# hotel (lodging)

a place that has rooms and services so that people can remain there for time

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [services](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-services.economic), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [rooms](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rooms.space), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** the place structure provides rooms and services that allow people to persist there across time

**Novel properties:**
- overnight stay capability
- guest privacy within shared structure
- temporal lodging arrangement

## Examples
- The Hotel del Coronado in California has hosted guests continuously since 1888, operating through seasonal cycles and economic shifts. *(institutions)*
- Tokyo's Capsule Inn Shinjuku packs 30 square meters into 36 stacked micro-rooms, each with ventilation and lighting, serving hourly stays. *(engineering)*
- The annual revenue of the Waldorf Astoria New York exceeds $120 million, funded by room bookings, dining, and event services. *(economics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hotel.lodging.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*