A standard hotel is divided into the front office department, sales department, guest room department, catering department, engineering department, shopping department, purchasing department, public relations department, security department, recreation department, finance department, human resources department, general manager's office and other departments.

A hotel is a building and organization that provides lodging, meals and services to the public. It is a place of hospitality consisting of a building and well-equipped facilities; it provides lodging, meals, and other services; it serves the public; and it is a commercial service enterprise for profit.