CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS HOTELS An establishment providing accommodation

CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS

HOTELS An establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists, by the night!

CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS • • Based on Location Based on Target market Based on Size of Property Based on Theme

BASED ON LOCATION • • • Motels Airport Hotel Resort Hotels Floatels Boatels Raotels

BASED ON LOCATION MOTELS: A motel is a hotel designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles.

BASED ON LOCATION AIRPORT HOTELS: A hotel near the airport.

BASED ON LOCATION RESORTS : A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.

BASED ON LOCATION FLOATELS: Ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.

BASED ON LOCATION BOATEL: A waterside hotel equipped with docks to accommodate persons traveling by boat.

BASED ON LOCATION RAOTEL: Tour + buses/trains + hotels – Hotels on wheels – Example: Maharaja express

BASED ON TARGET MARKET • • • Commercial Hotels Convention Hotels Suite Hotels Casino Hotels Timeshares

BASED ON TARGET MARKET • COMMERCIAL HOTEL: – Commercial areas – Business men – Meeting rooms – Oberoi Towers, Mumbai

BASED ON TARGET MARKET • CONVENTIONAL HOTELS: – Large convention complex – People attending conventions, conference – Le meridien, cochin

BASED ON TARGET MARKET • Suite Hotels: – Rooms include kitchen – People who are relocating – Long business stay – Hyatt, Chennai

BASED ON TARGET MARKET CASINO HOTELS: • • • With Gambling facilities Added with guest rooms, food and operation too Cater Leisure and Vacation transients

BASED ON TARGET MARKET TIMESHARES: A timeshare is a vacation property with shared ownership. Holiday homes

BASED ON SIZE • • • Small size Medium size Large size Mega size Chain of hotels

BASED ON SIZE OF PROPERTY • Small size hotels: contains 25 rooms and less • Medium size hotels: contains 25 to 100 rooms • Large size hotels: Consists of 101 -300 rooms. • Mega size hotels: more than 300 rooms. • Chain of hotels: Group that have hotels in number of location.

BASED ON THEME • • Heritage hotels Ecotels Boutique hotels Spa

BASED ON THEME Heritage Hotel: Heritage hotels are generally some old palaces, ban glows, or some other historical places converted into hotels for guests.

BASED ON THEME ECOTEL: Ecotel is the new concept in hospitality that claims to work for environment protection and preservation.

BASED ON THEME Boutique hotels: A stylish small hotel, typically one situated in a fashionable urban location.

BASED ON THEME Spa: It is also known as a hotel spa or an urban hotel spa, is usually found in big cities and major tourist and business destination.

LEVEL OF HOTEL SERVICE • There are mainly three types of levels of services: Excellent customer service Acceptable customer service Poor customer service