Inn brand names like Holiday Inn, and in some laws that refer to lodging operators as "innkeepers". The Inns of Court in London were once accommodations for members of the legal profession. Other forms of inn exist throughout the world. Among them are the honjin and ryokan of Japan, caravanserai of the Ottoman Empire, and Jiuguan in ancient China. In Asia Minor, during the periods of rule by the Seljuq and Ottoman Turks, impressive structures functioning as inns () were built because it was thought that inns were socially significant. These inns provided accommodation for people and their vehicles or animals
Crosskeys Inn building was seriously damaged by fire. Shortly thereafter fundraising projects were instigated, including the recording and production of a CD, "Live in the Kitchen", featuring 20 tracks from 30 local musicians. The Inn has since reopened. Crosskeys Inn Crosskeys Inn is a pub situated in a rural location between Portglenone and Toome in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest thatched pub in Northern Ireland and is also one of Ireland's most famous Irish traditional music pubs. It is a stone-built cottage with whitewashed walls and is owned by Vincent Hurl. It was once a coaching stop on the