世界各國的著名飯店都透過其獨特傳統，舉行特別活動或重要人物入住而著名。

例如德國波茨坦的塞琪琳霍夫宮，就因為在1945年、

杜魯門及史達林三位盟軍統帥舉行波茨坦會議的地點而馳名。

Famous hotels around the world are famous for their unique traditions, special events or important people. For example, Cecilinhoff Palace in Potsdam, Germany, is famous for the location of the three Allied leaders of Truman and Stalin in 1945 to hold the Potsdam Conference.hotels around the world are famous for their unique traditions, special events or important people.

另一些飯店則透過流行文化進入大家的腦海，例如英國倫敦的麗茲飯店，

是因在賣座流行歌曲中被提及而聞名，兩家飯店本身亦有不少名人光顧。

其他例子則有加州的比佛利山飯店。

Others, such as the Ritz Hotel in London, are well known for being mentioned in popular pop songs, and the two hotels themselves have a lot of celebrities in their minds. Other examples include the Beverly Hills Hotel in California.such as the Ritz Hotel in London.

按照國際慣例，房租計算以中午12時為界，過時住客不交房（退房）則會按照超過時間另計費用。這一國際慣例來源於歐洲。19世紀末，歐洲賓館數量稀少、人力價格高昂，為了節約成本，飯店經營者自發形成了統一的退房時間，並在統一的時間內聘請清潔工清掃房間，逐步演變為商業慣例。

In accordance with international practice, the rent is calculated at 12 noon for the community, obsolete guests do not pay (check out) will be in accordance with the excess cost of time. This international practice comes from Europe. In order to save costs, hotel operators spontaneously formed a unified check-out time and hired cleaners to clean rooms in a unified time, and gradually evolved into commercial practices in the late 19th century.

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把現代意義上的豪華的接待客人住宿的商業性質經營機構稱為「飯店」，至少可以追溯到1900年在北京東交民巷附近外資創辦的六國飯店。這是中國第一家、也是直至1920年代中國最知名最重要的現代意義的豪華旅店之一。

The modern sense of the luxury of hospitality guests accommodation business properties as "hotel", at least can be traced back in 1900 in Beijing East Jiaominxiang near the foreign investors founded the six countries hotel. It is one of the first luxury hotels in China to be recognized as one of the most important modern and contemporary Chinese cities of the 1920s.

台灣國際著名飯店，多為台灣本土企業與國際飯店集團經營合作方式，如台北喜來登飯店為「寒舍餐旅管理顧問股份有限公司」經營、台北W飯店為太子建設「時代國際飯店股份有限公司」經營，並非由國際飯店集團母公司直接經營。也有台灣本土企業集團自行經營，如長榮桂冠連鎖飯店為「長榮集團」經營。

For example, if Sheraton Hotel in Taipei is operated by "Hospitality Management Consultants Co., Ltd.", Taipei W Hotel will construct "Era International Hotel Co., Ltd." for Prince Edward Hotel, which will be operated by Taiwans International Hotel Co., Ltd. , Not directly operated by the parent company of the International Hotel Group. There are also local enterprises in Taiwan to operate their own businesses, such as the Evergreen Laurel Hotel Chain "Evergreen Group" business.

飯店的價格及品質，通常由其提供的服務所決定。在20世紀末開始，由於全球旅客人數大幅上升，飯店的服務水準亦有不少改善，世界各國一般都以飯店等級標準為飯店分級。阿拉伯聯合大公國第二大城市杜拜的阿拉伯塔自稱為世界唯一的七星級飯店，提供各式頂級服務、設備與國際精品品牌用品（按飯店等級標準則為五星級）。

Hotel prices and quality, usually provided by the services provided by the decision. At the end of the 20th century, due to the substantial increase in the number of global visitors, the hotel has a lot of improvement in the standard of service, the world generally to the hotel level standard) for the hotel classification. The second largest city in the United Arab Emirates Dubai's Arab tower claims to be the world's only seven-star hotel, providing a variety of top-level services.

五星級飯店是最高等級的飯店，一般包含的附屬設施也比較多，例如泳池、水療中心及高級餐廳等。五星級飯店的服務水平被稱為最高級的服務，因此「五星級服務」這個詞經常出現在生活裡面，指最高級的享受和生活水平等。

Five-star hotel is the highest level of the hotel, generally contains more ancillary facilities, such as swimming pools, spas and high-level restaurants. Five-star hotel service level is called the most advanced services, so "five-star service" the word often appears in the life inside, refers to the highest level of enjoyment and living standards.