited and most extended stay hotels lack an on-site restaurant. Examples include [[Staybridge Suites]], [[Candlewood Suites]], [[Homewood Suites by Hilton]], [[Home2 Suites by Hilton]], [[Residence Inn by Marriott]], [[Element by Westin|Element]], and [[Extended Stay America]].

==={{anchor|Timeshare}}Timeshare and destination clubs===
[[Timeshare]] and [[destination clubs]] are a form of property ownership also referred to as a vacation ownership involving the purchase and ownership of an individual unit of accommodation for seasonal usage during a specified period of time. Timeshare resorts often offer amenities similar that of a full-service hotel with on-site restaurants, swimming pools, recreation grounds, and other leisure-oriented amenities. Destination clubs on the other hand may offer more exclusive private accommodations such as private houses in a neighborhood-style setting. Examples of timeshare brands include [[Hilton Grand Vacations]], [[Marriott Vacation Club International]], [[Westgate Resorts]], [[Disney Vacation Club]], and [[Holiday Inn|Holiday Inn Club Vacations]].

==={{anchor|Motel}}Motel===
A [[motel]], an abbreviation for "motor hotel", is a small-sized low-rise lodging establishment similar to a limited service, lower-cost hotel, but typically with direct access to individual rooms from the car park. Motels were built to serve road travellers, including travellers on road trip vacations and workers who drive for their job (travelling salespeople, truck drivers, etc.). Common during the 1950s and 1960s, motels were often located adjacent to a major highway, where they were built on inexpensive land at the edge of towns or along stretches of freeway.

New motel construction is rare in the 2000s as hotel chains have been building economy-priced, limited-service franchised properties at freeway exits which compete for largely the same clientele, largely saturating the market by the 1990s. Motels are still useful in less populated areas for driving travelers, but the more populated an area becomes, the more hotels move in to meet the demand for accommodation. While many motels are unbranded and independent, many of the other motels which remain in operation joined national franchise chains, often rebranding themselves as hotels, inns or lodges. Some examples of chains with motels include [[EconoLodge]], [[Motel 6]], [[Super 8 Motels|Super 8]], and [[Travelodge]].

Motels in some parts of the world are more often regarded as places for romantic assignations where rooms are often rented by the hour. This is fairly common in parts of [[Latin America]].

In the [[United States]], motels have a reputation for criminal activity such as [[prostitution]] and [[Illegal drug trade|drug dealing]].

==={{anchor|Microstay}}Microstay===
Hotels may offer rooms for [[microstay]]s,<ref>{{cite news|title=By-the-Hour Microstays Add to Big Hotels' Bottom Line|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/a-room-by-the-hour-to-refresh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/a-room-by-the-hour-to-refresh.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a type of booking for less than 24 hours where the customer chooses the check in time and the length of the stay. This allows the hotel increased revenue by reselling the same room several times a day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hoteliers urged to tap into microstays market to stay ahead|url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Hoteliers-urged-to-tap-into-micro-stay-market-to-stay-ahead|website=www.bighospitality.co.uk|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226190138/http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Hoteliers-urged-to-tap-into-micro-stay-market-to-stay-ahead|url-status=live}}</ref> They first gained popularity in Europe but are now common in major global tourist centers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The rise of the microstay {{!}} Aetna International |url=https://www.aetnainternational.com/en/about-us/explore/living-abroad/travel/rise-of-microstays.html |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=www.aetnainternational.com |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815204806/https://www.aetnainternational.com/en/about-us/explore/living-abroad/travel/rise-of-microstays.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Management ==
{{Main|Hotel management}}
Hotel management is a globally accepted professional career field and academic field of study. Degree programs such as [[hospitality management studies]], a [[business degree]], and/or certification programs formally prepare hotel managers for industry practice.

Most hotel establishments consist of a general manager who serves as the head executive (often referred to as the "hotel manager"), department heads who oversee various departments within a hotel, [[middle manager]]s, [[Administration of business|administrative]] staff, and line-level supervisors. The organizational chart and volume of job positions and hierarchy varies by hotel size, function, and is often determined by hotel ownership and managing companies.

=={{anchor|Unique}}Unique and specialty hotels==

=== {{anchor|Historic}} Historic inns and boutique hotels ===
[[File:Hotel Astoria.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg)|Hotel Astoria]] and statue of [[Nicholas I of Russia|Tsar Nicholas I]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia]]
[[File:Grand Hotel in winter.JPG|thumb|left|Grand Hotel Viljandi in winter in [[Viljandi]], Estonia]]
[[Boutique hotel]]s are typically hotels with a unique environment or intimate setting.
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 [[Potsdam Conference]] of the [[World War II]] allies [[Winston Churchill]], [[Harry Truman]] and [[Joseph Stalin]] in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schloss Cecilienhof - Cecilienhof Palace |url=http://www.potsdam.de/node/276259 |work=Landeshauptstadt Potsdam |date=3 December 2004 |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=26 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126002306/http://www.potsdam.de/node/276259 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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]]. Some establishments have given name to a particular meal or beverage, as is the case with the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel|Waldorf Astoria]] in [[New York City]], United States where the [[Waldorf Salad]] was first created or the [[Hotel Sacher]] in [[Vienna]], Austria, home of the [[Sachertorte]]. Others have achieved fame by association with dishes or cocktails created on their premises, such as the [[Hotel de Paris]] where the [[crêpe Suzette]] was invented or the [[Raffles Hotel]] in [[Singapore]], where the [[Singapore Sling]] cocktail was devised.<ref>{{cite news |first=Colin |last=Campbell |title=Singapore Journal; Back to Somerset Maugham and Life's Seamy Side |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/travel/singapore-sling-is-spoken-here.html |location=Singapore |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=12 December 1982 |access-date=11 February 2019 |page=6 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109180112/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/12/travel/singapore-sling-is-spoken-here.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Hotel Ritz Paris.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hôtel Ritz Paris]] in [[France]]]]

A number of hotels have entered the public consciousness through popular culture, such as the [[The Ritz London Hotel|Ritz Hotel]] in [[London]], through its association with [[Irving Berlin|Irving Berlin's]] song, "[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]". The [[Algonquin Hotel]] in New York City is famed as the meeting place of the literary group, the [[Algonquin Round Table]], and [[Hotel Chelsea]], also in New York City, has been the subject of a number of songs and the scene of the stabbing of [[Nancy Spungen]] (allegedly by her boyfriend [[Sid Vicious]]).

==={{anchor|Resort}}Resort hotels===
[[File:Wynn Palace Macau 2016.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wynn Palace]], Macau]] [[File:Shanghai Disneyland Hotel 1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Shanghai Disneyland Hotel]], China]] 
Some hotels are built specifically as a destination in itself to create a captive trade, example at [[casino]]s, [[amusement park]]s and holiday [[resort]]s. Though hotels have always been built in popular destinations, the defining characteristic of a [[resort hotel]] is that it exists purely to serve another attraction, the two having the same owners.

On the [[Las Vegas Strip]] there is a tradition of [[one-upmanship]] with luxurious and extravagant hotels in a concentrated area. This trend now has extended to other resorts worldwide, but the concentration in Las Vegas is still the world's highest: nineteen of the world's twenty-five largest hotels by room count are on the Strip, with a total of over 67,000 rooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/largesthotels.htm|title=The 25 Largest Hotels in the World|access-date=18 April 2009|archive-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218140942/http://vegastodayandtomorrow.com/largesthotels.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Bunker hotels===
The [[Null Stern Hotel]] in [[Teufen AR|Teufen]], [[Appenzellerland]], Switzerland, and the Concrete Mushrooms in [[Albania]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Doug |last=McKinlay |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/sep/13/nuclear-bunker-hotel-null-stern-switzerland |title=Switzerland's Null Stern Hotel: the nuclear option |newspaper=[[Guardian (newspaper)|Guardian]] |date=13 September 2009 |access-date=2 January 2011 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225222747/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/sep/13/nuclear-bunker-hotel-null-stern-switzerland |archive-date=25 December 2011 |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> are former nuclear [[bunker]]s transformed into hotels.

===Cave hotels===
The Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (named after the [[Pedro Antonio de Alarcón|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. The Desert Cave Hotel in [[Coober Pedy]], South Australia, is built into the remains of an [[opal]] mine.

===Cliff hotels===
[[File:Hotel Riosol en Gran Canaria.jpg|thumb|On top of the cliff, the Riosol Hotel in Mogán]]
Located on the coast but high above sea level, these hotels offer unobstructed panoramic views and a great sense of privacy without the feeling of total isolation. Some examples from around the globe are the Riosol Hotel in Gran Canaria, Caruso Belvedere Hotel in Amalfi Coast (Italy), Aman Resorts Amankila in Bali, Birkenhead House in Hermanus (South Africa), The Caves in Jamaica and Caesar Augustus in Capri.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/cllifftop-hotels/index.html |title=7 breathtaking clifftop hotels |first=Adam |last=McCulloch |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=11 February 2019 |work=Edition [[CNN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129095315/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/13/travel/cllifftop-hotels/ |archive-date=29 November 2012 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.]]}}</ref>

===Capsule hotels===
[[File:CapsuleHotel.jpg|thumb|Interior of a [[capsule hotel]] in [[Osaka]], Japan]]
[[Capsule hotel]]s are a type of economical hotel first introduced in Japan, where people sleep in stacks of rectangular containers. In the sleeping capsules, beside the bed, the customer can watch TV, put their valuables in the mini safes, and the customers also can use the wireless internet.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chiang |first=Chun-Fang |date=3 April 2018 |title=Influences of price, service convenience, and social servicescape on post-purchase process of capsule hotels |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10941665.2018.1444649 |journal=Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research |language=en |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=373–384 |doi=10.1080/10941665.2018.1444649 |s2cid=158533184 |issn=1094-1665 |access-date=15 July 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715203450/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10941665.2018.1444649 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===Day room hotels===
Some hotels fill daytime occupancy with [[day room (hotel)|day rooms]], for example, [[Rodeway Inn and Suites]] near [[Port Everglades]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]].<ref name="Chris Cruises">{{cite news|last1=Owen|first1=Chris|title=Pre-Cruise Hotels|url=https://chriscruises.com/pre-cruise-hotel-florida/|access-date=3 December 2016|agency=Chris Cruises|date=5 November 2015|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223064242/https://chriscruises.com/pre-cruise-hotel-florida/|url-status=live}}</ref> Day rooms are booked in a block of hours typically between 8 am and 5 pm,<ref name="CNBC">{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=Darren|title=Long Layover? Many Airport Hotels Offer Day-Room Rates|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/12/18/long-layover-many-airport-hotels-offer-dayroom-rates.html|access-date=3 December 2016|agency=CNBC|date=18 December 2012|archive-date=23 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223131404/http://www.cnbc.com/id/100324884|url-status=live}}</ref> before the typical night shift. These are similar to transit hotels in that they appeal to travelers, however, unlike transit hotels, they do not eliminate the need to go through Customs.

===Garden hotels===
Garden hotels often originate as famous buildings with gardens before becoming luxury hotels. In Britain, the conversion into a hotel commonly results from the need to improve the finances of estates.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Directions_in_Garden_Tourism/t3cREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=garden+hotels&pg=PA9&printsec=frontcover|title=New Directions in Garden Tourism|first=Richard W.|last=Benfield|publisher=CAB International|date=2021|page=9|isbn=9781789241761}}</ref> These include [[Gravetye Manor]], the home of garden designer [[William Robinson (gardener)|William Robinson]], and [[Cliveden]], designed by [[Charles Barry]] with a rose garden by [[Geoffrey Jellicoe]]. Other prominent examples include the [[Abbasi Hotel]] in [[Iran]], and [[Hostal dos Reis Católicos]] in [[Spain]].

===Ice, snow and igloo hotels===
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[[File:Icehotel entre ms.jpg|thumb|Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden]]
The Ice Hotel in [[Jukkasjärvi]], [[Sweden]], was the first ice hotel in the world; first built in 1990, it is built each winter and melts every spring. The Hotel de Glace in Duschenay, [[Canada]], opened in 2001 and it is North America's only ice hotel. It is redesigned and rebuilt in its entirety every year. 
Ice hotels can also be included within larger ice complexes; for example, 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. There is an arctic snowhotel in [[Rovaniemi]] in [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]], Finland, along with glass igloos.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200619005549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZxrjUGLMU| archive-date = 19 June 2020| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZxrjUGLMU| title = Arctic SnowHotel and Glass Igloos in Rovaniemi in Lapland Finland: discover northern lights| website = [[YouTube]]| access-date =24 August 2023}}</ref> The first glass igloos were built in 1999 in [[Finland]], they became the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort with 65 buildings, 53 small ones for two people and 12 large ones for four people. Glass igloos, with their roof made of thermal glass, allow guests to admire [[aurora]]s comfortably from their beds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archello.com/project/glass-igloos|title=GLASS IGLOOS &#124; Kakslauttanen|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215215900/https://archello.com/project/glass-igloos|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Love hotels===
{{Main|Love hotel}}
A love hotel (also 'love motel', especially in Taiwan) is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for [[Human sexual activity|sexual activities]], typically for one to three hours, but with overnight as an option. Styles of premises vary from extremely low-end to extravagantly appointed. In Japan, love hotels have a history of over 400 years.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Matthew Alexander|last2=Chien Chuan Chen|last3=Andrew MacLaren|last4=Kevin D. O'Gorman|date=9 March 2010|title=Love motels: oriental phenomenon or emergent sector?|journal=International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management|volume=22|issue=2|pages=194–208|doi=10.1108/09596111011018188|issn=0959-6119|url=https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/7726/6/strathprints007726.pdf|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609213530/https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/7726/6/strathprints007726.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Portable modular hotels===
In 2021 a New York-based company introduced new [[Modular building|modular]] and movable hotel rooms which allow landowners and [[Hospitality industry|hospitality groups]] to create and easily [[Scalability|scale]] hotel accommodations. The [[Portable building|portable]] units can be built in three to five months and can be stacked to create multi-floor units.<ref>{{cite web |title=A New York startup is creating $150,000 modular portable hotel rooms - see what it's like inside |date=5 September 2021 |author=Brittany Chang |website=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/a-new-york-startup-is-creating-150000-modular-portable-hotel-rooms-xa0see-what-itaposs-like-inside/slidelist/85948841.cms |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602174803/https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/a-new-york-startup-is-creating-150000-modular-portable-hotel-rooms-xa0see-what-itaposs-like-inside/slidelist/85948841.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Referral hotel===
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A referral hotel is a hotel chain that offers branding to independently operated hotels; the chain itself is founded by or owned by the member hotels as a group. Many former referral chains have been converted to franchises; the largest surviving member-owned chain is [[Best Western]].

===Railway hotels===
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The first recorded purpose-built railway hotel was the [[Great Western Hotel, Reading|Great Western Hotel]], which opened adjacent to [[Reading railway station]] in 1844, shortly after the [[Great Western Railway]] opened its line from London. The building still exists, and although it has been used for other purposes over the years, it is now again a hotel and a member of the [[Malmaison (hotel chain)|Malmaison hotel chain]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Daphne |last=Phillips |title=The Story of Reading |publisher=Countryside Books |date=1980 |isbn=0-905392-07-8 |page=115}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |desc= Great Western House |num=1113591 |access-date=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reading |publisher=Malmaison |url=https://www.malmaison.com/locations/reading/ |access-date=24 February 2017 |archive-date=7 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207032457/https://www.malmaison.com/locations/reading/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Frequently, expanding railway companies built grand hotels at their termini, such as the [[Midland Hotel, Manchester]] next to [[Manchester Central railway station|the former Manchester Central Station]], and in London the ones above [[St Pancras railway station]] and [[Charing Cross railway station]]. London also has the Chiltern Court Hotel above [[Baker Street tube station]], there are also [[Canada's grand railway hotels]]. They are or were mostly, but not exclusively, used by those traveling by rail.

=== Straw bale hotels ===
The Maya Guesthouse in Nax Mont-Noble in the Swiss Alps, is the first hotel in Europe built entirely with straw bales. Due to the insulation values of the walls it needs no conventional heating or air conditioning system, although the Maya Guesthouse is built at an altitude of {{convert|1300|m}} in the Alps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/the-first-straw-bale-hotel-will-r2744664.htm/article |title=About the first straw bale hotel in Europe |publisher=Pr-inside.com |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708022431/http://www.pr-inside.com/the-first-straw-bale-hotel-will-r2744664.htm/article |archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>

===Transit hotels===
{{Main|Transit Hotel}}
Transit hotels are short stay hotels typically used at international airports where passengers can stay while waiting to change airplanes.  The hotels are typically on the [[Airside (airport)|airside]] and do not require a visa for a stay or re-admission through security checkpoints.

===Treehouse hotels===
Some hotels are built with living trees as structural elements, for example the Treehotel near [[Piteå]], Sweden, the Costa Rica Tree House near the [[Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge]], [[Costa Rica]]; the [[Treetops Hotel]] in [[Aberdare National Park]], [[Kenya]]; the [[Ariau Towers]] near [[Manaus]], Brazil, on the [[Rio Negro (Amazon)|Rio Negro]] in the [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]]; and Bayram's Tree Houses in [[Olympos (Lycia)|Olympos]], Turkey.

===Underwater hotels===
[[File:Ithaa inside.JPG|thumb|[[Ithaa]], the first undersea restaurant at the [[Conrad Hotels|Conrad Maldives]] [[Rangali|Rangali Island]] resort]]
Some hotels have accommodation underwater, such as [[Utter Inn]] in [[Lake Mälaren]], Sweden. [[Hydropolis, Dubai|Hydropolis]], project in [[Dubai]], would have had suites on the bottom of the [[Persian Gulf]], and Jules' Undersea Lodge in [[Key Largo]], [[Florida]], requires [[scuba diving]] to access its rooms.

===Overwater hotels===
[[File:Rehendi Suite Deck (Service).jpg|thumb|An overwater bungalow on the [[island resort]] in the [[Maldives]]]]
A [[resort island]] is an island or an archipelago that contains resorts, hotels, overwater bungalows, restaurants, tourist attractions and its amenities. [[Maldives]] has the most overwater bungalows resorts.

===Yurt hotels===
[[Yurts]] are circular, self-supporting structures with long [[rafters]] coalescing toward a central [[dome]]. During the day, the dome allows [[sunlight]] to illuminate the entire yurt interior, while [[moonlight]] and [[starlight]] shine through the dome at night.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yurt Hotels |website=Uniq Hotels |url=https://www.uniqhotels.com/yurt-hotels |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602180052/https://www.uniqhotels.com/yurt-hotels |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other specialty hotels===
[[File:Burj Al Arab, Dubai, by Joi Ito Dec2007.jpg|thumb|right|[[Burj Al Arab]] stands on an [[artificial island]] from [[Jumeirah Beach]] and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge]]
[[File:The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong Level 103 Lobby.jpg|thumb|right|Lobby on 103rd floor at [[The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong]]]]
* 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 [[Library Hotel]] in New York City, is unique in that each of its ten floors is assigned one category from the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal System]].
* The Jailhotel Löwengraben in [[Lucerne, Switzerland]], the Malmaison in [[Oxford]], and Bodmin Jail Hotel in [[Bodmin]], are in converted prisons now used as a hotels.
* The [[Luxor (hotel)|Luxor]], a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in [[Paradise, Nevada]], United States is unusual due to its pyramidal structure.
*The Ritz-Carlton opened the highest hotel in the world in 2011, [[The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong]] on floors 102-118 of the [[International Commerce Centre]] in [[Tsim Sha Tsui]] on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong.<ref name="e-architect">{{cite web| title=International Commerce Centre Hong Kong| date=8 April 2011| url=http://www.e-architect.co.uk/hong_kong/international_commerce_centre.htm| publisher=e-architect.com| access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> The lobby is {{convert|425|m|abbr=on}} above the ground.<ref name="icc">{{cite web|title=Amenities-Hotels |publisher=Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. |url=http://www.shkp-icc.com/amenitites/hotels.html |year=2011 |access-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202045714/http://shkp-icc.com/amenitites/hotels.html |archive-date=2 February 2011 }}</ref> 
* The [[Liberty Hotel]] in [[Boston]] used to be the [[Charles Street Jail]].
* Hotel Kakslauttanen in [[Finland]], a collection of glass igloos in Lapland that allow you to watch the Northern Lights<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://qosy.co/most-luxurious-hotels-retreats/ |title=101 Most Luxurious Hotels and Retreats in the World |access-date=16 April 2014 |work=Qosy |archive-date=12 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112153109/http://qosy.co/most-luxurious-hotels-retreats/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Built in [[Scotland]] and completed in 1936, The former [[ocean liner]] {{RMS|Queen Mary}} in [[Long Beach, California]], United States uses its first-class staterooms as a hotel, after retiring in 1967 from Transatlantic service.
* The [[Wigwam Motel]]s used patented [[novelty architecture]] in which each motel room was a free-standing concrete wigwam or teepee.
* [[The Bus Collective]] in [[Singapore]] was built from 20 retired public buses, and opened in 2023.
* Various [[caboose|Caboose Motel]] or Red Caboose Inn properties are built from decommissioned rail cars.
*Throughout the world there are several hotels built from converted airliners.

==Records==

=== Largest ===
{{See also|List of 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 (and which has now expanded to 7,351 rooms).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=237233 |title=Genting's First World Recognized As World's Largest Hotel |work=Bernama.com |date=18 December 2006 |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234436/http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=237233 |archive-date=3 June 2011}}</ref> The [[Izmailovo Hotel]] in [[Moscow]] has the most beds, with 7,500, followed by [[The Venetian Las Vegas|The Venetian]] and [[The Palazzo]] complex in Las Vegas (7,117 rooms) and [[MGM Grand Las Vegas]] complex (6,852 rooms).<ref>{{cite book |last=Esomba |first=Steve |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4_FBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA41 |title=GLOBAL TOURISM & THE ENVIRONMENT: THE NECESSITIES FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND CLEAN TRANSPORTATION USAGES |chapter=1.4 |date=17 June 2012 |page=41 |access-date=22 October 2015 |isbn=9781471749681 |publisher=[[Lulu.com]]}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}

===Oldest===
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel in operation is the [[Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Yamanashi]], Japan. The hotel, first opened in AD 707, has been operated by the same family for forty-six generations. The title was held until 2011 by the [[Hoshi Ryokan]], in the Awazu Onsen area of [[Komatsu, Ishikawa|Komatsu]], Japan, which opened in the year 718, as the history of the Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan was virtually unknown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ho-shi.co.jp/jiten/Houshi_E/home.htm |title=Hoshi Ryokan website |date=22 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529061345/http://www.ho-shi.co.jp/jiten/Houshi_E/home.htm |archive-date=29 May 2008 |work=Ho-shi.co.jp |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>

=== Highest ===
The [[Rosewood Hotels & Resorts|Rosewood Guangzhou]] located on the top floors of the 108-story [[Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre]] in [[Tianhe District]], [[Guangzhou]], China. Soaring to 530-meters at its highest point, earns the singular status as the world's highest hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.get.com/new-rosewood-guangzhou-world-tallest-5-star-hotel/amp/ |title=Newly Opened Rosewood Guangzhou Is World's Tallest 5-Star Hotel |date=12 September 2019 |work=GET.com |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=12 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912234206/https://news.get.com/new-rosewood-guangzhou-world-tallest-5-star-hotel/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rustourismnews.com/2019/09/11/rosewood-opens-tallest-5-star-hotel-in-the-world/ |title=Rosewood Opens Tallest 5-star Hotel in the World |date=11 September 2019 |work=RusTourismNews |access-date=14 September 2019 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225051105/https://www.rustourismnews.com/2019/09/11/rosewood-opens-tallest-5-star-hotel-in-the-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Most expensive purchase ===
In October 2014, the [[Anbang Insurance Group]], based in [[China]], purchased the [[Waldorf Astoria New York]] in [[Manhattan]] for US$1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold.<ref name=MostExpensiveHotelPurchase>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/06/waldorf-becomes-most-expensive-hotel-ever-sold-195-billion.html|title=Waldorf becomes most expensive hotel ever sold: $1.95 billion|author=Robert Frank|publisher=CNBC|date=6 October 2014|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626115740/http://www.cnbc.com/id/102062617#.|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Waldorf Astoria exterior.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The [[Waldorf Astoria New York]], the most expensive hotel ever sold, cost US$1.95 billion in 2014.<ref name=MostExpensiveHotelPurchase/>]]

== Long term residence  ==
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A number of public figures have notably chosen to take up semi-permanent or permanent residence in hotels.
*Fashion designer [[Coco Chanel]] lived in the [[Hôtel Ritz]], Paris, on and off for more than 30 years.
*Inventor [[Nikola Tesla]] lived the last ten years of his life at the [[New Yorker Hotel]] until he died in his room in 1943.
*[[Larry Fine]] (of [[The Three Stooges]]) and his family lived in hotels, due to his extravagant spending habits and his wife's dislike for housekeeping. They first lived in the President Hotel in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], where his daughter Phyllis was raised, then the Knickerbocker Hotel in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. Not until the late 1940s did Fine buy a home in the [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz area of Los Angeles]].
*The [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] and its affiliated Waldorf Towers has been the home of many famous persons over the years including former President [[Herbert Hoover]] who lived there from the end of his presidency in 1933 until his death in 1964. General [[Douglas MacArthur]] lived his last 14 years in the penthouse of the Waldorf Towers. Composer [[Cole Porter]] spent the last 25 years of his life in an apartment at the Waldorf Towers.
*Billionaire [[Howard Hughes]] lived in hotels during the last ten years of his life (1966–76), primarily in Las Vegas, as well as [[Acapulco]], [[Beverly Hills]], [[Boston]], [[Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport]], [[London]], [[Managua]], [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], [[Vancouver]], and others.
*[[Vladimir Nabokov]] and his wife Vera lived in the [[Fairmont Le Montreux Palace|Montreux Palace]] Hotel in [[Montreux]], Switzerland, from 1961 until his death in 1977.
*Actor [[Richard Harris]] lived at the Savoy Hotel while in London. Hotel archivist Susan Scott recounts an anecdote that, when he was being taken out of the building on a stretcher shortly before his death in 2002, he raised his hand and told the diners "it was the food."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6990706.stm |title=Home suite home |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 September 2007 |access-date=12 June 2011 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=2 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702155401/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6990706.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Egyptian actor [[Ahmed Zaki (actor)|Ahmed Zaki]] lived his last 15 years in Ramses [[Hilton Worldwide|Hilton]] Hotel – [[Cairo]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
*British [[entrepreneur]] [[Jack Lyons (financier)|Jack Lyons]] lived in the Hotel Mirador Kempinski in Switzerland for several years until his death in 2008.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

*American actress [[Ethel Merman]] lived in the [[Berkshire Hotel]] in Manhattan for many years<ref>Kellow, Brian (2008). Ethel Merman : a life. New York: Penguin Books. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-14-311420-8. OCLC 223803989.</ref> but was evicted in 1978 by new ownership who did not want permanent residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/50395288/berkshire/ |title=Bing's Widow Writing Books |work=[[newspapers.com]] |access-date=2 July 2023 |publisher=Daily News}}</ref>
*American actress [[Elaine Stritch]] lived in the [[Savoy Hotel]] in London for over a decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=186009 |title=Elaine Stritch |work=[[Tcm.com]] |access-date=29 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132151/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/186009%7C45918/Elaine-Stritch/ |archive-date=2 November 2012 |publisher=[[Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc.]]}}</ref>
*Uruguayan-Argentinian tango composer [[Horacio Ferrer]] lived almost 40 years, from 1976 until his death in 2014, in an apartment inside the [[Alvear Palace Hotel]], in Buenos Aires, one of the most exclusive hotels in the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1754488-el-refinamiento-extraordinario-del-hotel-alvear-el-hogar-de-horacio-ferrer |title=El "refinamiento extraordinario" del Hotel Alvear, el hogar de Horacio Ferrer |newspaper=[[La Nación (Argentina)|La Nación]] |language=es |date=21 December 2014 |access-date=11 February 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111145147/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1754488-el-refinamiento-extraordinario-del-hotel-alvear-el-hogar-de-horacio-ferrer |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Hotels}}
* [[Lists of hotels]]
* [[List of chained-brand hotels]]
* [[List of defunct hotel chains]]
* [[Casino hotel]]
** [[List of casino hotels]]
* [[List of adjectival tourisms|Niche tourism markets]]
* [[Resort]]
** [[Resort hotel]]
===Industry and careers===
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* [[Bellhop]]
* [[Concierge]]
* [[Front desk]] clerk, a type of [[clerk (position)|clerk]]
* [[General manager#Hotels|General manager]]
* [[GOPPAR]], [[RevPAR]], [[TRevPAR]] – hotel profitability equations.
* [[Hospitality industry]]
* [[Hotel rating]]
* [[Innkeeper]]
* [[Night auditor]]
* [[Property caretaker]]
* [[Tourism]]
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===Human habitation types===
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* [[Apartment hotel]]
* [[Boutique hotel]]
* [[Caravanserai]]
* [[Cruise ship]]
* [[Dharamshala (type of building)|Dharamshala]]
* [[Dak bungalow]]
* [[Eco hotel]]
* [[Guest house]]
* [[Glamping]]
* [[Homestay]]
* [[Hostal]]
* [[:Category:Human habitats|Human habitats]]
* [[Inn]]
* [[Serviced apartment]]
* [[Vacation rental]]
* [[Pop-up hotel]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
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*{{cite book|last=Lundberg|first=Donald E.|title=The Hotel and Restaurant Business|year=1994|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|isbn=0471285080|edition=6th}} 
*{{cite news|title=A short history of hotels: Be my guest|url=https://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591743-be-my-guest|access-date=26 March 2014|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=21 December 2013|archive-date=1 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401084045/http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591743-be-my-guest|url-status=live}}
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Hotels}}
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Grand old hotels}}

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