The word animation comes from Latin. The word Animus means soul, spirit and feeling. Hotel animation means offering various activities, entertaining programs and the flair of good mood to guests to enjoy their holiday.

When we look back in history, we can find out that all societies had their own forms of animation. Ceremonies, games, market, Roman spas etc. can be all seen as different forms of animation.

Club Med in France 1950's was the first hotel that started hotel animation. Nowadays hotel animation exists in different forms all over the world in all acknowledged tourism areas. In southern sea & sun holiday destinations and traditional skiing and hiking destinations hotel animation has been seen as an important part of services attached to the accommodation many decades. As the importance of tourism grows and the amount of international tourist arrival arises, is hotel animation to be more and more relevant to the hotels and tourism areas.