Hotel definition

HOTEL word came from Latin Word HOSPITIUM, that mean living room. This word then undergo a
process of change in understanding and distinguishing the guest house to the mansion house that
developed at that time, the large house called hostels. Hostel leased to the general public to stay and
rest a while, and coordinated by a host. Along with the development and to the satisfaction of the
demands, where people do not like that too much regulation in the hostel, the hostel then undergoes a
change, the removal of the letter s in the word hostel so into the hotel.
Hotel definition from SK Menparpostel Nomor KM 94/ HK 103/MPPT 1987 is a type of
accommodation that use part or all of the building to provide an accommodation, eating and drinking
as well as other services to the public, which is managed commercially.
The hotel is a public housing facilities to travelers by providing room services, food and beverage
providers and accommodation with the payment terms. (Lawson,1976:27).
Hotel is a building or an institution that provides room to stay, eat and drink as well as other services
to the public (Webster dictionary).
Thus, it can be concluded that the hotel is a building providing lodging services, food and beverage,
and other services that are intended for general and commercial managed.

Hotel Classification
Criteria for the classification of hotels in Indonesia formally contained in Government Regulation,
SK: Kep-22/U/VI/78 by the Director General of Tourism. Classification of hotels reviewed based on
several factors:
1. selling price
The classification system is based on the sale price of the hotel room, where the price of the
rooms are sold only room price only or a package system,
- European plan hotel : hotel and costs for room rates only
Privileges:
Practical, widely used in hotel
Facilitate system billing
All rooms are mostly marketing system using this system

- American plan hotel : with planning costs, including the price
Dine and room price, divided into two,:
: Room rates include three meals a day (breakfast,
lunch and dinner)
: Room rates include two meals a day
- room + breakfast + lunch
- room + breakfast + diner

- Continental plan hotel : with planning the room rate includes the breakfast
- Bermuda plan hotel : hotel with rooms priced plan that is included with american
breakfast

2. Hotel size
Hotel classification by size is determined by the number of rooms available,
- Small hotel : < 150 rooms
- Medium hotel : 2 type of medium hotel
o Average hotel : 150 299 rooms
o Above hotel : 300 600 rooms
- Large hotel : >600 rooms

3. Guest Type
Classification of hotels based on the origin and background of the guest stay
- Family hotel : Hotel for a family group guest
- Business hote : Hotel for guest in business condition
- Tourist hotel : Hotel for tourist, domestic or international.
- Transit hotel : Hotel for a transit guest
- Cure hotel : Hotel for guests staying in the treatment or cure of disease

4. Star System
The more the number of stars a hotel, services are demanded more and more and better.
Hotel classification system based on the star,
Hotel one star (*)
Hotel two stars (**)
Hotel three stars (***)
Hotel four stars (****)
Hotel five stars (*****)
Especially for a five star hotel, there are levels, Palm, Bronze, and Diamond.

5. Length of stay
- Transit hotel : one or two nights
- Semi residential hotel : long stay guests with more than a day but still within a short
time period, ranging from two weeks to one month
- Residental Hotel : hotel with long stay guests long enough, range of at least
one month

6. Location type
- City Hotel : hotel located in the city, where most of the business
activities and services offered
- Urban Hotel : hotel near a city
- Suburb Hotel : hotels are located in suburbs
- Resort Hotel : hotel located in the tourist area, where most of the guests
who stay do not do business
Hotel resort is divided up according to its location:
- Mountain hotel
- Beach hotel
- Lake hotel
- Hill hotel
- Forest hotel

- Airport hotel

7. Guest activity
Classification of hotels based on the intent of activities for guests
- Sport hotel : hotel is located in the area of sports activities
- Ski hotel : hotel that have ski area
- Confrence hotel : hotel with confrence facility
- Convention hotel : hotel with convention facility
- Pilgrim hotel : hotel where he serves as a part of worship facilities.
- Casino hotel : hotel where he serves in part to gambling activities