Hotel Classification

A hotel is a commercial establishment that provides lodging paid on a short term basis and also meals and other guest services, as well as swimming pool, sports facilities and exercise facilities. A 5 star hotel indicates the highest classification based on a given set of criteria for determining excellence.

Now the questionarises that with such a broad definition how are hotels more specifically categorized? Is there a standard?

Organisations exist whose purpose is to rate hotels. There is no set standard internationally. Some countries have teir own rating systems, others have grouped together to create a common list of criterias. The agency reponsible for awarding hotels also varies from country to country. In india government hands out

With the start of industrial revolution, which brought tremendous technological advance to the world, including invention of long distance transportation vehicles like ship, hotels began to be built across europe and the US on account of dramatic increase of trvelers and migrants.

In recent years businessmen ,bankers and others who travel the globe have come to demand first class facilities ,entertainment, food and service wherever they go in the world. Hotel have responded to these demands and a network of top class hotels have gradually spread throughout the world. As a result, wherever in the world one goes today one can find top class hotels approaching the same high standards.

The word "hotel" when it first came to the united states in the late 18th century, was defined as taverns and inns that serve upper class clients.

Ever since then , more and more hotels were built around the US and other corners of the world until the great depression in 1930s. at this time luxury hotels were defined by large size, tasteful aesthetics, cleanliness, high quality food and prime location, as well as privacy and security they afforded and service marked by faulters personal

International chains were expanding across europe, the middle east and asia.

Far east countries such as china and japan began to develop luxury hotels for wealthy tourists and business traverls. Meanwhile, the diversification of the whole industry fostered segmentation and branding took place and further codified the luxury segment. New ideas of luxury came to force like laundry, fitness centre and spas.

The industry continues growing in the years after in spite of intermittent recessions.

Nowadays, hotel buildings are not only used for accomodation and dining but also serve the business, convention, holiday, recreation and so on.

According to the differnt fuctions, hotel buildings are classified into business hotels, holiday hotels, apartment hotels, convention hotels, resort hotels etc. with the application of new technologies and new materials , the style of hotel buildings have changed innovatively from shape, facade as well as interior decorations.

A five star hotel indicated the highest classification based on a given set of criteria for determining excellence. Further topics in the book cover the tourism industry of which hospitality is a part and then hotel industry, which is a part of hospitality industry.