Far from the Standard Hotel Room, Alternative Accommodation Encompasses Unusual Structures, Often in Unusual Places.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33270) has announced the addition of Travel and Tourism Analyst - Alternative Accommodation - International to their offering. The tedium surrounding the standardised Adj. 1. standardised - brought into conformity with a standard; "standardized education" standardized standard - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; "windows of standard width"; accommodation offering, coupled with the desire to experience new destinations, has contributed to an increasing interest in alternative accommodation. Far from the standard hotel room, alternative accommodation encompasses unusual structures, often in unusual places. For one who has slept in too many predictable hotel rooms, a night in a converted prison or tree house is an attractive option. Alternative accommodation can be found in structures converted from their initial purposes such as forts, lighthouses, windmills The List of windmills is a link page for any windmill or windpump. Collections
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This report describes the extraordinary offerings of this diverse and growing accommodation segment. Once dismissed as a fringe element of the industry due to its eclectic nature, the growing desire by travellers to experience something new and different is stimulating growth in the types and locations of this segment's offerings. This report is part of the "Travel and Tourism Analyst" (TTA TTA Telecommunications Technology Association (Korea) TTA Teacher Training Agency (UK) TTA Triangle Transit Authority (Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina, USA) ) subscription. Travel & Tourism Analyst provides an examination of the travel industry, sector by sector, focusing on all the latest transport, accommodation and technology issues and highlighting developing outbound travel trends and niche markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. . Combining the latest tourism data from the most authoritative sources and unique, independent analysis, it provides a level of market-explanation that can help create focused marketing and shape effective tourism policy at the highest level. Comprising of 20 objective reports each year, a subscription to TTA enables the end user to react to the most significant industry developments, including: --The most significant developments in transport trends --Accommodation trends --travel industry technology issues --Growth travel market sectors --shifting outbound travel trends --Niche travel markets Contents Include: Introduction Data Sources Alternative Accommodation: Why Now? Growth in worldwide travel Figure 3: Number of hotel rooms by region, 1997-2002 Figure 4: Performance of global hotel industry, 2002-03 Figure 5: Independent hotels by region, 2003 The alternative accommodation trend Alternative Accommodation: Components of a Growing Segment Definition of alternative accommodation Classification of alternative accommodation Figure 6: Alternative accommodation categories and examples Key components Geographic expanse Service levels Alternative accommodation guests Spreading the word: information sources Figure 7: Trends in overall online travel market size, Europe, 1998-2006* The Many Forms of Alternative Accommodation Ice hotels Case: Aurora Ice Museum (US) Tree hotels Case: Ariau Towers The Ariau Towers is a boutique hotel northwest of Manaus, Brazil on the Rio Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It consists of 7 towers, with all 288 rooms elevated from the rain forest floor by approximately 10-20m and connected by approximates 5 miles of catwalks. (Brazil) Prison accommodation Case: Napier Prison (New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. ) Cave hotels Case: Cuevas Pedro Antonio de Alarcon (Spain) Art museums Case: Benesse House (Japan) Lighthouses Case: Rose Island Lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. (US) Religious buildings Case: Monastery of San Pedro de Cardena (Spain) Entertainment hotels in 'mega malls' Case: Fantasyland fan·ta·sy·land n. A place conjured up by the imagination, often populated by bizarre inhabitants: a fictional fantasyland teeming with unicorns and elves. Hotel (Canada) Research stations Case: Esquinas Rainforest Lodge (Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. ) Tent accommodation Case: Aman-i-Khas (India) Growth Opportunities and Outlook Promise across price segments New formats Spread of formats to other regions Capsule capsule In botany, a dry fruit that opens when ripe. It splits from top to bottom into separate segments known as valves, as in the iris, or forms pores at the top (e.g., poppy), or splits around the circumference, with the top falling off (e.g., pigweed and plantain). accommodation in London Undersea accommodation in Dubai and the Bahamas Figure 8: Hotel capacity in Dubai, UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. Looking to the future Index to Travel & Tourism Analyst Index grouped by geographic area Index to TTI TTI Texas Transportation Institute TTI Thoracic Trauma Index TTI Transmission Time Interval TTI Travel Time Index TTI Travel Technology Initiative TTI Technology Transfer Initiative TTI Traffic and Traveller Information TTI Technology Transfer Institute Destination Reports 1993-2004 Country reports City reports Special Reports Index For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33270 |
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