The legislation does not define hotel and so you should give it its ordinary meaning.If you have to decide whether a building is a hotel you should find the definition of hotel in Section 1 (3) Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 helpful. Section 1 (3) Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 defines a hotel as an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food and drink and, if so required, sleeping accommodation, without special contract, to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received.