FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF HOTELS IN THEME PARKS (DISNEYLAND PARIS EXPERIENCE)

The article examines the experience of hotels in a theme park. The active development of entertainment infrastructure and theme parks, in particular, led to the need to review the concept of theme parks only as an object of visitation and caused the emergence of so-called themed hotels, which have their own advantages and peculiarities of operation. The purpose of the article: to generalize the experience of operating hotels in a theme park on the example of the experience of Disneyland Paris. The paper examines the history of the creation of the theme park Disneyland Paris, and highlights the history of the appearance of hotel infrastructure on the territory of the theme park. Based on the analysis of open sources of information, information on the hotel infrastructure of Disneyland Paris has been researched and summarized. It was found that for the service of tourists, both the own hotel infrastructure and those located nearby are involved, which allows to ensure the stay of tourists in establishments of various comfort levels from 2 to 5 stars with the appropriate level of service and cost of living. The information about the services of the most comfortable hotel of the theme park Disneyland Hotel 5* was analyzed and summarized: the main categories of rooms were considered and the types and features of the Castle Club club rooms of the Disneyland Hotel 5* were characterized, indicating the area of the rooms, the main equipment, the possible number of guests and other features of the room. Services for children are highlighted and briefly described. The main advantages of staying in a themed hotel have been determined. All the obtained results of the conducted research on the peculiarities of the functioning of the hotel in the theme park on the example of Disneyland Paris were analyzed, systematized, grouped and summarized in the form of schemes, which can be used both in the process of training future specialists and for further research by scientists. The study of the Disneyland Hotel 5* experience can lead to the further creation of themed hotels in Ukraine. In the future, it would be expedient to investigate and compare the experience of theme hotels in different theme parks in order to attract and implement the experience in the activities of hotels in Ukraine.