Gaining Popularity Of Boutique Hotels
Traveling is an important part of our lives and because of this reason, the hotel industry has changed the whole concept of hotels in recent years. Now hotels are more than just a place to stay. Today’s hotels are facilitated with various services and luxuries such as restaurants, swimming pools, gymnasiums, spas and many more.
The concept of boutique hotels that had developed in the last decade has made a huge impression on the hotel industry. These boutique hotels are now operating in many parts of the world, most prominently in New York, London, San Francisco. The concept of boutique hotels basically existed from 1980s, which were initially known as “designer” or “lifestyle” hotels. New York’s Morgan hotel was the first to be called as “boutique hotel.” Basically, a boutique hotel is comparatively smaller, which is constructed with the purpose of serving their personal customers rather than others. According to some travel and tour agents, a boutique hotel is the one which
consists of not more than 50 rooms and its aim is to offer its customers a pleasant stay or experience. The Starwood and resorts hotels are some of the famous boutique hotels.
After the huge popularity of New York’s Morgan hotel, many cities, especially the tourist destinations around the world have opened boutique hotels in terms of tourism or around them. In London, till few years back, it was hard to find a single boutique hotel, but now the scenario is completely different. Now, you can see boutique hotels in every second street in London, as well as some of the bigger hotels are also converting into boutique hotels. Some of the notable boutique hotels include Guest houses in Notting Hill, Baglioni Hotel and the Soho Hotel in Soho.
In Paris, every type of boutique hotel promise a big success and this is the sole reason behind the variety and large number of boutique hotels in Paris. The Montalembert is one of the oldest boutique hotels there. Some of the recent boutique hotels in Paris include Hotel De Sers at Avenue Pierre and Hotel Sezz, located the Eiffel Tower.
The boutique hotels in North America are slightly bigger than the boutique hotels all around the world. The reason for this is that the rents are higher in North
America, but still these are very famous.
The recent trend shows that as the tourism sector will grow the hotel industry, especially the boutique hotel industry will also grow. Moreover, the big hoteliers have also initiated their expression of interest in boutique hotels, will help this industry flourish for many years to come.