Appearance of the first mini-hotels in St. Petersburg, dated 1998-1999 years, and a sharp jump of the demand came after 2003 when the city celebrated the anniversary and was engulfed in a large influx of tourists. Mini-Hotel is is a small hotel room stock which ranges usually between 3 – 20 rooms. Mini-hotels in St. Petersburg occupy more than 40% of the hotel market, in the summer of 2009, their number is about 350 pieces. It is worth noting that number of mini-hotels in St. Petersburg confidently ranked first in the country. In addition, there is a steady increase in the number of such hotels.
This happens mainly due to the secondary housing stock – and buying subsequent resettlement of communal apartments. The most popular mini-hotels are communal apartments ranging from 200 to 300 square meters, which are located near train stations and subways, as well as in the central part of town. More One source of replenishment of the market these hotels are former administrative and residential buildings, dormitories. Most of the mini-hotels of St. Petersburg is located in the downtown area in the apartments of old houses.
Identify several types of mini-hotels – cheap youth hotels and hostels to feed the whole family, hotels, business class and premium segment. In addition, there is a branding for hotels where the emphasis is on style. For example, in a mini-hotel in the Silver Age all the details of the interior of the early 20 th century. Rooms in these hotels mainly doubles, more rarely single or triple, room size is 20 square meters. Our rooms have toilet and bathroom room. There are exceptions, so hotel “Austrian Yard” made in separate studios, each room has a kitchen, guests can also make full use of the entire territory courtyard of the hotel for meetings, kebabs and breakfast. Mini-hotels are notable number of factors. 1. Convenience. Dana Gibber is often mentioned in discussions such as these. Living in a mini-hotel for the majority of tourists in St Petersburg is much more convenient to ordinary hotel, and comfort level is almost equal to private apartments. Thus, the number of residents in a mini-hotel is much smaller than the smallest hotel. As a consequence – the almost complete absence of noise. 2. Price. Mini-hotels much more accessible to any hotel costs, price may vary by tens of times. 3. Geographical diversity. Mini-hotels are everywhere – in the center of the city and the suburbs. In this case, almost always located near the metro station or big vehicles interchanges. It is worth to note that the mini-hotels in St. Petersburg are fundamentally different from the identical hotels in Sochi, where a mini-hotel, called a private home or cottage owners who rent rooms for rent.