Another important area, where apartments have an edge over the hotels, is the telephone facilities, which corporates can avail of at an advantage. The telephone charges amount to double, when made from a hotel in comparison to an apartment. Apartment hotels are fully furnished and serviced apartments offering all the facilities of home, as well as the services of a full service hotel. Though a relatively new phenomenon in India, it is extremely popular abroad. Most international chains are now entering this segment of the hospitality world, with the aim of providing and developing more apartment facilities in the future.
Service apartments offer a range of facilities that guests can benefit from.
Services in the nature of separate living and sleeping areas, a fully-equipped kitchen and work station to mention a few. Most apartment hotels are located city centre, mainly in the commercial and financial districts of metropolitan cities. Few hotels also have some rooms which are designed in the form of apartment hotels, where all the facilities within the hotel premises can be availed of by the guests who live in the apartment accommodations within the hotel. Service apartments can be bifurcated into two areas, limited service apartments and full service apartments. Limited service apartments are slotted at lower prices compared to full service apartments, with simple accommodation and fewer facilities.