What is the difference between a restaurant and a hotel?

Almost the same, there is no strict difference. \x0d\Nowadays, most hotels are mainly engaged in catering, and the hotel scope includes catering, accommodation, etc. \x0d\The current view is that hotels are generally a little more advanced than restaurants. \x0d\But it's not absolute. Beijing Hotel is a good example, providing high-end food and accommodation. \x0d\\x0d\In some places, hotels and restaurants are regarded as equal concepts. \x0d\\x0d\In the early 1950s, there was a saying in domestic customs that "food is the most important thing for the people." Food was more important than wine and was more relevant to people's lives, so hotels at that time were called restaurants. Such as "Beijing Hotel", "Nanjing Hotel", "Changjiang Hotel", etc. Netizens can check online. In the late 1990s, restaurants were renamed hotels. They are rarely called restaurants, except for those in small towns who simply eat and call them so-and-so small restaurants. \x0d\\x0d\Hotel, the English name HOTEL, is a cultural heritage originated from the West. It has the same meaning as a hotel in China. They both provide comprehensive service facilities such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, entertainment, and shopping. It is just a name. It is used in international terms. The word "hotel" originally refers to hotels in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Most of the well-known hotels have international connections, such as "Holiday Inn", "Garden Hotel", etc. These were all in the late 1990s. \x0d\\x0d\For example, today's supermarkets are called "Liangfan" in some areas, which was originally called "Liangfan" in Japan. The principle is the same. It was called a small shop before, and later it was called a supermarket (super markt), so there must have been no such thing as "quantity" before that! ! \x0d\\x0d\The hotel pays attention to tradition in management, and the hotel's services tend to be more meticulous, and there is no difference in essence.