Hotelization

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of converting houses, buildings or whole districts into hotels or hotel-style lodging ; the gradual spread of hotel-like standards, services and features into other kinds of settings
2. Turning property or neighbourhoods into hotel accommodation ; the growing adoption of hospitality-style amenities and service norms across unrelated places and institutions
3. The conversion of buildings or areas into hotels ; the extension of hotel-style comforts, routines and service expectations into non-hotel environments over time

Etymology: Hotelization is a plain formation: it is built from "hotelize", itself a verb made from "hotel", with the suffix "-ation" attached to turn the action into a noun. The verb "hotelize" means to turn something into a hotel, or to make a place operate in the manner of a hotel, and "hotelization" names the process of doing so. The word also has a curious relationship with "hospitalization". The two are piecewise doublets, meaning they come from the same root and split into separate words along the way. "Hotel" and "hospital" both descend from the Latin "hospes" (guest or host), so each carries a trace of the same idea of welcoming a visitor. Over time "hotel" came to mean a commercial lodging, while "hospital" narrowed to a place for treating the sick, and "hospitalization" kept the medical sense of admitting someone to such an institution.

Synonyms: hotelisation