Contents: Preface. 1. Hotels resorts and restaurants: an introduction. 2. Hotel building designs. 3. Standard space for accommodation. 4. Guest room designing. 5. Highways or resort properties. 6. Hotels: functional relationship. 7. Kitchen layout and design. 8. Layout design and facility planning. 9. Determination of room rates. 10. Owning an existing hotel. Bibliography. Index. This book provides strategic advice to maximize the economic returns of hospitality development programmes vis-a-vis the programming and feasibility of hotel developments and fractional ownership. Design planning and construction discuss the latest trends from guestrooms perched atop ultra-tall mixed use towers to lavish desert villas shaded by high-rise structures to exotically themed resorts.
