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An exploration of hotel design, planning and development, featuring information and analysis. It is illustrated by photographs of the most significant developments, as well as their valuable plans and data tables, and charts on the diverse trends that will contribute to advance the industry. These range from themed entertainment to business and trade centres, virtual officing, vacation ownership, extended-stay hotels, family villas and multi-use leisure park developments including exemplary eco-friendly and futurist communities.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Color Portfolio
• Acknowledgments (p. iii)
• Foreword (p. vi)
• Preface (p. xi)
• Part 1 Hotel Types (p. 2)
• 1 Overview (p. 4)
• Evolutionary Tree
• Varieties
• Genealogy
• Classifications
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Hotel Milestones
• 2 Downtown Hotels (p. 12)
• Downtown Business and Tourist Hotels
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• 'Sense of Place and Theater'
• Public Spaces
• Guestrooms
• Adaptive Reuse
• Trends
• Boutique Hotels
• Size
• Luxury to Economy
• Modern and Traditional
• New Construction and Renovation
• Independent to Chain
• Quirky Amenities and Gimmicks
• 'More than a Place to Sleep'
• Design and Planning Considerations
• Trends
• Downtown Entertainment Hotels
• Downtown Waterfront Hotels
• 3 Suburban Hotels (p. 42)
• Roadside Hotels and Motels
• Trends
• Airport Hotels
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Office Park Hotels
• Country Inns and Bed and Breakfast Inns
• Country Inn/BandB Categories
• Hybrids and Other Suburban Inns
• Mall Hotels
• University Hotels
• Small Town Hotels
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Trends
• 4 Resorts (p. 64)
• Beach, Golf, and Tennis Resorts
• Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Environmental Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Spa Resorts
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Vacation Villages
• Development Considerations
• Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Vacation Ownership and Condominium Resorts
• Significant Examples
• Condominium Resorts
• Trends
• Marina Hotels
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Ski Resorts
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Ecotourist Resorts
• Ecological Responsibility
• Main-line Ecotourism
• Trends
• Multiresort Destination Complexes
• Resort Theme Parks
• Influences
• Planning Methodology
• Development Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Cruise Ships
• Trends
• 5 Convention Hotels (p. 126)
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Downtown Convention Hotels
• Convention Center Headquarters Hotels
• Suburban or Resort Convention Hotels
• Planning Public Areas
• Trends
• 6 Conference Centers (p. 136)
• The Small Meetings Market
• Conference Center Types: Executive, Resort, Corporate, University, and Not-for-Profit Centers
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• 7 Residential and Condominium Hotels (p. 152)
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• 8 All-suite and Extended-stay Hotels (p. 158)
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Residential Trends
• Trends
• 9 Super-luxury Hotels (p. 166)
• Design Considerations
• Public Spaces
• Guestrooms and Suites
• Back-of-house Areas
• 'Four Seasons Hotel New York, Luxury on 57th Street'
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Trends
• 10 Updating Existing Hotels (p. 174)
• Renovations
• Restorations
• Additions
• Adaptive Re-use
• Trends
• 11 Mega-hotels (p. 194)
• Planning and Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• 12 Mixed-use Developments (p. 200)
• Mixed-use Complexes
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Planned Community Developments
• Senior and Assisted-living Residences
• Continuing-care Retirement Communities
• Development and Planning Considerations
• Design Considerations
• Trends
• Medical Hotels
• 13 Casino Hotels (p. 224)
• Development Considerations
• Planning and Design Considerations
• The Casino Gaming Floor
• Significant Examples
• Trends
• Part 2 Design Guide (p. 238)
• 14 Site and Master Planning (p. 240)
• Resort Sites
• Suburban Sites
• Urban Sites
• Analyzing the Project Site
• Developing the Master Plan
• Trends
• 15 The Guestroom Floor (p. 256)
• Analyzing Alternative Plan Configurations: Slab, Tower, Atrium Configurations
• Defining the Guestroom and Suite Program
• Documenting the Guestroom Mix
• 16 Guestroom and Suite Design (p. 266)
• Establishing Design Criteria
• Room Dimensions and Configurations
• Designing the Individual Guestroom
• Suites
• Accessible Guestroom/Universal Design
• Guest Bathroom
• Guestroom Equipment and Technology
• Proposing the Guestroom FFandE Budget
• Trends
• 17 Public Space Design (p. 280)
• Arrival
• Lobby
• 'Hotel Public Space'
• Food and Beverage Outlets
• Program and Planning Objectives
• Design Objectives
• Function Space
• Program and Planning Objectives
• Design Criteria
• Recreation Facilities
• Parking
• Signage and Iconographics: Uniforms, Tabletop, Art and Artifacts
• 18 Administration and Back-of-house Design (p. 312)
• Administration Offices
• Food Preparation and Storage Areas
• Receiving, Trash, and General Storage Areas
• Employee Areas
• Laundry and Housekeeping
• Engineering and Mechanical Areas
• 19 Technical Coordination (p. 326)
• Types of Professional Services Agreements
• Budgeting, Estimating, and Cost Control
• Technical Guides
• Architectural and Engineering Systems
• Building and Life-safety Codes
• 20 Special Systems (p. 342)
• Information Processing
• Telecommunications
• Energy Control
• Life-safety Systems
• 'The Sensible Application of High Technology to Hotel Design'
• Security Systems
• Audio and Video Systems
• 21 Construction (p. 350)
• Project Delivery
• Construction Schedule
• Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment
• Part 3 Development Guide (p. 358)
• 22 Development Planning (p. 360)
• Project Sequence
• Feasibility Analysis
• Facilities Programming
• 'Development Software'
• Prototype Development
• 23 Hotel Management (p. 378)
• Rooms Department
• Housekeeping Department
• Food and Beverage Department
• Human Resources Department
• Accounting Department
• Marketing and Sales Department
• Property Operations Department
• Multi-unit Operations
• 24 Future Development (p. 384)
• Innovative Trends
• 'Spacetels and Marinetels'
• Memorable Spaces
• Appendices (p. 392)
• A Environmental Planning Checklist (p. 393)
• B Budget Coordination Checklist (p. 394)
• C Hotel Classifications (p. 399)
• D Ten-year Forecast of Net Operating Income (p. 400)
• E Market Trend Checklist (p. 402)
• F International Hotel and Travel Organizations (p. 403)
• G Bibliography (p. 404)
• H Illustration List and Idea Finder (p. 405)
• List of Properties and Credits (p. 410)
• Index (p. 415)