What is the difference between lodging and hospitality?

The term can be applied broadly for any lodging establishment such as a resort, camps or B&B. So, the area of work is the management of hotels and lodging, while hospitality management is a much broader term that is used for any sector which involves management of people and conducting business with them.



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Lodging is a catch-all term for any service that provides somewhere for people to sleep or stay overnight. This includes a lot of different facilities, including: Hotels. Motels. Resorts.

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Lodges are typically smaller, more intimate establishments that provide basic amenities such as beds, bathrooms, and sometimes kitchenettes. Hotels on the other hand tend to be larger in scale with more luxurious amenities such as swimming pools, spas, restaurants or bars.

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Lodging accommodations fall into 3 distinct categories: hotels, vacation rentals, or outdoor lodging.

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Lodging comes from lodge and its earlier form, loggen, to set up camp, from the Old French root loge, hut or cabin.

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Chain Hotel For example, a spa, pool, cuisine, or distinct room colors and architecture reveal the brand personality. They are probably the most popular lodging type. Some examples of chain hotels might be Concorde, Hilton, and Wyndham. They are chains; we all have heard of them or seen them at least once.

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Lodging facilities means any hotel, motel, motor inn, lodge, and inn or other quarters that provide temporary sleeping facilities open to the public.

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