hotel

A hotel is an establishment offering a paying tourist accommodation service in hotel room or suite, usually for short periods.

Besides accommodation, the hotels often offer several services to their customers, such as the restoration or custody of children, and the use of facilities such as a pool, sauna, etc. Some offer conference services by offering the rental of meeting rooms, prompting the groups to hold conventions and meetings.

Etymologically, the term means any hotel building to receive guests. If they are passing, we speak of a tourist hotel. But the hotel term can also apply to mayors of major cities (city hall), hospitals (Hotel-Dieu), with mansions ...

Hotels motels are distinguished by the fact that in the latter, access to the room is from outside the building, while in hotels, access to the room is usually done from the inside, which can increase the safety of customers and provide a more upscale image to the institution. However, in France, several chains Motels (Campanile, Balladins, Formule 1 and Ibis some) use the term hotel.