5. What are some of the various ways hotels can be owned and operated?
There are six different ways hotels can be owned and operated
➢ Independently owned and operated. Such as Relais&Chateau, The
Cloister at Sea Island, Georgia, the Peabody Orlando in Florida. Le
Center-city hotel
Resort hotel
Develop year
⚫ Started after 1930s
⚫ Grooming in mid-1960
⚫ From Roman
⚫ Later than Center-city Hotel
Location
⚫ downtown centers
（ near railroad
stations, center of a
city’s business
district, Centers of
government）
⚫ own a city view
⚫ Desired vacation spots
⚫ midst of natural and
picturesque surroundings
⚫ Own a vast natural scenery
Target Customer
⚫ Businessman/business
women
⚫ City tourists
⚫ vacationing tourists
⚫ weeding Couples
Facilities
Full-service
No parking facilities
Valet service
full-sized luxury facilities
Scale
Limited land area（ High-rise
buildings）
Vast area of land
（distinctive local buildings）
Activities
Indoor activities (squash,
billiard, spa, hydrotherapy)
Outdoor activities ( golf, tennis,
shooting gallery, private beach)
purpose of staying
Business，meeting（maximum
one week stay）
Spending vocation
Recreation (one week or month stay)
Bristol Hotel in Paris
➢ Independently owned but leased to an operator.
➢ Owned by a single entity or a group that has hired a hotel
management company to operate the property.
➢ Owned and operated by a chain. Hotel chains account for a large
percentage of the world’s hotel room inventory. Such as
InterContinental Hotel Group in England owns seven brands include
InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza), Marriot international,
Hilton hotels Corp.
➢ Owned by an independent investor or group and operated by a chain.
➢ Owned by an individual or group and operated as a franchise of a
chain. The franchise holder may be an individual or a management
company.
7.What are some characteristics of all-suite hotels? Conference centers? Time
share properties?
All- suite hotel: two connected hotel rooms for approximately the price of one, at a
