Originally Posted by
deniah
That's about as well defined as a "sports car" or a "sports sedan".
Further, there are many brands within each family and while some meant Marriott to mean strictly "Marriott", others lump JW Marriott at the high end and a Courtyard by Marriott as one and the same.
For pragmatic purposes, a business hotel is one that caters to business travelers, generally meaning a fair mid priced range (i.e. not resort/luxury), 18-24 hour reception, breakfast service, laundry service, often times very large properties with conference facilities, etc. Four Points and Hyatt Regency are good examples.
It's perhaps easier to label what are not generally considered business hotels, which are Motel 6, Aloft, Regis, Four Seasons, etc. (Of course, it doesnt preclude people staying in such places for business).
So, what is usually the definition of a mid price hotel in downtown in the US?
I meant, if Marriott and Sheraton or Hyatt is positioned as Business hotel which should be a mid price range , but Marriott positioned them( Westin Marriott Sheraton LM) as Upscale series.
And we got four points or Courtyard which is again, a business hotel, so how should we label them? Are they also mid price?
And , the more upscale JW Marriott or Conrad is again usually displayed as a business hotel, so I am really confused is the term “ business “ hotel here in Western usually refer to a more upscale meaning? Like business class in an airplane? Is this the same case here? But like you said,business hotel is not luxury, but business class is luxury, so the term business hotel in western is more like referring to a mid price simple hotel like Courtyard or Hyatt place?
Because not just Japan , in Mandarin, China or Taiwan or HK , business hotel is usually referring to a cheaper, mid price , clean, not full service 3 Star small hotel. We labels Marriott or Westin as 5 Star here.This is really weird.