Classification of «adult only» hotels and their geography

The article examines the format of hotels, which is becoming popular in the world practice of hotel business and is developing very quickly – «adults only».Was detected that «adults only» hotels have appeared and are developing in contrast to the format of recreation with children and club family hotels with all inclusive system.The result of market relations for these needs is the emergence of hotels «adults only», and the booking application will be approved only if all customers listed in the booking have passed the announced age limit.Synonymous with the term «adults only» is «child-free», «hotel for adults» and so on.In the scientific practice of Ukrainian hospitality there is no such format of hotels. But scholars and practitioners today often use this format of temporary accommodation as a concept, investing in this concept of temporary residence style with a ban on people under 16 years of age.Adult-only hotel should be a temporary accommodation that strictly states that its custo-mers can only be visitors over 16 years or older and is more of a hotel-oriented hotel business model. .Suggested scheme of classification of hotels «adults only» on four indicators: class(4 *****, 5 *****) stars, age characteristics of the client (16+, 18+, 21+, 40+), the status of relations, couples, companies, large families) and individual preferences of the client (entertainment, quiet recreation, dating, nudism, sex challenge).It has been found that adults only hotels are geographically located in the tourist market of the world in four regions of the world: Europe, Southeast Asia, North Africa and Central America.The factors that determine their location on the world map have been identified and adults-only hotels have been analyzed, which have a point location in some countries of the world −Egypt, UAE, Tanzania, Tunisia.The conclusion is made about implementation of the need for theoretical and practical research on the classification and research of the peculiarities of the functioning and prospects of location of hotels «adults only».Key words: hotel, hotel format, adults only, child-free, hotel without children, hotel for adults.