Hotel design : planning and development / Walter A. Rutes, Richard H. Penner and Lawrence Adams

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Woburn, MA : Architectural Press, c2001Description: ix, 422 pages : color illustrations, plans : 28 cmISBN:
  • 393730557
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 7800 .R88 2001
Contents:
Color portfolio -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1. Hotel types: 1. Overview -- Downtown hotels -- 2. Suburban hotels -- 4. Resorts -- 5. Convention hotels -- 6. Conference centers -- 7. Residential and condominium hotels -- 8. All-suite and extended-stay hotels -- 9. Super-luxury hotels -- 10. Updating existing hotels -- 11. Mega-hotels -- 12. Mixed-use developments -- 13. Casino hotels -- Part 2. Design guide: 14. Site and master planning -- 15. The guestroom floor -- 16. Guestroom and suite design -- 17. Public space design -- 18. Administration and back-of-house design -- 19. Technical coordination -- 20. Special systems -- 21. Construction -- Part 3. Development guide: 22. Development planning -- 23. Hotel management -- 24. Future development -- Appendices: A. Environmental planning checklist -- B. Budget coordination checklist -- C. Hotel classifications -- D. Ten-year forecast of net operating income -- E. Market trend checklist -- F. International hotel and travel organizations -- G. Bibliography.
Summary: Hospitality is the world's fastest growing industry, and business―and pleasure travelers are demanding more diverse hotels, resorts and leisure-time amenities around the globe. This book explores the latest trends in hotel planning and design, capturing the vast range of today's most imaginative creations, from tower-high guestrooms to lavish desert villas to exotic resorts nestled by tropical-island waters. It outlines the essential criteria architects and designers must meet when planning for a wide variety of hotel types, and presents the most up-to-date technical information as well as detailed illustrations, photographs, and original plans. Highlighting the key concepts behind emerging trends and how each designer's vision fits into the development of the industry as a whole, the authors equip today's developer, architect, designer, and hotel executive with a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of hospitality design. 60 color photos / 200 b+w photos and line drawings.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Color portfolio -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part 1. Hotel types: 1. Overview -- Downtown hotels -- 2. Suburban hotels -- 4. Resorts -- 5. Convention hotels -- 6. Conference centers -- 7. Residential and condominium hotels -- 8. All-suite and extended-stay hotels -- 9. Super-luxury hotels -- 10. Updating existing hotels -- 11. Mega-hotels -- 12. Mixed-use developments -- 13. Casino hotels -- Part 2. Design guide: 14. Site and master planning -- 15. The guestroom floor -- 16. Guestroom and suite design -- 17. Public space design -- 18. Administration and back-of-house design -- 19. Technical coordination -- 20. Special systems -- 21. Construction -- Part 3. Development guide: 22. Development planning -- 23. Hotel management -- 24. Future development -- Appendices: A. Environmental planning checklist -- B. Budget coordination checklist -- C. Hotel classifications -- D. Ten-year forecast of net operating income -- E. Market trend checklist -- F. International hotel and travel organizations -- G. Bibliography.

Hospitality is the world's fastest growing industry, and business―and pleasure travelers are demanding more diverse hotels, resorts and leisure-time amenities around the globe. This book explores the latest trends in hotel planning and design, capturing the vast range of today's most imaginative creations, from tower-high guestrooms to lavish desert villas to exotic resorts nestled by tropical-island waters. It outlines the essential criteria architects and designers must meet when planning for a wide variety of hotel types, and presents the most up-to-date technical information as well as detailed illustrations, photographs, and original plans. Highlighting the key concepts behind emerging trends and how each designer's vision fits into the development of the industry as a whole, the authors equip today's developer, architect, designer, and hotel executive with a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of hospitality design. 60 color photos / 200 b+w photos and line drawings.

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