Hospitality is the world's fastest growing industry, and business—and pleasure travelers are demanding more diverse hotels, resorts and leisure-time amenities around the globe. This book explores the latest trends in hotel planning and design, capturing the vast range of today's most imaginative creations, from tower-high guestrooms to lavish desert villas to exotic resorts nestled by tropical-island waters. It outlines the essential criteria architects and designers must meet when planning for a wide variety of hotel types, and presents the most up-to-date technical information as well as detailed illustrations, photographs, and original plans.

Highlighting the key concepts behind emerging trends and how each designer's vision fits into the development of the industry as a whole, the authors equip today's developer, architect, designer, and hotel executive with a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of hospitality design.

About the Authors
Walter A. Rutes, FAIA, is chairman of 9 Tek Ltd. Development Consultants and was vice president and director of architecture of such major hotel companies as Inter-Continental, Sheraton, Ramada, and Holiday Corporation.
Richard H. Penner is professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration where he teaches courses in hotel development, planning, and interior design.
Lawrence Adams, AIA, is president and co-founder of Adams Soffes Wood Architecture & Interiors. He has specialized in hotel design and large scale developments at major architectural and planning firms including HOK, William B. Tabler, S. Stuart Farnet, and Frank Williams and Associates.

ISBN 0-393-73055-7 / June 2001 / 60 color photos / 200 b+w photos and line drawings / 8-5/8' x 10-5/8' / 464 pages