Sustainable Tourism Law

TOURISM AND HERITAGE:THE ROLE OF THE WIDESPREAD HOTEL 141 accommodation 10 , which, from time to time, are agreed on the basis of the needs expressed here, with the predisposition for different forms of organization, with a view to promoting a certain level of hospitality 11 and showing a welcoming spirit 12 . Consequently, in line with this perspective, the receptive model of Widespread Hotel is the prototype of a new form of receptivity. A model that is able to coexist with traditional hospitality figures, and which has already widely spread beyond national boundaries. In this regard, we have European and non-European models 13 (think of the Spanish Paradores , hotels located inside convents, castles or ancient palaces; the Portuguese Pousadas , the Solares , which portray traditional Portuguese traditions; even the Gites de France transalpine prototypes, chambre d’hote, meublés de tourisme, Relais Chateaux; as well as the Inn clusters, a group of American inns and Ryokan , which reflect typical types of hospitality in Japanese 10 The concept of accessory services is clearly clarified in a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal, which qualifies a hotel contract “ as an atypical consensual contract with obligatory effects, concerning a multiplicity of services that extend from the letting of the accommodation to the provision of services without the pre-eminence to be recognized at the letting of the accommodation, may be applied to make the other services acquire accessory characters under the causal profile ” (cfr., Cass. civ., sez. III, 22 gennaio 2002, n. 707, in Dir. Tur ., 2, 2003, p. 149, by M. E. LA TORRE. The author distinguishes for this purpose the qualifying minimum performances (primary services, such as host reception, room cleaning and linen change) “ without which it is not found in an irreducible nucleus for the existence of a hotel contract and additional qualifying services (telephone, tv, elevator, use of facilities and equipment belonging to the hotel, laundry services, bars and restaurants), whose number and quality are relevant both in terms of the attribution to the hotel of a certain category, and for the classification of the relationship in one of the existing types of hospitality (hotel, pension, hostel, natural hospitality, agritourism) ”. 11 M. FRAGALI, voce Albergo , in Enc. Dir . Milano, 2008; V. GERI, La responsabilità civile dell’albergatore , II ed., Milano, 1979, p. 11 e ss.; M. BUSSOLETTI, Albergo (contratto di), in Treccani, 1982, p. 1 ss.: “ the definition of hotel of the art. 6, II comma of Law 217/1983: the hotels are receptive services open to the public, to unified management, which provide accommodation, possibly food and other shared accessories, located in one or more buildings or parts of buildings ”. Recently, the Court of Cassation has provided a somewhat more detailed definition, according to which: “ the contract with which the host is obligated, towards payment, to provide the client with a series of services – a plurality of services to give and to do, which are focused on the granting of accommodation, which is accompanied by other services, instrumental and accessories compared to the first, focused to make the stay possible and comfortable, according to the quality levels related to the category of the hotel and with the necessary guarantees for people and for the things that they bring with them, in premises organized for this purpose ” (cfr. Cass. civ., sez. II, 24 luglio 2000 n. 9662, ne I contratti , 2001, p. 118). 12 The present scenario of hospitality is constantly evolving and new forms of hospitality find space within a market, the Italian one, which despite some attempts to concentrate, still stands for territorial localization and specialization. About it, cf. S. 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