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Property management is the operation, control, and oversight of real estate as used in its most broad terms.

Management indicates a need to be cared for, monitored and accountability given for its useful life and condition.

This is much akin to the role of management in any business.

Hospitality management is the study of the hospitality industry.

A degree in the subject may be awarded either by a university college dedicated to the studies of hospitality management or a business school with a relevant department.

may also be referred to as hotel management, hotel and tourism management, or hotel administration.

Degrees conferred in this academic field include BA, Bachelor of Business Administration, BS, BASc, MS, MBA, and PhD.

Hospitality management covers hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, amusement parks, destination marketing organizations, convention centers, and country clubs.

A vacation rental is the renting out of a furnished apartment, house, or professionally managed resort-condominium complex on a temporary basis to tourists as an alternative to a hotel.

The term vacation rental is mainly used in the US.

In Europe the term villa rental or villa holiday is preferred for rentals of detached houses in warm climates.

Other terms used are self-catering rentals, holiday homes, holiday lets (in the United Kingdom), cottage holidays (for rentals of smaller accommodation in rural locations) and gites (in rural locations in France).

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

Facilities provided may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a fridge and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flatscreen television and en-suite bathrooms.

Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities.

Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa and social function services.

Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room.

Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms.

Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement.

In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours.

In Japan, capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.

Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging and, usually, food and drink.

They are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommodation for horses.