A hotel is a business that rents rooms to guests for a night or more, usually with a reception and extra services such as meals or laundry. What matters to an owner is less the definition than the daily work of keeping rooms, guests and money straight.
The names overlap, and nobody enforces them, but they usually mean this.
Most losses in a small hotel come from the gaps between these lists: a room sold twice, a drink never added to a guest's bill, a company stay nobody invoiced. Each is small. Together they are a month of income.
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The words overlap. A hotel is the general term for a place with rooms and a reception; a lodge is usually a place to stay in a quieter or more remote setting, often for travellers or tourists.
It is the running bill for one guest: the room charge plus everything else charged to the room, such as meals and drinks. It is settled when the guest checks out.
Yes, if it has several rooms and bookings to keep straight. The simpler the place, the fewer features you need, so start with rooms, reservations and bills.
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