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Hotels
Facilities that are established for the purpose of temporary housing for guests.
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Destination marketing
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
Marketing a city, state, country, area or region to consumers and trade.
Destination clubs
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
The newest entrant to lodging, this niche most closely resembles country clubs in ownership structure. While developers of destination clubs expect to branch out into other price segments, for now ...
Credit card commissions
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
A fee paid to credit card companies based upon a contracted percentage of credit card charges accepted.
Bed and breakfast (B&B)
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
A type of room rate which includes the price of the room and breakfast. Also known as Continental Plan.
American plan (AP)
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
A type of room rate which includes the price of the room, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Also known as full pension.
Apartment hotel
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
Accommodation in apartment-style units rather than rooms: with minimum or expanded in-suite cooking facilities. Defined by legislation for licencing and classification purposes.
Attendance building
Tourism & hospitality; Hotels
Marketing and promotional programmes designed to increase attendance at conventions, trade shows, meetings, and events.
