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Joined: May 14, 2003
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Aloha!
A hotel has interior corridors. A motel has exterior corridors (usually you can drive-up to the room). I believe the term motor hotel came about when companies like Sheraton and Hilton tried to be a little more sophisicated, in the 60s and 70s, in an attempt to separate their "drive-up" products from the pack. The San Francisco Hilton, as an example, was the worlds' largest motor hotel, as you could drive-up to your room, all the way to the 16th floor, but the corridors were inside, once you got out of the garage (kind of a hybrid). WE use the term motor hotel because the product (hotel furnishings, room size, and amenity level) matches or exceeds many full-service hotels, but with exterior corridors.
HOWEVER, the term MOTEL is outlawed by local codes in Palm Springs. The only product that has the term "motel" in the name in PS, is Motel 6, because that is their brand name. The CTR was originally called the tropics Hotel, which was NOT true-to-form.
Thanks for asking!
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