Classification of Hotels and Food Outlets

The title reveals the content of the whole blog. There are plethora of hotels built according to the guest preferences, budget, competition, desire and design. Moreover, when it comes to the formal classification star rating, size, duration of stay, ownership, level of services and type of clientele is taken into consideration.

The Indian heritage hotel association provides the star rating to the hotels after proper survey of the hotel. The one star, two star , three star , four star and five star hotels are differentiated on the basis of the level of services as well as the amenities provided.

These are the basic types which we all are aware about. There are so many other hotels which exist and are totally distinct from these but when we visit such hotels unaware about the type our Focus simply remains on the enjoyment so it’s crucial to shed light on the type of accommodation we live in when we travel.

Heritage Hotels

A recent addition to the hotel industry are such kind of hotels. These are the properties set in small forts, palaces or havelis. In a heritage hotel, the visitor is offered rooms that have their own history and the glimpse of traditional cuisine is provided by the folk artists. These are further divided into heritage Classic and heritage Grand.

Downtown Hotels

Such type of hotels are located in the centre of the City or near the business centres, shopping complexes, theatres, public offices or busy areas of a town or a city. They are in demand during weekdays.

Suburban Hotels

These also provide the same services like the downtown hotels but the only distinguishing trait is that these are situated in the outskirts of the city and are in demand during weekends. People who want peace or break from the hectic lifestyle prefer such hotels.

Resorts

These are the best holiday destinations for travaholic people. I personally love resorts because they are situated near the natural attractions such as hills, lakes or beaches. These are away from the hustle and bustle of city life therefore, are very serene. The best recreational activiy one can ever do is spending some days in a resort.

Airport hotels

It’s lucid from the name that these hotels are located in vicinity of airports just to provide accommodation to the international or even domestic travellers for a short break and comfortable journey.

Motels and floatels

This word comes from two words motor and hotel so these are located primarily on the highways and provide modest lodgings and facilities to the highway travellers. Apart from this, floatels provide accommodation on the level of sea.

Transient and Residential hotels

Transient hotels cater to the needs of people who are on the move and need a stop over to route their journey. On the other hand, residential hotels provide accommodation to those guests who express their desire to live for a longer interval of time.

Chain Hotels

A Group of hotels that are owned or managed by one company is called a chain. Property ownership hotels, Management Contract Hotels, Time share hotels and condominium hotels are the illustrations of Chain Hotels. Managing a hotel is not less than managing a large business empire. There are contracts signed, relations maintained and policies initiated.

Apart from these there are Casino hotels, Conference hotels, convention hotels, semi residential hotels and extended stay hotels. All these accomodations are divergent on the basis of certain parameters explained above. There are different types of rooms (delux, suite, parlour, Quad, Hollywood twin, interconnecting, adjacent, duplex, effeciency, pent house, hospitality, cabana, lanai, studio, king and queen room)in one single hotel. Undoubtedly, hotel industry is a vast industry.

Food Outlets

There are so many food outlets following different types of services ( Russian service, American service,self service, silver survive, English service, french service or gueridon service) in which we dine so let me just tell briefly about the important outlets which should never be missed when you are planning to dine. So being a foodie I’m really thrilled to share about the restaurants hope you guys will also try out the delicacies of good restuarants rather than going over and over to MC’D , pizza hut, burger King, Subway and many more.

Speciality/Ethnic Restuarants

Whenever you travel to a place never forget to dine in this outlet. It not only presents the food speciality of that area but also the tradition associated with the geographical location is also displaced as a theme of the restaurant. The “mis en scene and mis en pla” of the restaurant is also very authentic as it complements with the style of service.

Fine Dining Restaurants

This kind of restaurant primarily caters to the requirement of the affluent market segment which wants to experience fine dining. It is really expensive because of the food, interior as well as the standard & level of service provided to the guest i.e silver service as well as the gueridon service (trolley service).

Popular Restaurants

The Popular Restuarants have simple style of service that is of spoon and fork. These are less expensive but are highly preferred by the travellers. Such restaurants also provide tiffen service as well.

It’s crucial to draw a graph of everything in the mind before travelling i.e the type of accommodation and the food. Never miss the traditional food when you are travelling to an unknown place. Even Before travelling or booking any hotel identify it’s classification and make a reservation accordingly. Thank you for your kind attention. Meet you soon in the next blog.