HOTEL Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2010 |

INTRODUCTION:
Hotel is define by british law as "A llace where a bonafied traveller can receive food and shelter, provided he is in a position to pay for it and is in a fit condition to be received."Hence a hotel must provided food and lodging to traveller, on payment and has in turn, the right to refuse if the traveller is drunk, disorderly,unkempt or is not in the position to pay for the service.
ORIGIN:
The Hotel industry is perhaps one of the oldest commercial and eavours in the world.The first inns go back to the sixth century b.c.The earliest inns were ventures by the husband and wife teams,who provided large halls for the travellers to make their own beds and sleep on the floor.
The advent of the industrial rovolution in england brought ideas and progess in the business of innkeeping.The lead in the hotelkeeping was taken by the emerging nation of europe, especially switzerland.
The real growth of the modern hotel industry took place in USA beginning with the opening of CITY HOTEL in new york in 1794.
CLASSIFICATION:
CLASSIFICATION ON THE BASIS OF LOCATION:
• Downtown
• Resort
• Motel
• Tranist Hotel
• Suburbian Hotel
CLASSIFICATION ON THE BASIS OF SIZE:
• Small Hotel (1 - 25 Rooms)
• Medium Hotel (25 - 100 Rooms)
• Big Hotel (100 - 300 Rooms)
• very Big / Large Hotel (Above 300 Rooms)