Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel accommodation - Term explanation hotel

Term explanation hotel

Hotel

1. Pronunciation: fàn diàn

2. Basic explanation:

1. [Hotel]: a large hotel with good equipment Hotel

2. [Restaurant]: restaurant.

There are generally two explanations: <1> Most Chinese dictionaries and other language reference books explain it as a place with a large scale, excellent internal facilities, and able to provide food and accommodation. Similar names include guesthouses, hotels, etc. ;<2> Places that only provide food and drink, similar names include restaurants, restaurants, etc. This entry mainly explains and elaborates on the first meaning.

3. Citation explanation:

1. Restaurant; restaurant.

Chapter 43 of "Water Margin": "When Li Kui walked to Sipai, he felt hungry and thirsty. There were mountain paths and trails in all directions, but there was no hotel or restaurant." Chapter 24 of "The Strange Situation I've Witnessed for Twenty Years": "Because all I have is this sum of money. If I don't take it out, I won't have to pay back the money I owe in hotels and restaurants." Ai Qing's poem "Street" : "Tofu shops have been transformed into restaurants, and grocery stores have been transformed into hotels."

2. Inn; hotel.

Chapter 17 of "The Scholars": "There was no convenient boat that day, so we had to stay in a hotel." Bing Xin's "Our Wife's Living Room": "As soon as the luggage was left in the hotel, it was everywhere Looking for you." Today it mostly refers to a larger and well-equipped hotel. Ba Jin's "Chinese": "Our delegation of Chinese writers met with local overseas Chinese at the Xin'anjiang Hotel in Paris.

4. The role of the hotel:

(1) The hotel has a special The commodity form attracts people to spend more money to enjoy things that cannot be enjoyed at home and other places; to make profits by providing excellent services such as trade venues, conference venues, accommodation, catering, recreation and entertainment, etc., which directly contributes to It has contributed to the development of the national economy.

(2) Hotels are a kind of foreign trade operation that does not export goods. Its exchange rate is higher than that of commodity exports to a certain extent, so hotels make money. It is an important industry for obtaining foreign exchange, which can help the country balance its foreign exchange expenditure.

(3) The hotel industry is a comprehensive service industry, and its vigorous development will inevitably promote the development of other industries in society, such as The construction industry, furniture industry, decoration industry, textile industry, chemical industry, food processing industry and other industries have a great role in activating the national economy.

(4) Modern hotels must use it. Modern scientific and technological equipment and modern scientific management must be introduced to advanced countries and regions that are not yet achieved in our own country and region. Other industries can learn, imitate and learn from them, which will inevitably drive other industries to move towards modernization.

(5) Hotel guests come from all over the world. Among them are people from all walks of life and all walks of life, including scientists, artists, politicians, entrepreneurs, etc. Their visits can promote scientific and technological exchanges and cultural exchanges. Artistic exchanges and economic exchanges can also enhance mutual understanding and friendship between people of various countries.

(6) The development of the hotel industry has expanded the scope of employment and provided a large number of unemployed people in the society. Employment opportunities.

There are quite a lot of hotels in the world. In order to promote external sales and facilitate tourists to choose hotels, governments or tourism industry organizations classify hotels according to their facilities and other conditions. for different levels.