Do these findings,however,apply only to hotels situated in particular areas?
这项发现只适用于特定区域的酒店吗？
Is it possible that the external environment can affect a guest's well-being?
外部环境可能会影响客人的幸福感吗？
The company's research covered a whole range of different hotel types, both independent hotels and thosewhich are part of large chains.
这家公司的调查覆盖各种各样的酒店类型，无论是私人酒店还是大型连锁酒店。
They investigated chic so-called boutique hotels in the heart of downtown business districts, stately mansionslocated in the depths of beautiful countryside,
他们调查了位于商业中心所谓时髦的精品酒店，宏伟的大厦坐落在美丽乡村的深处，
and plush hotels built at the edge of tropical beaches surrounded by palm trees and idyllic blue ocean.
豪华的酒店矗立在热带海滩的边上，周围围绕着棕榈树和恬静的大海。
And the research concluded that what was outside the hotel building simply didn't matter.
研究的结论是酒店的外部环境并不重要。
This is a fascinating revelation
这个发现很有意思，
and those of you hoping to move into careers in the travel and leisure industry would be well advised tolook at the findings in more detail.
非常建议有志从事旅游业和休闲业的人仔仔细细地研究一下这份报告。
But back to the main point of this lecture...the need to feel at home.
但是回到谈论的重点，客人需要有家的感觉。
What can the hotel industry do about it?
酒店业对此能有合作为？
And is the very idea so subjective that it's impossible to do anything about it on a global basis?
同时这是一个极为主观的想法，是否在全球层面上都无法有所作为呢？