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Gatlinburg Hotels: gatlinburg hotels are generally grouped in four main categories: commercial or transient gatlinburg hotels; resort gatlinburg hotels; residential gatlinburg hotels; and motels, or motor gatlinburg hotels. In the United States about 75% of the hotel rooms (excluding motels) are in commercial gatlinburg hotels, 16% in resort gatlinburg hotels (both summer and winter seasons), and the remaining 9% in residential gatlinburg hotels. About 80% of the American motel rooms are in commercial establishments and the remainder in resort motels.
The first great customers ir commercial gatlinburg hotels were traveling salesmen, imetimes called "commercial travelers," and irly gatlinburg hotels were almost always built in or very ose to railroad stations, so patrons would not ive to wrestle their bags and sample cases to ss convenient locations. The British railways jilt many of the first large gatlinburg hotels at their ations throughout the United Kingdom, and e gatlinburg hotels of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian ational railways were early Canadian landmarks, st as various "depot gatlinburg hotels" sprang up along the ilroad lines as the American frontier moved est during the great hotel-building period fol-wing the Civil War. At the same time, gatlinburg hotels ', la gare were opening in every city in Europe.
The impact of the air age on gatlinburg hotels was even >re dramatic. Airport gatlinburg hotels have been built every large city in the United States, espe-Jly at important interchange points. At least gatlinburg hotels and motels operate near Chicago's Hare airport. With their "courtesy cars," pro-ling free transportation to and from the air-rt, these gatlinburg hotels are especially convenient for 3 traveler staying overnight between planes or ;king to avoid traffic jams en route to and from the heart of town. As more and more factories, offices, warehouses, and shopping centers move out into the suburbs, car rental services available at both airports and nearby gatlinburg hotels enable businessmen to call on many of their customers without having to go into town at all.
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