| Title |
A Study on the Design Characteristics of Guest Room in the Boutique Hotel - Focused on Domestic and Foreign Boutique Hotel from Year 2010 until Current - |
| Authors |
초기(Xiao Qi) ; 홍관선(Hong, Kwan-Seon) |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2016.25.4.013 |
| Keywords |
Boutique Hotel ; Guest's Room Design ; Characteristics |
| Abstract |
With the change of the times, the hotel industry of modern city also becomes diversified. Especially the appearance of boutique hotels gives customers a new understanding of hotels. Boutique hotels are different from ordinary hotels which only provide accommodation. It provides customers with different experiences and innovation space of life style. Therefore, the appearance of boutique hotels could be considered as the mature performance of hotel industry. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to discuss the design features of guest rooms of boutique hotels. The methodologies of this research are to investigate the concept and characteristics of boutique hotels, to grasp the direction of the guest room design and to come to the conclusion using the method of case study. The scope of this research is based on the hotel design characteristics mentioned in preliminary studies of Korea and China (after 2010). The guest room design characteristics of boutique hotels are classified. The scope of the selected examples is the 20 boutique hotels opened in recent 5 years (newly opened or re-opened) since 2010, in which there are 2 Korean cases and 18 foreign cases. Chapter 4 classifies the guest room design characteristics of boutique hotels into four characteristics of hybrid, experiential, regional and environmental by literature review. |