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This is a list of motels.A motel is lodging designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined in 1925 as a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances ...
Best spa hotel: The Scarlet. Best dog-friendly hotel: Tolcarne Beach Village. Best 5-star hotel: The Headland. Best hotel near Newquay airport: Porth Beach Hotel. Best hotel with parking ...
The original functions of an inn are now usually split among separate establishments. For example, hotels, lodges and motels might provide the traditional functions of an inn but focus more on lodging customers than on other services; public houses (pubs) are primarily alcohol-serving establishments; and restaurants and taverns serve food and ...
Howard Johnson by Wyndham, [7] still commonly referred to as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with over 200 hotels in 15 countries. [6] It was also formerly a restaurant chain, which at one time was the largest in the U.S., with more than 1,000 locations.
The Atlantic Hotel was designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail. [4] [5] [6]In 1890, Trevail formed the Cornish Hotels Company. [7] [8] His aim was to build several large first class hotels in key locations, such as Falmouth, Newquay, St Ives and Kynance, to accommodate the large number of tourists and visitors traveling to Cornwall by the improved Great Western Railway passenger ...
The Great Western Hotel is the oldest purpose-built hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. [1] The hotel was originally designed by the Cornish architect Silvanus Trevail and first opened in April 1879. [2] [3] [4] The hotel is built in a prominent position overlooking Great Western Beach. The hotel has 66 rooms, some with sea-views. [5]
The hotel officially opened on 1 June 1899. The Hotel Victoria was built in the Gothic Revival Style, with ornate stonework, Victorian style balconies and a glass covered entrance cloister. [6] The hotel was heated by Spencer's patent radiators. [7] When originally built the hotel accommodated 100 guests and their servants in suites of apartments.
The Miller Tavern is a restaurant located in a historic building at 3885 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, south of York Mills Road in the York Mills neighbourhood. [1] Originally called the York Mills Hotel and later named the Jolly Miller , the building dates from the 1850s.