HOUSE KEEPING

ROOMS LAYOUTS
IN HOTELS
 What is LAYOUT ?
It may be define as “An
arrangement or a plan, especially
the schematic arrangement of
parts or areas.”

Strategic Importance of Layout :

 Higher utilization of space, equipment and
people.
 Improved flow of information, materials, or
people.
 Improved employee morale and safer
working conditions.
 Improved customer/client interaction.
 Flexibility.
Hotel industry is very vast place which provide all type of
luxury and specialized service to guests all over the world,
normally hotels are divided into 4 main operational sectors
those are :
 Food Production.
 Food and Beverage Service
 Front Office
 House Keeping

Among 4 of the above operational sectors House keeping helps

to generate 50% of the hotel revenue total profit of hotel
depend upon the rooms sold by the hotel and the remaining
sectors are interconnected to each other.

Rooms in hotel are divided into different categories, and they

are normally differentiated into:
1) Single room
2) Twin room
3) Hollywood twin room
4) Double room
5) Triple room
6) Quad room
07) Queen room
08) King room
09) Double double room\twin double family room
10) Studio room
11) Sico room
12) Connecting rooms
13) Adjoining rooms
14) Adjacent rooms
15) Cabana
16) Duplex/bi-level suite
17) Efficiency room
18) Hospitality suite
19) Lanai
20) Parlour/saloon
21) Sample room
22) Family room
23) Penthouse
24) Executive room
Layouts

Of

The

Rooms
Single room : A room assigned to one person, having
one bed.

Legends:
Twin room : A room with two twin beds meant for one
person each

Legends:
Hollywood twin room : A room with two twin beds but a
common headboard, meant for two people. If so desired,
the beds can be bridged together to make it appear a
single bed.

Legends:
Double room : A room with a double bed for two
persons.

Legends:
Triple room : A room assigned to three people,
which may have two or more beds.

Legends:
Quad room : A room assigned to four people, which
may have two or mere beds.

Legends:
Queen room : A room with a queen-size bed.

Legends:
King room : A room with a king-size bed.

Legends:
Double double room/twin double family room :
A room with two double beds, meant for four people.

Legends:
Mini Suite/junior suite : A single large room with
a bed and a sitting area.

Legends:
Suite room : A combination of one or more
bedrooms and a parlour. It may also contain a bar, a
small kitchenette, and other facilities.
Interconnecting rooms : Rooms with individual
entrance doors from the outside and a connecting
door between, so that guests can move between
rooms without going through the hallway.

Legends:
Adjoining rooms : Room with a common wall but on
connecting door.

Legends:
Adjacent rooms : Rooms close to each other, but not
necessarily adjoining – perhaps across the hall or
corridor from each other.

Legends:
Cabana : A room adjacent to the pool area, with
or without sleeping facilities, but with provision for
relaxing in a sofa. These are mainly used for
changing.

Legends:
Duplex/bi-level suite : A two-storey suite, with parlour
and bedrooms connected by a stairway.

Legends:
Efficiency room : A room containing kitchen facilities.

Legends:
Hospitality suite : A parlour with a connecting
bedroom, to be used by guests to entertain his own
guests or for companies offering cocktails during
conventions, entertaining, and trade shows. A
hospitality room usually contains a bar and
occasional tables as will. This type of room is let out
and charged on an hourly basis.
Legends
Lanai : A room overlooking a landscaped area, a
scenic view, a waterbody, or a garden. It may have a
balcony, a pation, or both. This type of room is
commonly found in resorts.

Legends:
Parlour/saloon : A living or sitting room ; a room
not used as a bedroom.

Legends:
Penthouse suite: A room that opens onto the roof
and may be accompanied by a swimming pool, patio, a
tennis court, and other facilities and amenities.

Legends:
Executive room : A room that has a large bedroom
with a sitting area, provided with chairs and usually a
sofa and coffee table. This type of room typically has
a workstation/lounge near the window. This is really a
combination bedroom-cum-sitting room

Legends: