Is there a difference between Super 8 Hotel Chain and Express Hotel Chain?

Express hotel, also known as budget hotel, is a hotel format that exists relative to the traditional full-service hotel. In foreign countries, the classification of budget hotels is mainly based on price. Combined with domestic characteristics, economy hotel can be defined as a modern hotel format with mass tourists and small and medium-sized business travelers as the main service targets, guest rooms as the only product or core product, franchising or joining as the main business model, low price (generally below RMB in 300 yuan), standardized service and high cost performance. Statistics show that in developed countries, the ratio of budget hotels to high-end star-rated hotels is generally 7:3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What is an economy hotel? What is the essential difference between a budget hotel and a star hotel? So far, no one can give a unified standard. In recent years, some domestic experts and scholars have done more and more research on this concept. The following is a summary of this concept by some foreign experts and scholars. Quest (1983) believes that budget hotel is a new type of hotel with small scale, limited facilities and affordable price. Lee (1984) pointed out that it is the fastest-growing hotel type in the hotel industry, providing clean and concise rooms; Bell (1984) pointed out that American budget hotels only operate rooms, about 150, and the overall price is 25%-50% lower than that of medium-sized hotels. Gilbert and Arnold (1989) are defined as hotels that provide limited services and standard accommodation environment: the quality is equivalent to three or four-star hotels, but the price is 25-30% cheaper; In the early 1990s, Snior and Morphew (1990) thought that economy hotel was a kind of accommodation for short-distance travelers with low budget. Justus (199 1) describes the American Vettel hotel rules as an economical accommodation industry, which provides basic facilities and keeps the price low, without catering services, banquet facilities, gyms and other entertainment facilities; Davidson (1993) pointed out that the economical accommodation industry has all the advantages of chain hotels, and through specific design and management, it can have very competitive housing prices, thus achieving low construction costs and low operating costs. Key points in the design and planning of economical hotels. Location and environment ● Economy hotels are not cheap hotels. Low investment and low operating cost is one of the characteristics of budget hotels, but it is not the essence or the absolute purpose. The essence of budget hotels is low burden and quick return, which makes the general scale and business orientation of budget hotels relatively limited. Economy hotels are characterized by less money and faster money, but they can only survive in cities or regions with developed economy, fast population flow, high density, convenient transportation and mature municipal facilities. It is difficult to build a real economy hotel in economically backward areas. ● Economy hotels mainly operate in guest rooms, with little or no supporting facilities such as catering, entertainment and meetings. Therefore, restaurants, bars, shops, postal services, entertainment, convenience stores and other facilities that can meet the comprehensive needs of guests within walking distance should be available within a radius of 300m around the hotel, and the traffic station should be close. ● When choosing the location of budget hotels, special attention should be paid to the existing local municipal conditions and communication conditions.