Article	PROVISION OF COMFORT STANDARDS AS THE RECONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES OF THE LUXURY CLASS HISTORICAL HOTEL GUESTROOMS
Authors	E. Mashchenko, Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy), Moscow, Russia
Abstract	The article examines reconstructing problems of the historical luxury hotels guestrooms of the example on the Metropol Hotel in Moscow. A brief historical reference is provided for the hotels development, including luxury hotels. The necessity of historical hotels planned reconstruction with 10-12 years periodicity is substantiated, which allows maintaining the profitability and class of the hotel at a consistently high level. The brief of the hotel "Metropol" history is given. The modern standards of hotel rooms comfort under the management of international networks are analyzed in comparison with the guestrooms of the Hotel Metropol, and the conclusion is made about the need for its reconstruction. The main planning problems have been identified, and methods for their solution have been proposed and illustrated.
Keywords:	reconstruction, historical hotels, luxury hotels, guestrooms, comfort
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For citation	Mashchenko E. Provision of Comfort Standards as the Reconstruction Principles of the Luxury Class Historical Hotel Guestrooms. Architecture and Modern Information Technologies, 2017, no. 4(41), pp. 133-143. Available at: http://marhi.ru/eng/AMIT/2017/4kvart17/10_mashhenko/index.php