Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your Hotel shopping experience:
1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the Hotel offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of Hotel at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.
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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Hotel wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
7. Feedback - happy with your Hotel then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.
8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Hotel site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
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10. Payment - ready to pay for your Hotel, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
, Kish island,
Iran Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the hotel has 48 rooms and 365 acres (1.5 km²) of gardens. rating and over 2,000 rooms each.A
hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a
restaurant, a swimming pool or
childcare. Some hotels have
business conference services and
conference room and encourage groups to hold Convention (meeting)s and
meetings at their location.
In
Australia, the word may also refer to a Public house or Bar (establishment).
In
India, the word may also refer to a
restaurant since the best restaurants were always situated next to a good hotel.
Origins of the term
,
New York which has preserved its 1890s exterior and interior
The word
hotel derives from the French language
hôtel, which referred to a French version of a
townhouse or any other building seeing frequent visitors, not a place offering accommodation (in contemporary usage,
hôtel has the meaning of "hotel", and
hôtel particulier is used for the old meaning). The French spelling (with the
circumflex) was once also used in English, but is now rare. The circumflex replaces the 's' once preceding the 't' in the earlier
hostel spelling, which over time received a new, but closely related meaning.
Services and facilities
chain in the U.S.Basic accommodation of a room with only a bed (furniture), a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with
en-suite bathrooms and, more commonly in the
United States than elsewhere, climate control. Other features found may be a
telephone, an
alarm clock, a television, and
broadband Internet connectivity. Food and drink may be supplied by a
mini-bar (which often includes a small
refrigerator) containing snacks and
drinks (to be paid for on departure), and tea and coffee making facilities (cups, spoons, an electric kettle and sachets containing instant coffee, tea bags, sugar, and
creamer or
milk).
Some hotels offer various combinations of meals as part of a room and board arrangement. These are often
advertised as:{] the capsule hotel supplies minimal facilities and room space.
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
star (classification) classification being most common.
Boutique hotels
"
Boutique Hotel" is a term originating in
North America to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain or branded hotels by providing an exceptional and personalized level of accommodation, services and facilities. Because of their financial successes in the most recent past, there have been attempts to create chains have adopted the "boutique" look and feel. In the US this trend was started by the "W" hotel chain in the 1990s and most recently this trend can be observed in chains as "aloft", "NYLO","Hyatt Place" and others. Through this corporate adaptation of the concept the term "boutique" also changed and more recently hoteliers prefer to use the term "lifestyle hotels" to get away from the above mentioned quirky image.
Boutique hotels are sometimes furnished in a themed, stylish and/or aspirational manner. Although usually considerably smaller than a mainstream hotel (ranging from 3 to 100 guest rooms) boutique hotels are generally fitted with telephone and wi-fi
Internet connections,
honesty bars and often cable/pay TV. Guest services are attended to by 24 hour hotel staff. Many of the boutique hotels have on site dining facilities, and the majority offer attractive bars as well as lounges which may also be open to the general public.
Of the total travel market a small percentage are discerning travelers, who place a high importance on privacy, luxury and service delivery. This market is typically price insensitive (made up of both high end leisure and corporate travelers), non-seasonal, high-yielding and repeat, and therefore one which boutique hotel and other high-end operators target as their primary source of income.
Motels
There is no hard and fast rule differentiating
motels from other hotels, although the word
motel suggests that it is aimed at motorists. This may simply mean that it is a hotel with good access to the road network (on a motorway or ring road) so that a long car journey need not be interrupted for long by town-centre traffic. In other cases the designation is simply an attempt to make the most of a poor location inconvenient for town-centre services and attractions. Classically, though, a
motel is a hotel which is made convenient for people who, for whatever personal reason, wish to be able to have quick access from the outside world (especially from their parked car) to the hotel room - without passing the scrutiny of a receptionist or fellow guests. This is usually arranged by having rooms (sometimes in individual chalets or even trailers) arranged around the car park with room doors opening directly to the outside rather than to an internal corridor.
Historic hotels
and a statue of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in front, in
Saint PetersburgSome 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. Other establishments have given name to a particular meal or beverage, as is the case with the
Waldorf Astoria in New York City,
USA, known for its
Waldorf Salad or the
Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the drink
Singapore Sling was invented. Another example is the
Hotel Sacher in
Vienna Austria, home of the
Sachertorte or even the Hotel de Paris where the crèpe Suzette was invented.
in ParisThere 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 (entertainment) Goldeneye. 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, United Kingdom ('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). 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 destination hotel, by dint of unusual features of the lodging and/or its immediate environment:
Treehouse hotels
Some hotels, such as the Costa Rica Tree House in the
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge,
Costa Rica, or
Treetops Hotel in
Aberdare National Park,
Kenya, are built with living trees as structural elements, making them
treehouses.
The
Ariau Towers near Manaus, Brazil is in the middle of the Amazon, on the Rio Negro. Bill Gates even invested and had a suite built there with satellite internet/phone.
Another hotel with treehouse units is Bayram's Tree Houses in Olympos, Turkey .
Another ecological treehouse hotel is in the natural reserve at Rio Claro , Antioquia, (
Colombia).
Cave hotels
,
CubaDesert Cave Hotel in Coober Pedy, South Australia and the Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (named after the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón) in Guadix, Spain, as well as several hotels in Cappadocia, Turkey, are notable for being built into natural
cave formations, some with rooms underground.
Capsule hotels
Capsule hotels are a type of economical hotels that are quite common in Japan.
Ice hotels
Ice hotels, such as the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, melt every spring and are rebuilt out of ice and snow each winter.
Snow hotels
The Mammut Snow Hotel in
Finland is located within the walls of the Kemi snow castle, which is the biggest in the world. It includes The Mammut Snow Hotel, The Castle Courtyard, The Snow Restaurant and a chapel for weddings, etc. Its furnishings and decorations, such as sculptures, are all made of snow and ice.
A hotel which offers similar accommodation is the Lainio Snow Hotel in Lapland Province, near Ylläs, Finland.
Garden hotels
Garden hotels, famous for their gardens before they became hotels, includes Gravetye Manor, the home of William Robinson and Cliveden, designed by Charles Barry with a rose garden by
Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Underwater hotels
As of 2005, the only hotel with an underwater room that can be reached without Scuba diving is Utter Inn in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. It only has one room, however, and Jules Undersea Lodge in
Key Largo, Florida, which requires Scuba diving, is not much bigger.
Hydropolis is an ambitious project to build a luxury hotel in
Dubai, UAE, with 220 suites, all on the bottom of the Persian Gulf, 20 meters (66 ft) below the surface. Its architecture will feature two domes that break the surface and an underwater train tunnel, all made of transparent materials such as glass and Polymethyl methacrylate.
Other unusual hotels
The Dariush Grand Hotel in Kish Island, built with the theme of the world heritage
Persepolis.
The Library Hotel in
New York City is unique in that its ten floors are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal System.
The
Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Canada is the only stadium to have a hotel connected to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. West Ham United F.C.in the UK now has a hotel with rooms that overlook the pitch and sometimes double as executive boxes for important games, as does Coventry City's Ricoh Arena.
The Burj al-Arab hotel in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, is structured in the shape of a sail of a boat.
The
RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California is the only 1930s ocean liner still in existence. Its elegant first-class staterooms are now used as a hotel.
The
Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai houses an extremely expensive hotel with only 20 rooms.
The Hotel Ca Sa Padrina in Palma de Mallorca It is an
automatic hotel that works without a receptionist.
World-record setting hotels
Tallest
The tallest hotel in the world is thought to be the
Burj al-Arab in
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, at 280 metres, which however will soon be surpassed by the nearby Rose Tower at 333 meters (1,091 ft). The
Ryugyong Hotel in
Pyongyang was intended to reach 330 meters (1,083 ft), but is unlikely to be completed; it has been under construction since 1987 and was abandoned in 1992. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand has a building height of 309 meters, but rooms do not go all the way to the top.
The highest hotel rooms are in the
Grand Hyatt in the Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, the highest floor being at around 350 m.
Largest
The largest hotel in the world is the MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA with a total of 6,276 rooms as of December 20, 2006.On
December 18, 2006
Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel in
Genting Highlands, Malaysia Genting's First World Recognized As World's Largest Hotel as the world's largest hotel. It has a total of 6,118 rooms and is part of the Genting Highlands Resort and Casino. The First World Plaza which is joined to the two hotel towers boasts of indoor theme park, shopping centres, casino gaming areas, and eateries. Previously, Guinness had listed the MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada,
Nevada,
USA with 5,005 rooms as the largest hotel in the world.
In the past, other hotels have held the title of largest hotel in the world, in terms of the number of rooms. Some of these include the
Rossiya Hotel near Moscow's
Red Square, and the
Ambassador City Jomtien in
Pattaya,
Thailand. Other large hotels being considered for development that may one day take the title are in Penang, Malaysia and Macau.
Oldest
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel still in operation is the Hoshi Ryokan, in Awazu, Japan. It opened in 717, and features hot springs.
Hotel occupations
The owner,
chairman, or Chief executive officer of a hotel or hotel group is known as a
hotelier.
The
front desk,
housekeeping, security, or
loss prevention,
valet parking, transportation,
uniformed services ( which may refer to bellmen, doormen, and even concierge) food and beverage, accounting,
sales,
marketing,
catering,
audio visual, and engineering or maintenance are common departments of a mid or large sized hotel.
The
night auditor role falls within the front desk department but also carries some of the responsibilities of the accounting department.
The engineering staff takes care of building repairs and up keep of
HVAC systems, plumbing, fire sprinkler systems, chillers, cooling towers, pool and spa if applicable, lights, breakers, door locks,C.P.R., laundry machines, kitchen walk ins, ice machines, building air handlers, room repairs andupkeep.
Hotel chains
A
:Category:Hotel chains is a collection or grouping of hotels under one recognizable brand operated by a management company.
Best Western claims to be the largest hotel chain in the world, in terms of the number of properties.
Living in hotels
The United States
billionaire Howard Hughes lived much of his life in hotels. He moved with his entourage from hotel to hotel and from Beverly Hills, California to
Boston, Massachusetts before deciding to move to Las Vegas, Nevada and become a casino baron. Less than a month after his November 27, 1966 arrival, Hughes made a public offer to buy the Desert Inn. The hotel's 8th floor became the nerve center of his empire and the 9th floor penthouse became Hughes' personal residence. Hughes moved to the Bahamas, Vancouver, London and several other locations — always taking up residence in the top floor penthouse of the hotel. Between 1966 and 1968, he also purchased several other hotel-casinos from the
Mafia: Castaways,
New Frontier Hotel and Casino,
The Landmark Hotel and Casino,
Sands Hotel and Silver Slipper.
Coco Chanel made the
Hôtel Ritz Paris in Paris her home for more than thirty years, until the day of her death, at 87, in a suite now named "Coco Chanel Suite".
King
Peter II of Yugoslavia spent much of the
Second World War at Claridge's, a hotel in
London. His son,
Aleksandar Karađorđević, was born in the hotel.
Prince Felix Yusupov lived in the Hotel Melia Vendôme Paris in
Paris.
Sultan
Said Bin Taimur of Muscat lived at Dorchester Hotel in
London after he was deposed by Qaboos of Oman in 1970, he died in the hotel in 1972.
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek statesman and diplomat, lived in the Hôtel Ritz Paris while he was in exile in France from 1935-1936.
Actress
Elaine Stritch lives at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City.
Magician Criss Angel lives at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of late 2006 - present in the Presidential suite.
in Moscow.
See also
References
,
Kish island,
Iran Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the hotel has 48 rooms and 365 acres (1.5 km²) of gardens. rating and over 2,000 rooms each.A
hotel is an establishment that provides paid
lodging, usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a
restaurant, a
swimming pool or
childcare. Some hotels have business conference services and conference room and encourage groups to hold
Convention (meeting)s and
meetings at their location.
In
Australia, the word may also refer to a
Public house or Bar (establishment).
In India, the word may also refer to a restaurant since the best restaurants were always situated next to a good hotel.
Origins of the term
,
New York which has preserved its 1890s exterior and interior
The word
hotel derives from the
French language hôtel, which referred to a French version of a townhouse or any other building seeing frequent visitors, not a place offering accommodation (in contemporary usage,
hôtel has the meaning of "hotel", and
hôtel particulier is used for the old meaning). The French spelling (with the
circumflex) was once also used in English, but is now rare. The circumflex replaces the 's' once preceding the 't' in the earlier
hostel spelling, which over time received a new, but closely related meaning.
Services and facilities
chain in the U.S.Basic accommodation of a room with only a
bed (furniture), a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms and, more commonly in the United States than elsewhere, climate control. Other features found may be a telephone, an
alarm clock, a
television, and broadband Internet connectivity. Food and drink may be supplied by a mini-bar (which often includes a small
refrigerator) containing
snacks and drinks (to be paid for on departure), and
tea and
coffee making facilities (cups, spoons, an electric kettle and sachets containing
instant coffee,
tea bags,
sugar, and creamer or milk).
Some hotels offer various combinations of meals as part of a room and board arrangement. These are often
advertised as:{] the
capsule hotel supplies minimal facilities and room space.
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
star (classification) classification being most common.
Boutique hotels
"Boutique Hotel" is a term originating in North America to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel environments. Boutique hotels differentiate themselves from larger chain or branded hotels by providing an exceptional and personalized level of accommodation, services and facilities. Because of their financial successes in the most recent past, there have been attempts to create chains have adopted the "boutique" look and feel. In the US this trend was started by the "W" hotel chain in the 1990s and most recently this trend can be observed in chains as "aloft", "NYLO","Hyatt Place" and others. Through this corporate adaptation of the concept the term "boutique" also changed and more recently hoteliers prefer to use the term "lifestyle hotels" to get away from the above mentioned quirky image.
Boutique hotels are sometimes furnished in a themed, stylish and/or aspirational manner. Although usually considerably smaller than a mainstream hotel (ranging from 3 to 100 guest rooms) boutique hotels are generally fitted with telephone and
wi-fi Internet connections, honesty bars and often cable/pay TV. Guest services are attended to by 24 hour hotel staff. Many of the boutique hotels have on site dining facilities, and the majority offer attractive bars as well as lounges which may also be open to the general public.
Of the total travel market a small percentage are discerning travelers, who place a high importance on privacy, luxury and service delivery. This market is typically price insensitive (made up of both high end leisure and corporate travelers), non-seasonal, high-yielding and repeat, and therefore one which boutique hotel and other high-end operators target as their primary source of income.
Motels
There is no hard and fast rule differentiating
motels from other hotels, although the word
motel suggests that it is aimed at motorists. This may simply mean that it is a hotel with good access to the road network (on a motorway or ring road) so that a long car journey need not be interrupted for long by town-centre traffic. In other cases the designation is simply an attempt to make the most of a poor location inconvenient for town-centre services and attractions. Classically, though, a
motel is a hotel which is made convenient for people who, for whatever personal reason, wish to be able to have quick access from the outside world (especially from their parked car) to the hotel room - without passing the scrutiny of a receptionist or fellow guests. This is usually arranged by having rooms (sometimes in individual chalets or even trailers) arranged around the car park with room doors opening directly to the outside rather than to an internal corridor.
Historic hotels
and a statue of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in front, in Saint PetersburgSome 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. Other establishments have given name to a particular meal or beverage, as is the case with the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, USA, known for its
Waldorf Salad or the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the drink
Singapore Sling was invented. Another example is the
Hotel Sacher in Vienna Austria, home of the
Sachertorte or even the Hotel de Paris where the crèpe Suzette was invented.
in
ParisThere 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 (entertainment) Goldeneye. 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,
United Kingdom ('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). 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
destination hotel, by dint of unusual features of the lodging and/or its immediate environment:
Treehouse hotels
Some hotels, such as the Costa Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge,
Costa Rica, or
Treetops Hotel in
Aberdare National Park, Kenya, are built with living trees as structural elements, making them
treehouses.
The
Ariau Towers near Manaus, Brazil is in the middle of the Amazon, on the Rio Negro. Bill Gates even invested and had a suite built there with satellite internet/phone.
Another hotel with treehouse units is Bayram's Tree Houses in Olympos,
Turkey .
Another ecological treehouse hotel is in the natural reserve at Rio Claro , Antioquia, (
Colombia).
Cave hotels
,
CubaDesert Cave Hotel in
Coober Pedy, South Australia and the Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (named after the Pedro Antonio de Alarcón) in Guadix, Spain, as well as several hotels in
Cappadocia, Turkey, are notable for being built into natural
cave formations, some with rooms underground.
Capsule hotels
Capsule hotels are a type of economical hotels that are quite common in Japan.
Ice hotels
Ice hotels, such as the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, melt every spring and are rebuilt out of ice and snow each winter.
Snow hotels
The Mammut Snow Hotel in Finland is located within the walls of the
Kemi snow castle, which is the biggest in the world. It includes The Mammut Snow Hotel, The Castle Courtyard, The Snow Restaurant and a chapel for weddings, etc. Its furnishings and decorations, such as sculptures, are all made of snow and ice.
A hotel which offers similar accommodation is the Lainio Snow Hotel in Lapland Province, near Ylläs, Finland.
Garden hotels
Garden hotels, famous for their gardens before they became hotels, includes Gravetye Manor, the home of
William Robinson and
Cliveden, designed by
Charles Barry with a rose garden by
Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Underwater hotels
As of 2005, the only hotel with an underwater room that can be reached without Scuba diving is
Utter Inn in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. It only has one room, however, and
Jules Undersea Lodge in
Key Largo, Florida, which requires Scuba diving, is not much bigger.
Hydropolis is an ambitious project to build a luxury hotel in Dubai, UAE, with 220 suites, all on the bottom of the
Persian Gulf, 20 meters (66 ft) below the surface. Its architecture will feature two domes that break the surface and an underwater train tunnel, all made of transparent materials such as glass and
Polymethyl methacrylate.
Other unusual hotels
The
Dariush Grand Hotel in
Kish Island, built with the theme of the world heritage Persepolis.
The Library Hotel in New York City is unique in that its ten floors are arranged according to the
Dewey Decimal System.
The
Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Canada is the only stadium to have a hotel connected to it, with 70 rooms overlooking the field. West Ham United F.C.in the UK now has a hotel with rooms that overlook the pitch and sometimes double as executive boxes for important games, as does Coventry City's
Ricoh Arena.
The Burj al-Arab hotel in
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, is structured in the shape of a sail of a boat.
The RMS Queen Mary in
Long Beach, California is the only 1930s
ocean liner still in existence. Its elegant first-class staterooms are now used as a hotel.
The
Oriental Pearl Tower in
Shanghai houses an extremely expensive hotel with only 20 rooms.
The Hotel Ca Sa Padrina in
Palma de Mallorca It is an automatic hotel that works without a receptionist.
World-record setting hotels
Tallest
The tallest hotel in the world is thought to be the
Burj al-Arab in
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, at 280 metres, which however will soon be surpassed by the nearby
Rose Tower at 333 meters (1,091 ft). The Ryugyong Hotel in
Pyongyang was intended to reach 330 meters (1,083 ft), but is unlikely to be completed; it has been under construction since 1987 and was abandoned in 1992. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand has a building height of 309 meters, but rooms do not go all the way to the top.
The highest hotel rooms are in the
Grand Hyatt in the
Jin Mao Building in
Shanghai, the highest floor being at around 350 m.
Largest
The largest hotel in the world is the
MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA with a total of 6,276 rooms as of
December 20, 2006.On
December 18,
2006 Guinness World Records listed the
First World Hotel in
Genting Highlands,
Malaysia Genting's First World Recognized As World's Largest Hotel as the world's largest hotel. It has a total of 6,118 rooms and is part of the Genting Highlands Resort and Casino. The First World Plaza which is joined to the two hotel towers boasts of indoor theme park, shopping centres, casino gaming areas, and eateries. Previously, Guinness had listed the
MGM Grand Las Vegas in
Las Vegas, Nevada,
Nevada, USA with 5,005 rooms as the largest hotel in the world.
In the past, other hotels have held the title of largest hotel in the world, in terms of the number of rooms. Some of these include the Rossiya Hotel near Moscow's Red Square, and the
Ambassador City Jomtien in Pattaya, Thailand. Other large hotels being considered for development that may one day take the title are in Penang, Malaysia and Macau.
Oldest
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest hotel still in operation is the Hoshi Ryokan, in
Awazu, Japan. It opened in 717, and features
hot springs.
Hotel occupations
The owner,
chairman, or Chief executive officer of a hotel or hotel group is known as a
hotelier.
The
front desk,
housekeeping,
security, or loss prevention,
valet parking, transportation, uniformed services ( which may refer to bellmen, doormen, and even concierge)
food and beverage,
accounting, sales, marketing, catering,
audio visual, and engineering or maintenance are common departments of a mid or large sized hotel.
The night auditor role falls within the front desk department but also carries some of the responsibilities of the accounting department.
The engineering staff takes care of building repairs and up keep of
HVAC systems, plumbing, fire sprinkler systems, chillers, cooling towers, pool and spa if applicable, lights, breakers, door locks,C.P.R., laundry machines, kitchen walk ins, ice machines, building air handlers, room repairs andupkeep.
Hotel chains
A :Category:Hotel chains is a collection or grouping of hotels under one recognizable brand operated by a management company.
Best Western claims to be the largest hotel chain in the world, in terms of the number of properties.
Living in hotels
The
United States billionaire Howard Hughes lived much of his life in hotels. He moved with his entourage from hotel to hotel and from Beverly Hills, California to Boston, Massachusetts before deciding to move to Las Vegas, Nevada and become a casino baron. Less than a month after his November 27, 1966 arrival, Hughes made a public offer to buy the
Desert Inn. The hotel's 8th floor became the nerve center of his empire and the 9th floor penthouse became Hughes' personal residence. Hughes moved to the
Bahamas,
Vancouver, London and several other locations — always taking up residence in the top floor penthouse of the hotel. Between 1966 and 1968, he also purchased several other hotel-casinos from the
Mafia: Castaways,
New Frontier Hotel and Casino, The Landmark Hotel and Casino,
Sands Hotel and Silver Slipper.
Coco Chanel made the Hôtel Ritz Paris in Paris her home for more than thirty years, until the day of her death, at 87, in a suite now named "Coco Chanel Suite".
King
Peter II of Yugoslavia spent much of the
Second World War at Claridge's, a hotel in London. His son, Aleksandar Karađorđević, was born in the hotel.
Prince Felix Yusupov lived in the Hotel Melia Vendôme Paris in Paris.
Sultan
Said Bin Taimur of Muscat lived at
Dorchester Hotel in
London after he was deposed by
Qaboos of Oman in 1970, he died in the hotel in 1972.
Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek statesman and diplomat, lived in the
Hôtel Ritz Paris while he was in exile in
France from 1935-1936.
Actress Elaine Stritch lives at the
Carlyle Hotel in New York City.
Magician
Criss Angel lives at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of late 2006 - present in the Presidential suite.
in Moscow.
See also
References
