ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Hotel Classifications (CLO2, C4)

In a group (size of each group to be determined by your lecturer), you are responsible to
come up with a video presenting a category of hotel from the list shown in Table 1. Your
lecturer will assign the category of hotel to your group. This presentation should cover basic
definitions, planning and development objectives, issues as well as current trends linked to
that category of property.

Table 1: Hotel classifications

No. Type of Hotel
1. Downtown hotels
2. Suburban hotels
3. Resorts
4. Conference Centers
5. Convention Hotels
6. Residential and Condominium Hotels
7. Super Luxury Hotels
8. Updating Existing Hotels
9. Mega Hotels
10. Mixed-use Development

The video presentation should be able to answer the following questions:

1. Definition about hotel and sub-category of hotels belong within the same
classification
2. Define at least five (5) general planning and development objectives/ characteristics
for that category of hotel
3. Define the general planning and development objectives/ characteristics for all sub-
categories of hotel belong within similar classification
4. Explain the current issues and trends linked to that category of hotel
5. Give examples of hotel (local or international) for each category and sub-categories
within similar classification.

Formatting requirements:
1. Your presentation should be not more than 10 minutes and it should cover all 5
criteria mentioned earlier on. Professionalism is key; therefore make sure that the
language in use, presentation material as well as clarity of explanation is clearly
reflected in the video.
2. Students are required to constantly communicate through various channels convenient
to you to ensure active participation of all members.

Submission:
Week 8 through dedicated channel as described by your lecturer. The weightage of this
assignment is 10%.
 HOTEL CLASSIFICATIONS RUBRIC (HTH566)
FACULTY OF HOTEL AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Student Name/Student ID

Group Lecturer Name:

CRITERIA 4 3 2 1
Student demonstrates full Student is at ease defining each Student has difficulty to define each Student does not have grasp of the
understanding on the definition of hotel classification. hotel classification. definition of each hotel
each hotel classification. classification.
Student demonstrates full Student is at ease describing the Student has difficulty describing the Student does not have grasp of the
understanding on the characteristics characteristics of each hotel characteristics of each hotel characteristics of each hotel
of each hotel classification with classification, but without classification. classification.
explanation and elaboration. elaboration.
Student demonstrates full Student is at ease explaining on the Student has difficulty explaining on Student does not have grasp of the
understanding on the sub- sub-classifications available for the sub-classifications available for sub-classifications available for
SUBJECT classifications available for each each hotel but without elaboration. each hotel. each hotel.
KNOWLEDGE hotel with explanation and
elaboration.
Student demonstrates full Student is at ease discussing the Student has difficulty discussing the Student does not have grasp of
understanding on the planning and planning and design development planning and design development planning and design development
design development of each hotel of each hotel classification but of each hotel classification. of each hotel classification.
classification with explanation and without elaboration.
elaboration.
Student shows extensive examples Student shows moderate examples Student has poorly shown unrelated Student did not provide any
on the hotel with explanation and on the hotel but without examples of the hotel. examples.
elaboration. elaboration.
Student presents information in Student presents information in Reader has difficulty following the Audience cannot understand the
ORGANIZATION logical, interesting sequence which logical sequence which reader can information because student jumps information because there is no
reader can follow. follow. around. sequence.
Presentation has no incorrect Presentation has no more than two Presentation has three no incorrect Presentation has four or more no
MECHANICS pronunciation or grammatical no incorrect pronunciations and/or pronunciations and/or grammatical incorrect pronunciations and/or
errors. grammatical errors. errors. grammatical errors.
Notes to lecturer/evaluator: Total marks is 28, the weightage is 10%