Range of Lodging Property

Alternatives

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 Common Ways to Categorize
Lodging Properties

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 Range of Lodging Properties
Classified by Guest-Room Rental
Charges

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Lodging Industry Characteristics

• Emphasis on safety, cleanliness, and service

• Inseparability of manufacture and sales
• Perishability
• Repetitiveness
• Labor intensive

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 Mobil Rating System
• A one-star hotel should be clean, comfortable, and well-
maintained.
• A two-star hotel offers the basic quality of a one-star property
plus additional features, including a restaurant, swimming pool,
and room service.
• A three-star hotel is one offering a truly excellent lodging
experience.
• A four-star hotel is luxurious and characterized by attention to
detail and the feeling that guest comfort and convenience are the
priority concern.
• A five-star property is an elite property that is ranked superior in
every area of the rating system.

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 Hotel Ownership and
Management Alternatives

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Organization of Hotel Functions

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 Challenges Confronting the
Hotel Industry

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