HOTEL BUILDING



Principles of selection of site, location gate, water bodies, heat generating elements, trees, security room etc., shall be according to vastu rules as already explained.
If there is a stream, nallah or river in the north or east of the plot and the water flows from south to north and from west to east it will be very advantageous.
Big trees and avenue of trees should be grown in west and south and only lawn and small plants should be grown in east and north.
Water bodies like swimming pool, fountain and water fall etc., should be in North-East zone only.
Rock garden with water fall can be in the South-West corer but there should not be any depression there and also water should not stagnate in the South-West corner.
Entrance to the reception hall should be in the favourable direction.
Entrance to the restaurant also should be from the favourable direction.
When the lodging and restaurant sections are managed by the same person care should be take to see that both the doors are in favourable directions, and if this becomes impossible then the ownership of the restaurant can be hanged to facilitate this.
Kitchen should be in the South-East corner or in the North-West corner.
Cashier and receptionist should face north or east and the customer should face south or west.
Managing director’s cabin should be in South-West corner and he should face either North or East. Door to his chamber should be from the North-East corner of the cabin.
Guest rooms in hotel building shall be planned as if they are independent units like shops in the shopping arcade.
Entry to the rooms should be from North North East, East North East, West orth West and South South East.
There should be no toilet or AC unit in North-East corner of the room.
Guest should sleep with his head towards west. East and South are also permitted but not North side.
In the dining hall the tables and chairs should be so arranged that the customer face East-West and south while eating but not North.
Either in the restaurant or in the reception there should not be any toilet in the East, North and particularly the North-East corner.
When more than one dining hall and kitchen are to be accommodated, care should be taken to see that the kitchen is located in the South-East and North-West corner only and the bar (where alcohol is supplied)does not come in North-East zone of the building.
Staircase blocks and lift rooms too should not come in the North, East, and North-East corner of the terrace.
Walls in the south and west should be thicker than the walls in the North and East.
Additional mosquito nets should be avoided in the windows in the Northern and Eastern sides.