Thursday, 20 April 2017

Classification of Hotels in india : An overview

There are mainly four categories in which we can classify the Indian hotels.

                   1-  Star category:

Star represents the level of service now a days. More stars means a happy customer service with a brilliant management and hospitality.
Luxury properties with fully loaded amenities and more than 350 rooms comes under 5 star.
With Up to 300 rooms  and facilities like bar and banquet are 4 star hotel.
With up to 250 rooms and a open space enough for wedding ceremonies, birthday parties and kitty parties are 3 star hotel.
One star and two star hotel are budget hotels with limited amenities and not more than 200 rooms.

              2-Heritage properties:

In order to increase tourism in India the government of India decided to use old and historical palaces and hawelies as hotel and named them as “heritage hotel”.

http://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/051820120222241_0.pdf

The above link is the description and parameters of being a heritage property in India.

     3-categorization on basis of location:

Down town hotels : hotels that are at the heart of the city, near a famous monument, in the main city with the markets and all important places at short distance. Example: The Lait, New Delhi.

Sub urban hotels : properties at the outskirts of city, Sometimes in between two cities with less distance.
      
Motels : Places to stay we highway with gas and fuel Station, a food court and rooms for guest to stay, Fresh up and en route. Example: Wingston Hotel on NH2 Delhi - Agra Highway.
     
Rotels : properties that can roll, in India there are tourist trains with luxurious facilities that go around all the royal palaces and forts of north India. Example : The Golden Chariot, Maharaja express.
     
Flotels : rest houses that can float, unlike a yatch and more like a boat house. Example : AB celestial in Mumbai.

            4-Target market Oriented

Air hotels : These hotels are near the airport and their main customers are air carrier cruise and staff like pilots and air hostesses.

Business class hotels : These hotels are equipped with all the facilities that a money man requires on daily basis  like news paper, latest journal and a pre prepared to do list of appointment. Such hotels mainly focus on guest coming for attending business meetings and ceremonies.

Apartment hotels : such hotel mainly focus on those guest who are willing to stay for a longer period of time like three or four months.

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