This is based on the rules and regulation on Hotels, Tourist Inns, Motels, Apartels, Resorts, Pension Houses and Other Accommodatoin Establishments by DOT.

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Architectural
Design 8 Hotels
Deluxe Class Hotel
Sarah Jane S. Pahimnayan
First Class Hotel
BsArchi IV-3
Ar. Ma. Rodora Argamino
Standard Class Hotel
Economy Class Hotel

2. Sarah jane s. pahimnayan
Bsarchitecture iv-3
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What is a hotel?
It is a building, edifice, premises, or a completely independent part thereof, which is used for the regular
reception, accommodation or lodging of travellers and tourists and the provision of services incidental thereto for a fee.
Deluxe Class First Class Standard Class Economy Class
Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel
Location
The locality and The locality and The locality and The locality and
environs including environs including environs including environs including
approaches shall be approaches shall be approaches shall be approaches shall be
suitable for a suitable for a suitable for a such as are
luxury hotel of first class hotel of very good hotel. suitable for a good
international international hotel.
standard. standard.
The facade, The facade, The architectural The architectural
architectural features architectural features and general features and general
and general features and construction of the construction of the
construction of the general building shall be of building shall be of
building shall have construction of the very good standard. good standard.
the distinctive building shall have
qualities of a luxury the distinctive
hotel. qualities of a first
class hotel.
Bedroom Facilities and Furnishings
 Size All single and double All single and All single and double All single and double
rooms shall have a double rooms shall rooms shall have a rooms shall have a
floor area of not less have a floor area of floor area of not less floor area of not less
than twenty-five (25) not less than than eighteen (18) than eighteen (18)
square meters, twenty-five (25) square meters, square meters,
inclusive of square meters, inclusive of inclusive of
bathrooms. inclusive of bathrooms. bathrooms.
bathrooms.
 Suite There shall be one (1) There shall be one − −
suite per thirty (30) (1) suite per thirty
guest rooms. (40) guest rooms.
 Bathrooms All rooms must have All rooms must have
All rooms must have All rooms shall have
bathrooms which bathrooms which bathrooms which bathrooms equipped
shall be equipped shall be equippedshall be equipped with showers and
with fittings of the with fittings of the
with showers and basic fittings of good
highest quality highest quality
fittings of good standard with cold
befitting a luxury befitting a first class
standard with cold running water on a
hotel with 24-hour hotel with 24-hour
running water on a 24-hour basis
service of hot and service of hot and
24-hour and hotel running
cold running water. cold running water.
basis and hotel water at selected
running water at hours.
selected hours.
Bathrooms shall be Bathrooms shall be − −
provided with provided with
bathtubs and showers and/or
showers. bathtubs.
Floors and walls shall Floors and walls − −
be covered with shall be covered
impervious material with impervious
of material of
elegant design and aesthetic design and
high quality high quality
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workmanship. workmanship.
 Telephones There shall be a There shall be a There shall be a There shall be a call
telephone in each telephone in each telephone in each bell in each guest
guest room and an guest room. guest room. room.
extension line in the
bathroom of each
suite.
 Radio or There shall be a There shall be a − −
Television radio, a television radio, a television
and relayed or piped- and relayed or
in music in each piped-in music in
guest room. each guest room.
 Cold There shall be a cold There shall be a cold There shall be a cold There shall be a cold
Drinking drinking water and drinking water and drinking water and drinking water and
Water glasses in each glasses in each glasses in each glasses in each
bedroom. bedroom. bedroom. bedroom.
 Refrigerator There shall be a small − − −
or Mini-Bar refrigerator and a
well-stocked bar in
each guest room.
 Room There shall be a 24- There shall be a 24- Room service shall be Room service shall be
Service hour room service hour room service provided at selected provided at selected
(including provisions (including provisions hours. hours.
for snacks and light for snacks and light
refreshments). refreshments).
 Furnishings All guest rooms shall All guest rooms All guest rooms shall All guest rooms shall
and Lighting have adequate shall have adequate have furniture of very have basic furniture of
furniture of the furniture of very good standard and good design; floors
highest standard and high standard and design; floors shall shall be well finished.
elegant design; floors very good design; have good quality
shall have superior floors shall have carpets; walls shall be
quality wallto-wall wall-to-wall well-furnished and
carpeting; walls shall carpeting; or if drapes shall be well-
be well-furnished the flooring is high tailored and of good
with well-tailored quality (marble, material; Lighting
draperies of rich mosaic, etc.) carpets arrangements and
materials. shall be provided fixtures in the rooms
and shall be of a size and bathrooms shall
proportionate to be well designed
the size of the ensuring complete
room; walls shall be satisfaction
well-furnished with functionally.
well-tailored
draperies of very
high quality
materials.
Lighting arrange- Lighting arrange- − Lighting arrangements
ments and fixtures in ments and fixtures and fixtures in all
the rooms and in the rooms and rooms and bathrooms
bathrooms shall be bathrooms shall be shall be of good
so designed as to so designed as to standard.
ensure aesthetic as ensure functional
well as functional excellence.
excellence.
 Information Room tariffs shall be Room tariffs shall be Room tariffs shall be Room tariffs shall be
Materials prominently prominently prominently displayed prominently displayed
displayed in each displayed in each in each bedroom plus in each bedroom plus
bedroom plus bedroom plus prominent notices for prominent notices for
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prominent notices prominent notices services offered by services offered by
for services offered for services offered the hotel, including the hotel, including
by the hotel, by the hotel, food and beverage food and beverage
including food and including food and outlets and hours of outlets and hours of
beverage outlets and beverage outlets operation, fire exit operation, fire exit
hours of operation, and hours of guidelines and house guidelines and house
fire exit guidelines operation, fire exit rules for guests. rules for guests.
and house rules for guidelines and
guests. house rules for
guests.
Front Office/Reception
 Reception There shall be − There shall be a There shall be a
and reception, reception/information reception and
Information information counter counter providing a information counter
Counter and guest relations 24-hour service and providing a 24-hour
office providing a 24- attended by qualified service and equipped
hour service and and experienced staff. with telephone.
attended by highly
qualified, trained and
experienced staff.
 Lounge There shall be a well-There shall be a There shall be a well- There shall be a
appointed lounge
lobby and well- appointed lounge the reasonably furnished
with seating facilities,
appointed lounge size of which shall be lounge commensurate
the size of which is with seating commensurate with with the size of the
commensurate with facilities, the size of the size of the hotel. hotel.
the size of the hotel.which is
commensurate with
the size of the hotel.
 Porter There shall be a 24- There shall be a 24- Porter service shall be Porter service shall be
Service hour porter service. hour porter service. provided upon provided upon
request. request.
 Foreign There shall be a dulyThere shall be a duly There shall be a duly −
Exchange licensed and
licensed and licensed and
Counter authorized foreign
authorized foreign authorized foreign
exchange counter. exchange counter. exchange counter.
 Mailing Mailing facilities
Mailing facilities Mailing facilities There shall be mailing
Facilities including sale of including sale of including sale of facilities.
stamps and
stamps and stamps and envelopes
envelopes shall be envelopes shall be shall be available in
available in the
available in the the premises.
premises. premises.
 Long Long distance and Long distance and Long distance / Long distance /
Distance / overseas telephone overseas telephone overseas telephone overseas calls shall be
Overseas calls shall be made calls shall be made calls shall be made made available upon
Calls available in the
available in the available upon request.
establishment. establishment. request.
 Reception There shall be a left-
There shall be a left- There shall be a left- There shall be a left-
Amenities luggage room and luggage room and luggage room and luggage room and
safety deposit boxes safety deposit boxes safety deposit boxes. safety deposit boxes.
in the establishment.in the
establishment.
 Telex and There shall be telex- There shall be telex- Telex facilities shall be Telex facilities shall be
Facsimile transceiver and transceiver and optional. optional.
facsimile facilities in facsimile facilities in
the the
establishment. establishment.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping shall Housekeeping shall Housekeeping shall be Premises shall be kept
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be of the highest be of high standard. of good standard. clean and tidy.
possible standard.
 Linen There shall be There shall be a There shall be Clean, good quality
plentiful supply of good supply of adequate supply of linen/blankets/towels,
linens, blankets, linens, blankets, linen, blanket, towel, etc., shall be supplied
towels, etc., which towels, etc., which etc., of good quality and changed daily.
shall be of the shall be of high shall be kept clean.
highest quality and quality and should Linen, blankets and
shall be spotlessly be spotlessly clean. towels shall be
clean. The linens, The linens, blankets changed daily.
blankets and towels and towels shall be
shall be changed changed daily.
daily.
 Laundry/Dry Laundry and dry Laundry and dry Laundry and dry Laundry and dry
Cleaning cleaning services cleaning services cleaning services shall cleaning services shall
Service shall be available in shall be available in be available by be available by
the establishment. the establishment. arrangement. arrangement.
 Carpeting All public and private All public and There shall be at least −
rooms shall have private rooms shall carpets in all
superior quality have high quality bedrooms and the
carpeting which carpeting which floors of public
shall be well kept at should be well kept rooms should be
all times. at all times. properly covered
unless the flooring is
of very high
standard.
Food and Beverage
 Dining Room There shall be a There shall be a There shall be at least There shall be at least
coffee shop and at coffee shop and at one dining room one equipped and
least one specialty least one specialty facility which is well- well-maintained
dining room which dining room which equipped and well- dining room /
are well-equipped, are well-equipped, maintained and restaurant serving
well-furnished and well-furnished and serving good quality good, clean and
well-maintained, well-maintained, cuisine and providing wholesome food.
serving high quality serving good quality entertainment.
cuisine and providing cuisine and
entertainment. providing
entertainment.
 Bar Wherever Wherever Whenever permissible −
permissible by law, permissible by law, by law, there shall be
there shall be an there shall be an a bar.
elegant and well elegant and well
stocked bar with an stocked bar with an
atmosphere of atmosphere of
comfort and luxury. comfort.
 Kitchen The kitchen, pantry The kitchen, pantry The kitchen, pantry There shall be clean,
and cold storage and cold storage and cold storage shall hygienic and well-
shall be shall be be professionally equipped and
professionally professionally designed to ensure maintained kitchen
designed to ensure designed to ensure efficiency of and pantry.
efficiency of efficiency of operation and shall be
operation and shall operation and shall wellequipped, well-
be wellequipped, be wellequipped, maintained, clean and
well-maintained, well-maintained, hygienic.
clean and hygienic. clean and hygienic.
The kitchen shall The kitchen shall The kitchen shall have The kitchen shall have
have an adequate have an adequate an adequate floor an adequate floor
floor area with non- floor area with non- area with flooring and area with non-slip
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slip flooring and tiled slip flooring and tiled walls and flooring and tiled
walls and adequate tiled walls and adequate light and walls and adequate
light and ventilation. adequate light and ventilation. light and ventilation.
ventilation.
 Crockery The crockery shall be The crockery shall The crockery shall be The crockery shall be
of elegant design and be of best quality. of good quality. of good quality.
of superior quality;
There shall be ample
supply of it.
No piece of crockery There shall be No piece of crockery −
in use shall be adequate supply of in use shall be
chipped, cracked or it. chipped, cracked or
grazed. The gazed. The silverware
silverware shall be shall be kept well-
kept well-plated and placed and polished
polished at all times. at all times.
− No piece of crockery − −
in use shall be
chipped, cracked or
grazed. The
silverware shall be
kept well-plated and
polished at all
times.
Recreational Facilities
 Swimming There shall be a well- There shall be a − −
Pool designed and well-designed and
properly equipped properly equipped
swimming pool. swimming pool.
 Tennis / Golf There shall be at There shall be at − −
/ Squash / least one least one
Gym recreational facility recreational facility
Facilities or a tie-up with one or a tie-up with one
within the vicinity of within the vicinity of
the hotel. the hotel.
Entertainment
Live entertainment Live entertainment − −
shall be provided. shall be provided.
Engineering and Maintenance
 Maintenance Maintenance of all Maintenance of all Maintenance of the Maintenance of the
sections of the hotel sections of the hotel hotel in all sections hotel in all sections
(i.e., building (i.e., building (i.e., building (i.e., building
furniture, fixtures, furniture, fixtures, furniture, fixtures, furniture, fixtures,
etc.) shall be of etc.) shall be of very etc.) shall be of good etc.) shall be of good
superior standard. high quality. standard. standard.
 Air- There shall be All private and At least 75% of the At least 50% of the
conditioning centralized air- public rooms shall rooms shall be air rooms shall be air
conditioning for the be air conditioned conditioned (except in conditioned (except in
entire building (except in areas areas which are at a areas which are at a
(except in areas which are at a minimum of 3,000 minimum of 3,000
which are at a minimum of 3,000 feet above sea level). feet above sea level).
minimum of 3,000 feet above sea
feet above sea level).
level).
 Ventilation There shall be There shall be There shall be There shall be
technologically technologically efficient and adequate ventilation
advanced, efficient advanced, efficient adequate ventilation in all rooms.
and adequate and adequate in all rooms.
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ventilation in all ventilation in all
areas of the hotel. areas of the hotel.
 Lighting There shall be There shall be There shall be There shall be
adequate lighting in adequate lighting in adequate lighting in adequate lighting in
all public and private all public and all public and private all public and private
rooms. private rooms. rooms. rooms.
 Emergency There shall be a high- There shall be a There shall be a high- There shall be a spare
Power powered generator high-powered powered generator generator available to
capable of providing generator capable capable of providing provide light and
sufficient lighting for of providing sufficient lighting for power in emergency
all guest rooms, sufficient lighting all guest rooms, cases.
hallways, public for all guest rooms, hallways, public
areas/rooms, and hallways, public areas/rooms, and
operating elevators, areas/rooms, and operating elevators,
food refrigeration operating elevators, food refrigeration and
and water services. food refrigeration water services.
and water services.
 Fire The fire prevention The fire prevention The fire prevention The fire prevention
Prevention facilities shall facilities shall facilities shall conform facilities shall conform
Facilities conform with the conform with the with the with the requirements
requirements of the requirements of the requirements of the of the
Fire Code of the Fire Code of the Fire Code of the Fire Code of the
Philippines. Philippines. Philippines. Philippines.
General Facilities
 Outdoor The hotel shall have a − − −
Area common outdoor
area for guests (e.g.,
a roof garden or
spacious common
terrace).
 Parking / There shall be an There shall be an There shall be −
Valet adequate parking adequate parking adequate parking
space and valet space and valet space.
service. service.
 Function and There shall be one or There shall be − −
Conference more of each of the special rooms for
Facilities following: conference conference/banquet
room, banquet hall purposes.
(with a capacity of
not less than 200
people seated) and
private dining room.
 Shops There shall be a There shall be a There shall be a There shall be a
barber shop, DOT- DOT-accredited sundries shop. sundries shop.
accredited travel travel agency/tour
agency/tour counter, counter, barber
beauty parlor, and shop, beauty parlor,
sundries shop. and sundries shop.
 Security Adequate security on Adequate security Adequate security on Adequate security on
a 24-hour basis shall on a 24-hour basis a 24-hour basis shall a 24-hour basis shall
be provided in all shall be provided in be provided in all be provided in all
entrances and exits all entrances and entrances and exits of entrances and exits of
of the hotel exits of the hotel the hotel premises. the hotel premises.
premises. premises.
 Medical A medical clinic to A medical clinic to There shall be a The services of a
Service service guests and service guests and registered nurse on a doctor shall be
employees shall have employees with a 24-hour duty and a available when
a registered nurse on registered nurse on doctor oncall. needed.
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a 24-hour basis and a a 24-hour basis and
doctor on-call. a doctor on-call
shall be provided.
Service and Staff
Professionally Highly qualified, Only qualified, The staff shall be well
qualified, highly trained, trained, experienced, trained, experienced,
trained, experienced, experienced, efficient and courteous and
efficient and efficient and courteous staff shall efficient.
courteous staff shall courteous staff shall be employed.
be employed. be hired.
The staff shall be in The staff shall be in The staff shall be in The staff shall be in
smart and clean smart and clean clean uniforms. clean uniforms.
uniforms. uniforms.
Special Facilities
Business center, Facilities for airport Facilities for airport Airport transfer shall
limousine service and transfers shall be transfers shall be be provided upon
airport transfers shall provided. provided. request.
be provided.
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