Aside from service and amenities, here are some things I have observed:

Luxury hotels usually use duvets and high thread-count bed sheets, while "Business-Class" hotels such as Hilton use rough bed sheets and blankets wrapped in sheets.

Also, at luxury hotels, in most of the bathrooms, the shower stall is seperate from the bathtub. Also, some of the luxury hotels use brand-name bath products such as Molton Brown, Aveda, etc. While at "Business Class" hotels, you usually have to stand in the bathtub, and pull the shower curtain in order to take a shower.

In cheap hotels such as Hampton Inn, the most common room configuration is "2 Double Beds", while at nicer Luxury hotels, it's usually either "2 Twin Beds", or "1 King Bed".

When staying at one of the Hilton Airport Hotel in SEA, I had to take their "shuttle bus" and then line up at the check-in counter and then carry my bags to my room.

While when I stayed at the Peninsula Hong Kong, I was met at immigration and taken to the hotel in one of their Rolls Royces. Just before approaching the hotel the driver would call ahead to the hotel so that when the car gets there, there would be a line of "staff" (including one of the managers who happened to be there) at the entrance waiting to greet me, shake my hand etc. Then one of the staff members would take me directly to my suite (bypassing the check-in counter) and complete the check-in procedures in the living room while I sip on a cup of Chinese tea.




[This message has been edited by daniellam (edited Mar 03, 2004).]