| We are a specialist conference venue finding agency | | | | of Nancy Spungen by her boyfriend Sid Vicious. |
| and because we are funded by hotels and | | | | Hotels that enter folklore like these two are also |
| conference venues, the service we offer is | | | | often frequented by celebrities, as is the case both |
| completely FREE. | | | | with the Ritz and the Chelsea. Other famous hotels |
| A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, | | | | include the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Hotel Bel-Air and |
| usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a | | | | the Chateau Marmont, in California, USA, Watergate |
| number of additional guest services such as a | | | | complex in Washington DC ,the Hotel Astoria in Saint |
| restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels | | | | Petersburg, Russia, the Hotel George V and |
| have conference services and meeting rooms and | | | | Hôtel Ritz in Paris, Palazzo Versace hotel on the |
| encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings | | | | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Hotel Hermitage |
| at their location. Hotels differ from motels in that | | | | and Hotel de Paris in Monaco (in the French Riviera) |
| most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to the | | | | and Hotel Leningradskaya in Moscow. Many hotels can |
| rooms, while hotels tend to have interior entrances | | | | be considered destinations in themselves, by dent of |
| to the rooms, which may increase guests' safety and | | | | unusual features of the lodging and/or its immediate |
| present a more upmarket image. Basic | | | | environment. |
| accommodation of a room with only a bed, a | | | | Treehouse hotels Some hotels, such as the Costa |
| cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely | | | | Rica Tree House in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife |
| been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms and | | | | Refuge, Costa Rica, or Treetops Hotel in Aberdare |
| climate control. Other features found may be a | | | | National Park, Kenya, are built with living trees as |
| telephone, an alarm clock, a TV, and broadband | | | | structural elements, making them treehouses. The |
| Internet connectivity. Food and drink may be supplied | | | | Ariau Towers near Manaus, Brazil is in the middle of |
| by a mini-bar (which often includes a small | | | | the Amazon, on the Rio Negro. Bill Gates even |
| refrigerator) containing snacks and drinks (to be paid | | | | invested and had a suite built there with satellite |
| for on departure), and tea and coffee making | | | | internet/phone. Another hotel with treehouse units is |
| facilities (cups, spoons, an electric kettle and sachets | | | | Bayram's Tree Houses in Olympos, Turkey Cave |
| containing instant coffee, tea bags, sugar, and | | | | hotels Desert Cave Hotel in Coober Pedy, South |
| creamer or milk). | | | | Australia and the Cuevas Pedro Antonio de |
| In the United Kingdom a hotel is required by law to | | | | Alarcón (named after the author) in Guadix, |
| serve food and drinks to all comers within certain | | | | Spain, as well as several hotels in Cappadocia, |
| stated hours; to avoid this requirement it is not | | | | Turkey, are notable for being built into natural cave |
| uncommon to come across "private hotels" which are | | | | formations, some with rooms underground. |
| not subject to this requirement. However, in Japan | | | | Capsule hotels Capsule hotels are a type of |
| the capsule hotel supplies minimal facilities and room | | | | economical hotels that are quite common in Japan. |
| space. The cost and quality of hotels are usually | | | | Ice hotels, such as the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, |
| indicative of the range and type of services available. | | | | Sweden, melt every spring and are rebuilt out of ice |
| Due to the enormous increase in tourism worldwide | | | | and snow each winter. Snow hotels The Mammut |
| during the last decades of the 20th century, | | | | Snow Hotel in Finland is located within the walls of |
| standards, especially those of smaller establishments, | | | | the Kemi snow castle, which is the biggest in the |
| have improved considerably. For the sake of greater | | | | world. It includes The Mammut Snow Hotel, The |
| comparability, rating systems have been introduced, | | | | Castle Courtyard, The Snow Restaurant and a chapel |
| with the one to five stars classification being most | | | | for weddings, etc. Its furnishings and its decorations, |
| common. | | | | such as sculptures, are made of snow and ice. There |
| "Boutique Hotel" is a term originating in North America | | | | is snow accommodation also in Lainio Snow Hotel in |
| to describe intimate, usually luxurious or quirky hotel | | | | Lapland (near Ylläs), Finland. Garden hotels |
| environments. Boutique hotels differentiate | | | | Garden hotels, famous for their gardens before they |
| themselves from larger chain or branded hotels by | | | | became hotels, includes Gravetye Manor, the home |
| providing an exceptional and personalized level of | | | | of William Robinson and Cliveden, designed by Charles |
| accommodation, services and facilities. Boutique hotels | | | | Barry with a rose garden by Geoffrey Jellicoe. |
| are furnished in a themed, stylish and/or aspirational | | | | Underwater hotels As of 2005, the only hotel with an |
| manner. Although usually considerably smaller than a | | | | underwater room that can be reached without Scuba |
| mainstream hotel (ranging from 3 to 100 guest | | | | diving is Utter Inn in Lake Mälaren, Sweden. It |
| rooms) boutique hotels are generally fitted with | | | | only has one room, however, and Jules' Undersea |
| telephone and wi-fi Internet connections, honesty | | | | Lodge in Key Largo, Florida, which requires scuba |
| bars and often cable/pay TV. Guest services are | | | | diving, is not much bigger. Hydropolis is an ambitious |
| attended to by 24 hour hotel staff. Many boutique | | | | project to build a luxury hotel in Dubai, UAE, with 220 |
| hotels have on site dining facilities, and the majority | | | | suites, all on the bottom of the Persian Gulf, 20 |
| offer bars and lounges which may also be open to | | | | meters (66 feet) below the surface. Its architecture |
| the general public. Of the total travel market a small | | | | will feature two domes that break the surface and |
| percentage are discerning travelers, who place a high | | | | an underwater train tunnel, all made of transparent |
| importance on privacy, luxury and service delivery. As | | | | materials such as glass and acrylic. Other unusual |
| this market is typically corporate travelers, the | | | | hotels The Library Hotel in New York City is unique in |
| market segment is non-seasonal, high-yielding and | | | | that its ten floors are arranged according to the |
| repeat, and therefore one which boutique hotel | | | | Dewey Decimal System. The Rogers Centre, |
| operators target as their primary source of income. A | | | | formerly SkyDome, in Toronto, Canada is the only |
| number of hotels have entered the public | | | | stadium to have a hotel connected to it, with 70 |
| consciousness through popular culture, such as the | | | | rooms overlooking the field. The Burj al-Arab hotel in |
| Ritz Hotel in London, UK ('Putting on The Ritz') and | | | | Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built on an artificial island, |
| Hotel Chelsea in New York City, subject of a number | | | | is structured in the shape of a sail of a boat. |
| of songs and also the scene of the alleged stabbing | | | | |