A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis. Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare. Some hotels have conference services and meeting rooms and encourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at location.

• 1 Origins of the term
• 2 Services and facilities
• 3 Classification
• 4 Boutique hotels
• 5 Motels
• 6 Historic hotels
• 7 Unusual hotels
  • 7.1 Treehouse hotels
  • 7.2 Cave hotels
  • 7.3 Capsule hotels
  • 7.4 Ice hotels
  • 7.5 Snow hotels
  • 7.6 Garden hotels
  • 7.7 Underwater hotels
  • 7.8 Other unusual hotels
• 8 World-record setting hotels
  • 8.1 Tallest
  • 8.2 Largest
  • 8.3 Oldest
• 9 Hotel occupations
• 10 Hotel chains
• 11 Living in hotels
• 12 Hotels in fiction
• 13 Hotel rooms as an investment
• 14 See also
• 15 References

Basic accommodation of a room with only a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms and, more commonly in the United States than elsewhere, climate control. Other features found may be a telephone, an alarm clock, a TV, and broadband Internet connectivity. Food and drink may be supplied by a mini-bar (which often includes a small refrigerator) containing snacks and drinks (to be paid for on departure), and tea and coffee making facilities (cups, spoons, an electric kettle and sachets containing instant coffee, tea bags, sugar, and creamer or milk).