Serviced apartment

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A serviced apartment is a type of furnished, self-contained apartment designed for short-term stays, which provides amenities for daily use.

[edit] Benefits

Serviced apartments can be less expensive than equivalent hotel rooms. Especially when staying for 7 days or more serviced apartments offer savings of up to 30% on traditional hotel accommodation. Since the beginning of the boom in cheap international travel and the corresponding increase in the level of sophistication of international travelers, interest in serviced apartments has risen at the expense of the use of hotels for short stays. The benefits of serviced apartments are:

• more space
• more privacy
• more freedom
• cost effective, because not only a saving can be made on the cost of the apartment, also, because serviced apartments come with fully equipped kitchen facilities, there is no need to eat out all the time.
• serviced apartments are convenient, especially when traveling with a family, because the whole family can stay in one apartment.
• serviced apartments offer a home away from home, with all the modern conveniences you would expect.

The above benefits and criteria were highlighted in the inaugural Global Serviced Apartment Industry Report 2008, which was produced following a survey of 20000 serviced apartment operators, (corporate) travel agents and apartment bookers worldwide.

[edit] See also

• Apartment hotel
• Extended stay hotel
• Studio apartment

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