Contemporary Hotel Architectural Design Trends Study

While entering the21st century and with the development of society, economy and global tourism industry, the hotel industry develops accordingly.As a special building, hotels bear local history and culture, and it is the combination of local development, diplomacy and architect and art. Hotel inherit country history and integrate modern elements, finally it becomes a metropolitan complex with unique characteristics. As a kind of comprehensive profession, the aim of the hotel design is to provide investor and hotel operator a platform to realize long-term profits. Therefore, the hotel developing tendency can make useful reference for both designer and builder, and deliver market trends. All these are meaningful in terms of hotel design and society development.Firstly, as case studies, foreign hotel design was analyzed and summarized for trends analysis purposes. Contemporary hotel design trend and respective characteristics were reviewed, in terms of green eco hotel, local hotel, customized hotel and hi-tech hotel.Secondly, in each chapter, modern hotel design trends were studied. Integrating with Chinese background, those will help Chinese hotels design have a brighter future and secure the world trend more accurate.