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

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