Principles of Hotel Management

Categorisation by Number of Rooms : The capacity of
a hotel in terms of the number of rooms is a yardstick for the
categorisation of the hotel by “Size”. Hotels with 25 rooms and
less may be termed “small”; those with 25 to 100 may be called
“medium”; those with 101 to 300 are called “large”. Hotels with
over 300 rooms which are very common these days, may be
termed “very” large.
Categorisation_by_Type_of_Plan'>Categorisation by Type of Plan : Hotels are categorised
according to the type of plan, they offer. We thus have hotels
on European plan. American plan or Continental Plan for a
discussion of plans. These plans are decided by the hotel on
a variety of factors including type of clientele, length of stay and
average customer preference.
Categorisation by Type of Clientele : We often hear in
hotel parlance, the terms such as Group hotel, Commercial
hotel, Family hotel, etc. This categorisation is based on the type
of patronage. Group hotels cater to groups and thus their rates
would be on American Plan. Commercial hotels cater to mostly
businessmen and are on European Plan. A family hotel would
again be on American plan. Such hotels are normally situated
in resort cities.
Categorisation by Length of Guest Stay : This
categorisation of hotels further be divided into three sub-groups:
(1) Transient hotels where a guest can register for a day
or even less (airport hotels could be termed thus);
(2) Residential hotels where guests stay for a minimum

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period of one month the hotel signs a detailed lease with
the customer;
(3) Semi-residential hotels which incorporate the features
of both the transient and residential hotels.