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Ahotel is an establishment that provides paidlodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to largesuites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, arefrigerator, and other kitchen facilities,upholstered chairs, a television, anden-suite bathrooms. 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,gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usuallynumbered (or named in some smaller hotels andB&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. InJapan,capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.
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 offersluxury amenities, full-service accommodations, an on-siterestaurant, and the highest level of personalized service, such as aconcierge,room service, andclothes-ironing staff.Full-service hotels often contain upscale full-service facilities with many full-service accommodations, an on-site full-servicerestaurant, and a variety of on-siteamenities.Boutique hotels 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 hotels are small to medium-sized hotels that offer longer-term full-service accommodations compared to a traditional hotel. (Full article...)













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