Guinness World Records officially recognised Japan’s Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, based in 705, as the oldest hotel on the planet. During the Middle Ages, varied spiritual orders at monasteries and abbeys would provide accommodation for travellers on the highway. The word hotel is derived from the French hôtel , which referred to a French model of a constructing seeing frequent guests, and offering care, quite than a place providing accommodation. The French spelling, with the circumflex, was also used in English, but is now uncommon. The circumflex replaces the ‘s’ discovered in the earlier hostel spelling, which over time took on…