Hotel can be classified based on different categories:
Ø Location
Ø Price
Ø Level
of service
Ø Amenities
(a) Commercial
/business/full service hotel
Commercial or business hotel make up one
other larger groups in the hospitality industry. The target clientele are
usually business travellers so these hotels tend to be located in downtown
areas, business parks and corporate office buildings.
(b) Resort
hotels
Unlike some other lodging properties, the
resort hotel s the planned destination of guests, usually vacationers. This is
because resort are located in some particularly scenic area such as the
seashore or mountains or because they offer spa or health club facilities.
Resort often provide special activities for guest-golf, tennis, horseback
riding, nature hike and so on.
(c) Airport
hotels
The defining elements is the property’s
proximity to the airport. This group includes both full and limited service
facilities.
(d) Motel
Had been catering only to the motoring public
which offered convenience access by automobile, lower prices than those charged
y hotels, and basic but sufficient services, became a favourite form of
accommodation, especially to families travelling long distance by automobile.
(e) Bed
and breakfast inns.
Usually
small, privately owned establishment located in suburban and rural locations.
(f) Time-share
condominium
This are apartments, villas, or bungalow,
usually built near popular vacation spots that are sold to individual owners who use them or rent them out to
transient guests.
(g) Cruise
ship
Can be described as floating luxury
hotels/resort that provide most of the same services and amenities as
properties located on land. Having become quite popular in the vacation and
convention markets, cruise ship are one of the fastest growing segments of the
hospitality industry.
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