CLASSIFICATION OF HOTELS

GAYATHRI AMURALI G

PRIYANGA RDEENESHWARAN M

An establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travelers and

tourists, by the night!

HOTELS

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

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 Location

Based on Target Market

• Commercial Hotels

• Convention Hotels

• Suite Hotels

• Casino Hotels

• Timeshares

• 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 Target market

Based on Size

• Small size

• Medium size

• Large size

• Mega size

• Chain of hotels

• 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 Size of Property

Based on Theme

• Heritage hotels

• Ecotels

• Boutique hotels

• Spa

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.

Based on Theme

Level of Hotel Service

• There are mainly three types of levels of services:

Excellent customer service

Acceptable customer service

Poor customer service