Hotel Capacity

What is the meaning / definition of Hotel Capacity in the hospitality industry?

Capacity is the set number of rooms in a single hotel: i.e. the maximum capacity.

Typically answers the question: how many guests can your hotel have? Or which is the total number of rooms for your hotel.

Hotel capacity can vary a lot. From very few rooms up to 1000s. Here some of the biggest hotels in the world:

• First World Hotel in Genting Highlands counts with 7.351 rooms and suites.
• The Venetian and The Palazzo in Las Vegas counts with 7.117 rooms and suites.
• MGM Grand Las Vegas in Las Vegas counts with 6.852 rooms and suites.
• Sands Cotai Central in Macau counts with 6.000 rooms and suites.

If we look at Europe here some ratio of average hotel capacity by country*:

• Netherland 70,8
• Italy 64,3
• UK 50,1
• Spain 95,8
• Germany 51,9

*Source Eurostat

See Also:

• Inventory
• Occupancy

Synonyms

• Hotel Capacity