
The 10 Biggest Ways Hotels as We Know Them Are Changing
Technology, habits and generations have all changed the way hotels deliver and even build there rooms. Here are ten ways how.
The last decade has turned the hospitality industry inside out, and not just because of technology (although that's certainly played a part). Who travels, how we travel, even what we bring on the go -- it's all changing pretty fast.
Hotels are working hard to keep up. Here are ten ways that's happening.






![Focused service has allowed hotels to expand enormously, often into markets that had few (if any) options before. "They are cheaper hotels to build and operate," he said. "When you think about the cost of putting up an 800 room full service hotel somewhere… you're probably looking at north of $50 million to open the doors. A 500 room Hampton Inn or Holiday Inn Express, that's a lot cheaper to open and operate.""It has allowed hotels to go into smaller markets where a large, full service hotel might not be able to survive," he added. "[For example], there's no full kitchen, so you've eliminated all of the overhead and costs of operating a kitchen. So it's a cheaper operating model, and then they pass that savings along to the traveler in the form of a lower rate."Today it seems like you can find a nonsmoking, queen-sized bed and beige-toned artwork just about anywhere. That's in large part due to the focused service model.](https://www.thestreet.com/.image/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_80%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_80/MTY4NjUwNjI2NTczOTM2MjYz/4-hotels-in-more-places.jpg)


