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a)City- center/downtown hotels – They are located in the heart of the city. Rates in these hotels are normally high due to their locational advantages.

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b) Suburban hotels – Located in the suburbs. Rates here are moderate to low. Such hotels are ideal for budget travelers.

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c) Motels – This term is derived from the phrase motor hotels, being located primarily on highways. The length of stay is usually overnight. Most motels provide ample parking space and maybe located near a petrol station.

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d) Airport hotels – These are hotels setup near airports. They cater to mainly transit guest, who might have to stay over at the hotel between flights.

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e) Resort hotels – These cater to people who want to relax and enjoy themselves at a hill station, near the seashore as well as the people who are looking for a change for health reason.

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f)  Forest hotels – These are located within a forest range and cater to tourists visiting the forest area.

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g) Flotels - As the name implies these are the hotel establishment on luxury liners and ships. Rivers, big lakes, and seas are ideal spot for such hotels.

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h) Boatels – A houseboat hotel is referred as boatel. The Shikaras of Kashmir and the Kettuvalams of Kerala are houseboats that offer small but luxurious accommodations to traveler in midst of lakes and waterways.

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I) Rotels – These novel variant are hotels on wheels. Our very own palace on wheels and Deccan Odyssey are trains providing a luxurious hotel atmosphere.

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a)Commercial hotels – These hotels cater mostly to businessmen and are typically designed on the europium plan. They are situated in the hearth of the city in busy commercial areas so as to get increased business.

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b) Convention hotels – These hotels have a large convention complex and cater to people attending a convention, conference, or similar event.

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c) Resort hotels – These leisure hotels are mainly patronized by vacationers who want to relax and enjoy themselves. Guest may stay for a week or up to even a month. There are peak seasons and off seasons.

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d) Suite hotels – These hotels offers rooms that may include a compact kitchenette, complete with utensils, refrigerator and microwave oven as well as a wet bar.

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e) B&B Hotels – A European concept bed and breakfast hotels range from houses with a few rooms converted into overnight facilities to small commercial buildings with 20-30 guestrooms. The breakfast may range from   a simple continental to multicourse meal.

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f)  Extended-stay hotels – These hotels are similar to suits hotels as they offer kitchenette amenities in the room which suit hotels. They are designed for travelers who intend to stay for five days or longer and require reduced hotel services. Room rates here are determined by the length of stay.

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g) Casino hotels – Hotels with predominantly gambling facilities are known as Casinos. These hotels tend to cater to leisure and vacation to travelers. Gambling activities at some casino hotels operates 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Las Vegas in the United State is famous for casino.

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h) Timeshares – These are sometimes referred to vacation intervals hotels. Timeshare properties involve individuals purchasing the ownership of accommodations for a specific period of time.

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I)  Condominiums – Condominium hotels are similar to timeshare hotels. The difference between the two is the type of ownership. Units in condominium hotels have only one owner instead of multiple owners, easy for a limited amount of time each year.

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j) Service apartments/ corporate lodging – These are designed for guests wishing to stay for longer period of time often up to six months or longer. Corporate lodging usually provide fully furnished apartments for guests.

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a) Small hotels – In India hotels with 25 rooms and less termed small. However abroad hotels with less than a 100 rooms are considered small.

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b) Medium sized hotels - hotels with 25-100 rooms maybe called medium sized in India. Abroad hotels with 100-300 rooms are termed as medium sized rooms.

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c)Large hotels- in India hotels with 101-300 rooms are called large hotels. Hotels with 400-600 rooms are termed as large hotels in abroad.

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d) Very large hotels – theses hotels in India have more than 3200 rooms. Abroad hotel with 600-1000 rooms maybe considered very large.

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e) Mega hotels - hotels with more than 1000 rooms are called mega hotels

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) Chain hotels - These are group that have hotels in a number of locations. In India there are mainly three hotel chains. The Taj group of hotels the Oberoi group and the ITC group hotels. Some of foreign chains- such as Hyatt, Marriot, InterContinental, Le meridian, and Sheraton .

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a) Economy/budget hotels – These properties focus on meeting the most basic needs of guests by providing clean, comfortable and inexpensive rooms.

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b) Mid sale/mid-market hotel – Hotel offering mid-market services appeal to the largest segment of the travelling public.

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) Luxury hotels – These offer world class services, providing upscale restaurants and lounges exquisite décor, concierge services, opulent meeting rooms, and dining facilities.

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a) Transient hotel – These are hotel where guest can register for a day for even less. They are usually situated near airport and seaports. They are usually five star hotels.

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b) Residential hotel/aspartates – These are hotels where guests can stay for minimum period of month and up to two years and the hotel signs a detailed lease agreement with customer. The rent is paid either monthly or quarterly but never on a daily basis.

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C) Semi-residential hotel – these are hotels that are incorporate the features of both transient and residential hotel.

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a) Heritage hotels - Among tourism’s recent gains in India has been the launch of unique heritage hotels. The country’s rich and distinguished cultural past has bequeathed on it a number of feudal estates that are in the form of small forts, palaces or havelis the mansions.

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b) Ecotels – Ecotels are environment friendly hotels..

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c) Boutique hotels – These hotels provide exceptional accommodation furnished in themed and stylist manner along with personalized services and facilities. Boutique hotels target consumers who are in their early twenties to mid-fifties and are in the middle to upper income bracket.

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d) Spas –A spa resort is resort hotel proving the baths and massages along worth the other features of a luxury hotel. A medical spa is facility that operates under the full time on site supervision of licensed healthcare professional. In India the spa business has caught on extremely well.

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•Dharamshala - It is a Hindu religious rest house. Dharamshalas are specifically meant for religious travelers and built at pilgrimage sites.

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•Guest houses -  It is a private home which has been converted for the exclusive use of guest accommodation. The owner usually lives in an entirely separate area within the property and the guest house may serve as a form of lodging business.

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•Dormitory - Dormitory is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students.

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•G.RAGHUBALAN;SMRITEE RAGHUBALAN. (2006). Hotel Housekeeping Operations And Management. NEW DELHI: Oxford University Press.

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•G.RAGHUBALAN;SMRITEE RAGHUBALAN. (2006). Hotel Housekeeping Operations And Management. NEW DELHI: Oxford University Press.

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•G.RAGHUBALAN;SMRITEE RAGHUBALAN. (2006). Hotel Housekeeping Operations And Management. NEW DELHI: Oxford University Press.

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