subject: Starting A Hotel Business [print this page] Once you have decided to start a hotel business, you have to think over other important things that you need to fix out soon. Yeah! Just thinking about having your own hotel is not enough. It"s not done at all. You still have a long way to go.
Here are few points that may help you to make your path easy:
Clientele: This is an important thing to decide that who will be your potential customers. If you are planning to serve tourists or travelers then you should select a place in the outskirts or to some famous tourist"s spots and should offer facilities accordingly. But if you are planning to serve business people then you should go for the places nearby airport or convention centers. And you have to provide services according to their class. So, deciding it in starting helps in final products.
Make or Buy: You need to figure out the physical structure of your hotel. You have some options for the building like:
" Building a whole new hotel from the ground
" Converting some old mansion or house into hotel
" Purchasing some old hotel.
While doing this you must keep your budget in mind.
Structure and Size: The size and the number of rooms have a direct impact on the services offered. So decide how many rooms you are ready to make available in your hotel. It will also help you to decide the number of employees you want in the hotel.
Business Plan: Now make a clean and good business plan as this is one of the most important aspects of every business. You have to make a nice marketing strategy to start the marketing campaign for your hotel that includes both offline and online marketing. This is important as it will bring the potential customers to your hotels. So give a kick start to the marketing campaign.
