A hotel was a facility offering temporary lodging to travelers or visitors to a location. A hotel room was normally equipped with a bed and a bathroom. (TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II") Communication devices, entertainment systems, and environmental controls were also part of more modern hotel rooms. (DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon")
Customer service in a hotel was usually provided by the bell staff and coordinated by the concierge. (TNG: "The Royale", "Time's Arrow")
Many large hotels had meeting facilities available for various functions; some even had their own casinos inside. (TNG: "Time's Arrow"; DS9: "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang")
As a resort world, Risa had several well-accommodated hotels for its guests. (ENT: "Two Days and Two Nights"; TNG: "Captain's Holiday"; DS9: "Let He Who Is Without Sin...")
On Miri, the Rusk Hotel was in operation in the 1960s when almost the planet's entire population was wiped out. (TOS: "Miri")
Deanna Troi joked that she would book her next vacation at Aaron Conor's hotel, and he answered that he had to build one. (TNG: "The Masterpiece Society")
Montgomery Scott compared the guest quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-D with his hotel room on the planet Argelius II. (TNG: "Relics")
The term hotel was often used as a comparison with a prison facility, one a place of luxury and one with hard conditions. (ENT: "The Communicator"; VOY: "The Chute"; DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
Named hotels[]
- Hotel Brian (San Francisco)
- Cal-Neva Lodge (Nevada)
- Chelsea Hotel (Toronto)
- The Clift (San Francisco)
- Desert Inn (Las Vegas)
- Dunes Hotel (Las Vegas)
- Fairground Hotel (San Francisco)
- Fairmont Hotel (San Francisco)
- Freecloud Grand Hotel (Stardust City)
- Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown (Los Angeles)
- Graystone Hotel (Chicago)
- Hotel Figueroa (Los Angeles)
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel (Los Angeles)
- Plaza Hotel (New York City)
- Residence Inn by Marriott (Los Angeles)
- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
- Royale (fictional)
- Sands Hotel (Las Vegas)
- Sheraton Grand Hotel (Los Angeles)
- St. Paul Hotel (San Francisco)
- Trinity Auditorium (Los Angeles)
- Vic's lounge (Las Vegas)