Is Habbo still a Hotel?

So this thread got me thinking, is Habbo still even a hotel now?

I remember years ago, even though many public rooms were not overly popular, their mere existence sort of tied the whole concept of a hotel together.

With the lack of public rooms it poses the question of whether it's more an apartment building or something like that (if it were to be categorised as some form of private property) since we no longer have the bars, clubs, gardens, hallways etc, or is the Welcome Lounge and Theatre enough to warrant the status of a hotel?

A silly question I guess sorta, but the entire basis of Habbo was to be a hotel to chat to others online right?
Do you think it's still a hotel or moved on from that?

it's a brothel

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Its a world now. Its not a hotel when we have jungles and mountains.

It has always been the Motel California:

"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave".

It's not a hotel any more :( didn't they drop the hotel from their name in like 2007

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Originally Posted by FlyingPigs

It's not a hotel any more :( didn't they drop the hotel from their name in like 2007

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nah tab still says habbo hotel.


the loss of public rooms does make it feel slightly less hotel-y, and the addition of tons of furni, but at the end of the day, it's a collection of rooms in one fictional building, which is still hotel-like I guess?

it was mainly the public rooms which made it hotel like

Yea it doesn't really feel like it with the loss of the hotel view screen and public rooms removal!

Hm yeah you don't even see a hotel anyone on it lol, only thing was when you first signed up and 'checked in'

no lol, it hasn't been a hotel for years hence they dropped hotel out the name,

Sulake still brands it as a hotel like feature though:

http://www.sulake.com/habbo/

Seems more of a city im ngl than a hotel.

I recall being able to walk into a hotel irl and find someone playing ff :¬:
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Oh tbf that applies to anywhere but i cant think of another example so hey

<.< No i doesn't feel like a hotel. the only sign of a hotel the sites has is the login section. ~hasnt been the same~

It is still a hotel in the sense that the main feature, creating rooms, still exists. However, with things like the Game Center it makes it seem less like a hotel :P.

It's one of those crazy hotels that has everything and anything in them and you also get charged over the top prices for a one night stay!

I do think with the removal of some public rooms it has made it seem less like a hotel, since everything is all private it's more of a large apartment building. Things like the Game Centre also kinda remove the hotel feel.

They're still called Habbo Hotel on their emails though.

i find habbo more of an adventure than a hotel tbh, but ages back it used to be a propper hotel, like things were made to mimic what a real hotel would look like.

The only time it really demonstrably feels like a hotel is when you first sign up. They have a cool little set-up that gives the illusion that you're checking into a hotel etc.

When I remark on it I simply say Habbo; I don't think many people still use "hotel".

If I ever spoke of Habbo irl, I'd still say Hotel.

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Originally Posted by Pezza

The only time it really demonstrably feels like a hotel is when you first sign up. They have a cool little set-up that gives the illusion that you're checking into a hotel etc.

When I remark on it I simply say Habbo; I don't think many people still use "hotel".

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