In the past the word 'Inn' was used to name establishments that provided accommodation and what are now hotels. The word 'hotel' came into use around the seventeenth century. It is related to the word 'hostel' which is now used to name establishments that house workers or students in large numbers. Being a word of French origin the word hotel might connote a certain refinement which has some snob value and might have sounded more sophisticate than 'inn' often suggesting rather rough and ready accommodation.
The biggest resort is said to have more than six thousand rooms. Hotels provide short or long term accommodate though tariffs in most cases discourage people from living permanently there. However, some famous people have preferred to live in a place where all mundane living chores are taken care of, leaving residents to talk and sit about and write letters instead of doing chores. Some pensioners prefer this to staying in an old age home. However, luxury and commercial places cater for guests who stay for short periods, from one night to a few weeks.
The range of services offered varies greatly and is determined by rates that are charged. Capsule hotels offer a bed only. Some chains offer three levels of luxury. At the bottom will be a room only, usually with a shower, good bed and TV. Meals will be available at an extra charge. A middle of the range option may include tea and coffee making facilities and larger and more commodious fittings. The top of the range will have even more expensive fittings and facilities like gyms and beauty salons.
Luxury hotels throughout the world seem to find no limit to the number people able to pay enormous rates for luxury. Perhaps people who have access to unlimited funds enjoy staying at luxury resorts. Suites with extravagant taste and opulent fittings are available in most major tourist countries, and also in major financial centres and on underground lakes of oil lakes in the deserts. In such hotels the role of housekeeper is really important and highly paid. The skill of keeping pristine freshness is most important for guests who may expect the best for what they have paid.
Older hotels used to offer some facilities that have unfortunately been discontinued, probably for commercial reasons. Not long ago it was possible to order tea or coffee at a certain time and be awakened by the pleasant sound of rattling cups. Now one is lucky to even have tea making facilities at all. Old places that are due to be revamped have beds that seem to have been used hundreds of times, and plumbing that has become dull and out of date. Some rooms still have a hot water geyser visible on the top corner of the bathroom.
The sleazy hotel features often in action movies. It often has a shifty receptionist peering out from behind an iron grille and long narrow corridors. A key is still required to gain access to a numbered room which smells of sweat and cigarette smoke. Somehow, sheets seem second hand and there will always be a chipped ash tray on a cheap table. At night the sounds of activity from an adjoining room mingle with sounds from a TV and drifting cigarette smoke.
The attitude of people who work in the hospitality industry are the lifeblood of a hotel service. A surly concierge can nullify huge capital expenditure on fitments, but a few friendly smiles and good humoured responses can change a guest's whole experience of a particular hotel.
Kimberley hotels have featured in many literary works. Novelists who have stayed in hotels have used them as settings for complicated social interactions. They are extremely common in film sequences, possibly because the private and public lives of individuals intersect in a hotel.
The biggest resort is said to have more than six thousand rooms. Hotels provide short or long term accommodate though tariffs in most cases discourage people from living permanently there. However, some famous people have preferred to live in a place where all mundane living chores are taken care of, leaving residents to talk and sit about and write letters instead of doing chores. Some pensioners prefer this to staying in an old age home. However, luxury and commercial places cater for guests who stay for short periods, from one night to a few weeks.
The range of services offered varies greatly and is determined by rates that are charged. Capsule hotels offer a bed only. Some chains offer three levels of luxury. At the bottom will be a room only, usually with a shower, good bed and TV. Meals will be available at an extra charge. A middle of the range option may include tea and coffee making facilities and larger and more commodious fittings. The top of the range will have even more expensive fittings and facilities like gyms and beauty salons.
Luxury hotels throughout the world seem to find no limit to the number people able to pay enormous rates for luxury. Perhaps people who have access to unlimited funds enjoy staying at luxury resorts. Suites with extravagant taste and opulent fittings are available in most major tourist countries, and also in major financial centres and on underground lakes of oil lakes in the deserts. In such hotels the role of housekeeper is really important and highly paid. The skill of keeping pristine freshness is most important for guests who may expect the best for what they have paid.
Older hotels used to offer some facilities that have unfortunately been discontinued, probably for commercial reasons. Not long ago it was possible to order tea or coffee at a certain time and be awakened by the pleasant sound of rattling cups. Now one is lucky to even have tea making facilities at all. Old places that are due to be revamped have beds that seem to have been used hundreds of times, and plumbing that has become dull and out of date. Some rooms still have a hot water geyser visible on the top corner of the bathroom.
The sleazy hotel features often in action movies. It often has a shifty receptionist peering out from behind an iron grille and long narrow corridors. A key is still required to gain access to a numbered room which smells of sweat and cigarette smoke. Somehow, sheets seem second hand and there will always be a chipped ash tray on a cheap table. At night the sounds of activity from an adjoining room mingle with sounds from a TV and drifting cigarette smoke.
The attitude of people who work in the hospitality industry are the lifeblood of a hotel service. A surly concierge can nullify huge capital expenditure on fitments, but a few friendly smiles and good humoured responses can change a guest's whole experience of a particular hotel.
Kimberley hotels have featured in many literary works. Novelists who have stayed in hotels have used them as settings for complicated social interactions. They are extremely common in film sequences, possibly because the private and public lives of individuals intersect in a hotel.
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