Although there are similarities between hotel and other commercial property developments the hotel development process has unique and very specific characteristics. From extensive involvement, reading and researching property development over the last twenty years, various property development processes were observed. What clearly transpired in practice, from reading and research was the total absence of a hotel development framework. The total absence of a hotel development framework, served as motivation to establishing a comprehensive and definitive hotel property development framework, which included critical success factors and components for hotel developments.