when it comes to hotels, it is recorded in the ancient history of China, "Zhou Li": "Where the country is wild, there is Lu in ten miles, Lu has food, accommodation in thirty miles, lodging in a roadside room, and the roadside room has a Committee, and there is a city in fifty miles. The city has a waiting hall, and the waiting hall has a lot to wait for the guests." A hotel is a kind of public facility with the purpose of providing accommodation and services to earn reasonable profits. Its definition is: 1. Providing catering and accommodation facilities for passengers. Two, it is a well-equipped building approved by the competent government authorities. Third, it is a profit-making enterprise. 4. Have legal rights and obligations to the public. Five, can provide other ancillary services. In addition to accommodation, hotels can also provide social, business, sports and leisure functions.

The history of hotel industry can actually be traced back to prehistoric times, but hotels with modern facilities began in the 18th century, because the industrial revolution took place in the 18th century, which promoted the development of modern hotels. In 1829, high-class hotels first appeared in Boston, USA, and then set off a climax of hotel industry development, because it could meet the needs of tourists and customers at that time, so in the 19th century, the hotel industry developed in a more advanced and larger direction.

With the prosperity of tourism and the development of architectural technology, world-class modern commercial hotels soon appeared in New York State, USA. This is the golden age of hotel industry, followed by the operation of large hotels and hotel chains. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The worldwide economic panic in the 1931s brought a dark age to the hotel industry, and many large hotels in the United States were declared bankrupt or merged. It was not until the 1941s, after the Second World War, that the hotel industry resumed its prosperity. Even in Europe, the hotel industry mushroomed. Then motels began to develop because of the needs of people's travel at that time, until today.

In China, there was no name of "hotel" in ancient times, but in the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were facilities of "guest house" and "inn" to provide accommodation services because of the developed traffic. In the Tang Dynasty, diplomatic envoys from various countries came and went frequently. At that time, the Persian Mansion was built for foreign visitors. Only after the First World War did we have western-style hotels to facilitate the accommodation and communication of foreigners coming to China.

simply speaking, Youth Hostel sell are environment, equipment, catering, service, atmosphere and safety. According to their nature, hotels can be divided into Commercial Hotel, Resort Hotel, Motel or highway hotels and Apartment Hotel.

The management types of hotels can also be divided into: self-operated, commissioned, international chain, domestic chain and strategic alliance, etc. Before buying a hotel, you must first look at its operation profile, which includes "housing rate", "average house price", "housing passenger category", "operating income structure", "expenditure structure", "average output value" and "pre-tax interest rate" and so on.

If you want to run the hotel industry, you must pay attention to its characteristics. The so-called characteristics of the hotel industry are as follows: First, huge funds constitute an obstacle to entry. Second, the geographical location is important, and it is extremely difficult to obtain land. Third, the hotel building structure cannot be changed, which makes the early operators lose their competitiveness gradually. Third, business technology is easy to be imitated and has high spillover. Fourth, advanced people do not necessarily have the advantage of accumulating experience and reducing costs. 5. The advanced can't gain economies of scale by investing in energy-producing equipment first. Fifth, the customer brand loyalty is high.