Fantasy Hotels
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A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning or climate control. Additional common features found in hotel rooms are a telephone, an alarm clock, a television, and Internet connectivity; snack foods and drinks may be supplied in a mini-bar, and facilities for making hot drinks. Larger hotels may provide a number of additional guest facilities such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare, and have conference and social function services.
Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement.
The word hotel is derived from the French hôtel (coming from hôte meaning host), which referred to a French version of a townhouse or any other building seeing frequent visitors, rather than a place offering accommodation. In contemporary French usage, hôtel now has the same meaning as the English term, and hôtel particulier is used for the old meaning. The French spelling, with the circumflex, was also used in English, but is now rare. The circumflex replaces the 's' found in the earlier hostel spelling, which over time took on a new, but closely related meaning. Grammatically, hotels usually take the definite article - hence "The Astoria Hotel" or simply "The Astoria".
Some
hotels have gained their renown through tradition, by hosting significant events
or persons, such as Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany, which derives its
fame from the Potsdam Conference of the World War II allies Winston Churchill,
Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin in 1945. The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower in Mumbai
is one of India's most famous and historic hotels because of its association with
the Indian independence movement. Some establishments have given name to a particular
meal or beverage, as is the case with the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, United
States where the Waldorf Salad was first created or the Hotel Sacher in Vienna,
Austria, home of the Sachertorte. Others have achieved fame by association with
dishes or cocktails created on their premises, such as the Hotel de Paris where
the crêpe Suzette was invented or the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where
the Singapore Sling cocktail was devised.
Hôtel Ritz in Paris
A number of hotels have entered the public consciousness through popular culture, such as the Ritz Hotel in London, UK, through its association with Irving Berlin's song, 'Puttin' on the Ritz'. The Algonquin Hotel in New York City is famed as the meeting place of the literary group, the Algonquin Round Table, and Hotel Chelsea, also in New York City, has been the subject of a number of songs and the scene of the stabbing of Nancy Spungen (allegedly by her boyfriend Sid Vicious). The luxurious Grand Hotel Europe in Saint Petersburg, Russia achieved fame with its inclusion in the James Bond film GoldenEye.
Many hotels can be considered destinations in themselves, by dint of unusual features of the lodging or its immediate environment:
A motel (motor-ist's hotel) is a hotel which is convenient for people who wish to be able to have quick access from their parked car to a hotel room and whose doors are outside and open up onto their automobile parking lot.
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