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Hotel Design, Planning, and Development, New Edition

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WOW! I have a copy of the 1980s version of Rutes and Penner--this is a totally new edition, all new photography, etc.--and consider it the 'Bible' for hotel design. But the new edition is twice as big and full of current examples and information. It has 32 pages of gorgeous color photos of great hotels and resorts from around the world. The text is in three main sections: Hotel Types (downtown, resorts, conference centers, luxury hotels, casino hotels, etc.); Design Guide (planning and design information for all areas of the hotel); and Development Guide (feasibility, programming, future trends). In addition, there are lots of appendices and sidebars from such people as Ian Schrager, I.M. Pei, Robert Stern, and John Portman. I've looked at other hotel design books in the stores and there isn't anything that is so complete or current. There are other books on boutique hotels, with lots of pictures, but nothing with this global coverage of all types of lodging properties. With well over 400 pages, this book will be the new Bible for hotel design. I can't imagine a better choice for anyone involved with the hotel development, architecture, or interior design.

I found this in the Rizzoli bookstore and had to slit the shrinkwrap to see what the book was like. Then sat down in a soft chair to browse through it but after a half hour decided it made more sense to just buy it and read it at home. Not disappointed. The book covers everything in great detail - lots of text - with pictures of hotels from the Chilean Andes to London and Paris and New York. A "must have" for people interested in travel and hotels and architecture.

I was assigned to teach at the Master Degree class on "Facility Management" subject focusing on Hotel Facility. I have gone through several books regarding hotel design. I think this book is the best of all. Any designer who reads this book back to back will certainly understand the whole concept. It is not only about how to design the hotel as an architecture piece, but the reader will also understand the hospitality business. This book also covers the design and management issues of related topics such as "Restaurant", "Entertainment Venue" in the hotel. It is the 'must have' for all architects who want to design a hotel efficiently. It can also be a good book for anyone who is in the hospitality business and currently in charge of renovating or upgrading the hotel space; or the hotel's representative who need to communicate with architects or interior designer. This book can be the great tool to evaluate the result of the hotel construction project or even to 'correct' it. The tables and formulas for space calculation in this book are easy enough for anyone to understand. This book can be of great use to all building design professionals. It can also be a valuable one for any people who is interested in hotel business.

The work of hotel design and planning is different from other architectural works; it requires an indepth understanding of hotel business. Therefore, the hotel architecture became one of the toughest job for architects. (Another job is the hospital architecture.)

However, this book proposed design guidelines for a hotel fit to the business pattern. First, it explains various types of hotel properties. Second, it shows not only design guidelines for facilities but also planning approach methods for location selecting and size determination. Finally, if you read this book, you can consider efficient management system of the property from the early phase of design.

Among numerous books on hotel architecture, I think this book is the most outstanding resource.

I am an Interior Design student and found this book very helpful in completing a hospitality design. It provides a breakdown of the areas of the hotel, the different types of hotels, and the type of customers that use them. It really helped me in laying out the floor plan. There are also some awesome color pictures of fabulous hotels in the world. I highly recommend for anyone interested in hospitality design.

I am an Architect specializing in hotel design. I bought this book, "Hotel Design Planning and Development" a week ago. I have not been able to keep this book down in the last several days. The book is a very comprehensive work on all kinds of hotels that exist and the history of hotel development. This book has great pictures, important floor plans that will be interesting for a casual reader or a professional. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to learn about hotel design.

This book is filled with rules of thumbs,tables,charts, and drawings to help any architect to design any type of hotel. I can say after reading this book, one will walk away with a general knowledge about the hotel industry and how to design a hotel.

I have been involved in the hotel industry in many ways, designing hotels as an architect, managing corporate franchise design and site planning for a major hotel brand and directing large hotel renovations for hotel ownership groups.

I wish I'd had this book from day one of my career. It's a great reference book with 400 pages worth of in-depth narrative, colored illustrations, graphs and charts, all describing the hotel industry in great detail. From my perspective it is a well organized book, covering most all aspects of the hotel industry.

The books appendix has many useful charts and spreadsheet outlines. I modified the Ten Year Forecast checklist to be an excel spreadsheet for a 300-key hotel project development.

I appreciate the effort Rutes, Penner and Adams put into this insightful book. It's a great reference book, eminently insightful. I recommend this book to hotel designers, developers and operators and all those who are interested in great hotels.
Robert F. McLaughlin AIA, NCARB

For starters, I would like to share that I placed an order for the book back in 2010. Expecting to receive it within 22 days (due to international shipping), I was pleasantly surprised when the book arrived within 18 days - great job Amazon.com!

Next, the details and information in the book was very, very useful for hoteliers and even entry level hoteliers alike, to understand the different shapes and forms hotels can undertake. From resorts to Airport Hotels, this book gives good, comprehensive guidance to all who needs the information to help start a development plan.

I would recommend this buy to anyone who is seeking development planning and more!

Regards to all!
Young Asian Hotelier

This a book that be should always be close to you if you work in the hotel development industry.