Space Use Information - Hotel/Motel

Hotel/Motel applies to buildings that rent overnight accommodations on a room/suite basis, with a bath/shower and other facilities in most guest rooms. The total gross floor area should include all supporting functions such as food preparation and restaurant space, laundry facilities, exercise rooms, health club/spas, lobbies, atria, elevator shafts, stairways, storage areas, etc.

Below are the descriptions of the data entry fields for the hotel/motel space type:

Hotel/Motel Categories

1. Upper Upscale

Hotels in the upper upscale category include branded and independent properties realizing the top 10 to 15 percent room rate within their local market. In many markets, these hotels have the most complete in-room and property-level amenity packages among all hotels (including meeting space and on-site retail stores). In certain markets, such as Manhattan, few property-level amenities may exist. The upper upscale category includes only full service-hotels.

Hotels associated with the following brands represent the types of properties categorized as upper upscale within a given market:

2. Upscale

Upscale hotels fall into a price tier just below upper upscale hotels. Specifically, these full-service hotels have room rates in the highest 25 to 30 percent of all hotels in their markets, but not the highest room rates. Service levels and amenities in upscale hotels are slightly below those found in upper upscale properties.

Hotels associated with the following brands represent the types of properties categorized as upscale within a given market:

3. Midscale

Hotels that offer some business and recreational amenities fall into the Midscale category. Midscale hotels may or may not offer food and beverage services, and achieve average daily room rates between the 40th and 70th percentile of the room pricing structure of the local market.

Hotels associated with the following brands represent the types of properties categorized as midscale, with food and beverage services, within a given market:

 
Hotels associated with the following brands represent the types of properties categorized as midscale, without food and beverage services, within a given market:
 

4. Economy and Budget

Economy hotels are truly limited service properties by virtue of having limited amenities and no on-site food and beverage services (except for morning coffee and light breakfast). This inclusive category contains properties in the bottom 30 percent price tier of the local market.

Typically, these hotels are less expensive to build than midscale hotels, thus the quality of their interior and exterior spaces and convenience to business centers does not reach the level of midscale hotels.

Hotels associated with the following brands represent the types of properties categorized as economy within a given market:

Non-eligible categories (Energy performance rating for the following space types is not available at this time.)

5.  Resort

Hotels that cater mainly to vacationers or tourists (rather than overnight, more transient travelers), and usually offer more recreational amenities and services than other hotels. A resort may have attractions on the premises that can make a self-contained vacation experience, such as multiple pools, shops, or spas.

6. Extended Stay

Hotels that focus on attracting hotel guests for extended periods of time. Extended stay hotels usually provide suite rooms with kitchenettes to full kitchens, laundry facilities, and are fully furnished. These properties often quote weekly or monthly rates.

Food Facility

Space currently in use to operate a full service kitchen(s) and dining area(s) within the hotel. This can include a restaurant and/or banquet/conference facility.  If the hotel's food service consists of only continental breakfast service or other prepackaged or light offerings that do not require a full service kitchen, please answer "No."

Default Value for Upper Upscale = Y

Default Value for Upscale = Y

Default Value for Midscale with Food = Y

Default Value for Midscale without Food = N

Default Value for Economy/Budget = N

Gross Floor Space

The total gross floor area is measured between the principal exterior surfaces of the enclosing fixed walls and includes all supporting functions such as kitchens and break rooms used by staff, storage areas, administrative areas, elevators, stairwells, atria, vent shafts, etc

Also note the following:

• Existing atria should only include the base floor area that it occupies.

• Interstitial (plenum) space between floors should not be included in total.

• Gross floor area is not the same as leasable space. Leasable space is a subset of gross floor area.

NOTE: The floor area of all Computer Data Center space(s) cannot exceed 10% of the Facility’s gross floor area (not including Garages and Parking Lots).

Number of Rooms

The total number of hotel rooms available within a given hotel property, including occupied rooms, non-occupied rooms, rooms in the process of being renovated, and permanent house use. This is the number of rooms typically found in a travel guide that describes specific hotels and general features, including the number of rooms.

Default Value for Upper Upscale = 450

Default Value for Upscale = 330

Default Value for Midscale with Food and Beverage Services = 165

Default Value for Midscale without Food and Beverage Services = 165

Default Value for Economy and Budget = 100

Average Occupancy Rate (optional and not used for benchmarking)

The average percentage of rooms that are occupied in the hotel during the course of a year.

Laundry Facility (optional and not used for benchmarking)

If the facility has an on-site laundry complex (one in which all linens are processed at the facility), answer "Yes.”  Otherwise, answer "No.”