What is a boutique hotel?
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In recent
years, within the field of tourism, has emerged a concept that many still have no clear idea of what is or what it means. The term I am referring to is
the term boutique hotel.
To fully
understand this type of hotel, we must first determine its origins. The term
boutique hotel comes from the United States, and seems to have originated in
the 1980’s. New York City, a booming metropolis, was one of the first cities to popularize hotels of
this type, a class which solely wanted a style of their own, free from larger
chain hotels which were vastly uniform in style. Thus a new era of hotels was
born.
The
criteria, if any, that would determine if a hotel is worthy of the name
boutique hotel is framed bellow by three key hallmarks:
Attractive and Urban location: For any hotel to truly consider themselves as a
boutique hotel, they must be located in the heart of the a city, where there is
a lot of commercial and social presence. Thus, a hotel situated in
downtown Seville would be a perfect example of an attractive and urban location
making up our first key hallmark.
Attentive and personalized service: A boutique hotel must be known for offering
attentive and sincere care, down to the most minute detail. Unlike like the
standardized, rigid and impersonal characteristics of other hotels.
Design: The third and final characteristic of a boutique hotel is that it’s accommodations
must be different, architecturally by level of design or decoration. The rooms
should have their own personality, opting for originality, uniqueness and
groundbreaking proposals that clearly identify them and allow them to
differentiate themselves from the larger chains hotels.
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