A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference services and encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location. Hotels differ from motels in that most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to the rooms, while hotels tend to have interior entrances to the rooms, making them safer and more relaxing to peopl ...

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• Hotel - Boutique hotels
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• Hotel - Treehouse hotels
• Hotel - Cave hotels
• Hotel - Ice hotels
• Hotel - Underwater hotels
• Hotel - Other unusual hotels
• Hotel - World-record setting hotels
• Hotel - Tallest
• Hotel - Largest
• Hotel - Oldest
• Hotel - Hotels in fiction
• Hotel - Other usage

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Most world famous 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 so-called Potsdam Conference of the World War II allies Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin in 1945. Other establisments have given name to a particular meal or beverage, as is the case with the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, USA, known for its Waldorf Salad or the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, where the drink Singapore Sling was invented. Another example is the Hotel Sacher in Vienna A ...

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Basic accommodation of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand only has largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms and climate control. Other features found may be a telephone, an alarm clock, a TV, and broadband Internet connectivity. Food and drink may be supplied by a mini-bar (which often includes a small refrigerator) containing snacks and drinks (to be paid for on departure), and tea and coffee making facilities (cups, spoons, an electric kettle and sachets containing insta ...

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Westin Hotels chain is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. The Brand includes hotels, resports and spas located in the United States, Australia, Canada, and other countries. Prior to 1984, the chain was known as Western International Hotels, which was a subsidary of United Airlines. ...

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The W Hotel chain is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. The hotels are located in Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the United States. A new W Hotel is set to open in the Maldives in 2006. ...

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At Bertram's Hotel (published in 1965) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie featuring the detective Miss Marple. At Bertram's Hotel - Plot. When Jane Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: a restored London hotel with traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. But what she doesn't realize is that a number of the people in the entrance hall a ...

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The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel on Sunset Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson. Since the city's inception, it has been a central meeting place for residents. The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. ...

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The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984. The Irish republican organisation detonated two large bombs in the hotel where many politicians, including Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, were staying for the British Conservative party conference. The bombs failed to kill Thatcher or any of her government ministers, but did kill five people including Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry, and John Wakeham's first wife Roberta. Several others ...

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The Chateau Marmont is a hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, built in 1929 and modeled after the Chateau Amboise in France's Loire Valley. It has served as the backdrop for a number of events in the lives of well-known rock stars and actors. In 1982, John Belushi died of a drug overdose in one of its garden bungalows. Jim Morrison of The Doors used up what he called the eighth of his nine lives falling out of a window at the hotel. James Dean hopped in through a window to audition fo

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The Waldorf=Astoria is the name of two luxury hotels in New York City — an original that formerly stood on the site of the Empire State Building on Fifth Avenue and a modern American 42-story luxury hotel and Art Deco landmark that has been located at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan since 1931. It is owned by the Hilton Hotels Corporation. The modern hotel has three American and classic European restaurants, and a beauty parlor, Kenneth's Salon, located off the main lobby. Several luxurious boutiques surround the distinctive lobby, which has won ...

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Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned by MGM Mirage. Inspired by the Lake Como resort of Bellagio in Italy, Bellagio is famed for its elegance. One of its most notable features is an 8 ac (32,000 m²) artificial lake between the building and the Strip. The fountain shows on the lake are a major free attraction. Inside Bellagio, Dale Chihuly's Fiori di Como, composed of over 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers, covers 2,000 ft² (610 m²) of the lobby ceiling. The ho ...

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A capsule hotel (Japanese カプセルホテル kapuseru hoteru) is a hotel system of extremely dense occupancy. Guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or fibreglass block roughly 2 m by 1 m by 1 m, providing room to sleep and little more, although facilities usually include a television and other electronic entertainment. These capsules are then grouped and stacked, two units high. Luggage is usually stored in a locker away from the capsule. Privacy is maintained by a curtain at the open end of the capsule but noi ...

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The Winter Palace Hotel, located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, was built in 1886 during English and French occupation of the region. It is now owend by Sofitel, a French company. ...

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Habbo Hotel - Current Hotels. There are currently 17 Habbo Hotels in operation: Habbo Hotel - Future Hotels. These hotels' domains have been purchased by Sulake. Opening dates are unknown. All of these domains currently redirect to the US Habbo Hotel. Habbo Hotel Belgium Habbo Hotel China (Expected in 2006) Habbo Hotel Czech Republic Habbo Hotel Greece Habbo Hotel Latvia Habbo Hotel Liechtenstein Habbo Hotel Lithuania Habbo Hotel Mexico Habbo Hotel Poland Habbo Hote ...

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Using Hotel California as a metaphor for the nation, The Eagles touched on many themes, including innocence (and the loss thereof), the dangers, temptations, and transient nature of fame, shallow relationships, divorce and loss of love, the end results of manifest destiny, and the "American Dream". Several tracks on the album were #1 hits in Billboard: "New Kid in Town", on February 26, ...

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Peter McDermott involves himself not only in the overtures by two different buyers, he also takes an interest in the upper-class European guest. One of the buyers, O'Keefe, intends to renovate and "modernize" the hotel, with conveyor belts carrying luggage automatically around the building like it were some sort of modern airport terminal, and even presenting the customer's bill on a conveyor belt. Meanwhile, a professional thief is still working the hotel, barely staying ahead of the staff when he is spotted, snagging guests' ...

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Hotel film, Hotel film - Plot

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In Japan, love hotels developed from tea rooms chaya (茶屋, chaya?), mostly used by prostitutes and the ...

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Love hotel, Love hotel - History, Love hotel - Other countries

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Habbo Hotel - Office staff. Each Habbo Hotel has an office associated with it, operated by Sulake employees. This office is the workplace of the respective hotel's senior staff. These staff generally include a 'Hotel Manager', or Content Manager, who oversees the hotel as a whole by communicating with the players through newsletters, creating competitions, and managing the content of the website; a Community Manager, who is responsible for moderation and guidance throughout the virtual community by managing in-ga ...

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