Hostels: Their role in and contribution to improving a tourist destination’s image (Case study: Moscow)

Духовная, Лилия; Dukhovnaya, Liliya

doi:10.12737/3583

Services in Russia and Abroad

2014

DOI: 10.12737/3583

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Hostels: Their role in and contribution to improving a tourist destination’s image (Case study: Moscow)

Лилия Духовная¹,

Liliya Dukhovnaya²

Abstract: The article takes a retrospective view of the development of hostels and considers the current trends, as well as development opportunities and challenges, of this segment of economical means of accommodation. The author draws upon statistics to substantiate the expediency of further development of this kind of accommodation as a contributor to improved tourist traffic.

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Small hotels of Moscow: problems and prospects

Kobeleva¹,

Духовная²,

Dukhovnaya³

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Today the hotel business enterprises in the Russian Federation are still in their infancy, lagging behind from major hotel chains by the level of development in average of 10-15 years. However, a gradual process of increasing of hotel room stock, the active implementation of new technologies and methods of guest services in the hotel market gradually allows Russian means of accommodation to form a competitive, profitable sector of service and economy. Against the background of these trends the process of formation and development of small hotels that are very popular among tourists abroad plays an important role. It determines the relevance of the article. The article gives a detailed analysis of small hotels segment and determines their share in the overall structure of the city´s accommodation. In accordance with the Federal Law №108-FZ "On the preparation and holding in the Russian Federation in the FIFA World Cup and Confederations FIFA Cup 2017 and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" classification of hotel enterprises is mandatory for all hotel businesses, including small hotels in Moscow and other cities involved in this large-scale event. Therefore, the article analyzes in detail the current situation with the classification of hotels in Moscow. The comparative characteristic of the share of small hotels in total accommodation facilities in Moscow and in major European cities is of significant interest. The authors especially point out the problems of imperfection of legal and regulatory framework governing the activities of given means of accommodation, as well as distinguish the most promising directions of small hotels development in the structure of hotel enterprises of Moscow.

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Small hotels of Moscow: problems and prospects

Kobeleva¹,

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Dukhovnaya³

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The Development of the Hostel Market as a Promising Area of Small Business

Takmasheva¹,

Тяглов²,

Tyaglov

2019

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic Sciences

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The research features the Khanty-Mansiysk hostel market as a promising area of small business. The main objective of the study is to develop practical recommendations for the opening of hostels in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk. To achieve this goal, the following problem issues were studied: foreign experience in the development of hostel market, evaluation of supply and demand for hotel business in Khanty-Mansiysk, pricing in the hotel services market, and business climate for the development of the hostel market. The authors used the methods of statistical and comparative analysis, special methods of economic analysis, as well as the method of strategic planning SWOT-analysis. As a result of the research, the authors formulated proposals for the opening of hostels in Khanty-Mansiysk. The recommendations can be used by entrepreneurs engaged in the local hotel business. The proposals can also be useful to Khanty-Mansiysk administration in developing a strategy for the social and economic development of the municipality.

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Small hotels of Moscow: problems and prospects

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