resort management

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Resort Management
SUBMITTED TO: SUMITTED BY:
MR. SUMEGH KATARIA LALIT KUMAR
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Mdu (rohtak) R.no. 1129

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Nine Types of Lodging Operations
1. Classic hotels
2. Resorts
3. Spas
4. Convention hotels
5. Motels and motor hotels
6. Condominium hotels
7. Residential hotels and service apartments
8. Casino hotels and resorts
9. All-suite hotels
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Types of Resorts
By seasonality:
• Year-round resort
• Summer resort
• Winter resort
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Types of Resorts
By designation:
• Spa resort
• Golf resort
• Ski resort
• Guest ranch
• Diving resort
• Fishing resort
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• Marina resort
• Casino resort
• Conference resort
• Camp-site
• Eco resort
• Theme park resort

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Types of Resorts
By size:
•Mega-resort
• Characterized by size of property and size of
investment that reaches billions of dollars.
• 3,000 rooms with multiple golf courses and
other recreational facilities.
• Their size requires the entire property to be
zoned into smaller geographical areas
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Types of Resorts
By size:
•Boutique resort
• Characterized by a smaller level of
development
• 100-200 room size.
• Despite their size, they can be very lucrative
investments especially those that are classified
as luxury botique resorts. (Villa Feltrinelli by
Lake Garda)
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Types of Resorts
By location:
• Urban resort
• Beach or seaside resort
• Lake resort
• Mountain resort
• Island resort
• Desert resort
• Tropical rainforest resort
(sensitive and restrictive)
• Farm-related
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By form of ownership:
• Conventional
• Syndicate
• Interval/timeshare
• Condo resort
• Vacation club
• Luxury destination club
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Types of Resorts
Others:
• All-inclusive resort
• Mixed-use resort
• Themed/fantasy (storyline)
• Floating (cruise ships)
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Types of Resorts
All inclusive
• Total vacation packages that includes
transportation to and from the resort.
• Based on the model created by Club Med
• All inclusive resorts can be found in Mexico,
Carribean, Bahamas and Bermuda.
• Popular with families because of the
convenience it provides.
• Costs in this type are all upfront- no hidden
charges.
• More profitable to sell for TMC’s.
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Types of Resorts
Mixed use
“A real estate project with planned integration of
some combination of retail, office, residential,
hotel, recreation or other functions. It is
pedestrian oriented and contains elements of a
live-work-play environment. It maximizes
spaced usage and has amenities and architectural
expression and tends to mitigate traffic and
sprawl.”
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Types of Resorts
Mixed use
• These have hotels that serve as the center
piece of a customer friendly leisure work
environment.
• Attracts offices, shopper traffic for retail
stores, buyers for timeshares, players for
recreational activities and others for purposes
beyond the hotel’s own purpose.
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Types of Resorts
Themed Resorts
• Can take many forms but limited by human
imagination.
• Can be based on different shows, ideas and
themes.
• Storyline resorts are classified under this
type.
• A story is created which is used as the
theme of the entire resort as it is
developed.
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Types of Resorts
Floating Resorts
• Includes Cruise Ships, Casino Riverboats or
structures over water that are moored or
otherwise attached to land.
• Most current cruise ships are floating resorts
in the truest sense boasting stacked towers of
facilities and accommodations.
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Hotel Classification
• Classified based on:
• Price-quality:
• luxury/upscale, midscale and budget/
economy
• Ratings
• Varies from country to country
• Location
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