Many hotels can be considered destinations in themselves, by dint of important chrome of the lodging and/or its immediate environment:

In the past, other hotels have held the title of largest hotel in the world, in terms of the numeral of rooms. Some of these include the Rossiya Hotel near Moscow's Red Square, and the Ambassador City Jomtien Myrtle Beach Hotels in Pattaya, Thailand. Other excessive hotels being considered for development that may one day take the title are in Penang, Malaysia and Macau.