title: Google Places API - getPlacePredictions exclude specific business types from results?
body: <p>I am working on a search plugin for our website that allows users to search any location with the Google Places API and list our apartments and their distance to that location.</p>
  
  <p>To restrict the search for the users I added some possible restrictions to the method: <code>getPlacePredictions()</code> that can be used within the Google Places API object <code>google.maps.places.AutocompleteService()</code>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Country:</strong> only Germany</p>
  
  <p><strong>Preferred search Area:</strong> northrhine-westfalia (a region in germany)</p>
  
  <pre><code>    function pacGetSuggestions(searchString) {
          // set autocomplete options
          var pacOptions      = {
              input                       : searchString,
              componentRestrictions       : {country: 'de'},          // restrict results to germany
              bounds                      : pacDefaultBounds,         // add search area
          };
          // get suggestions
          PAC.getPlacePredictions(pacOptions, pacDrawSuggestions);    
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this works fine so far!</p>
  
  <p><strong>My Question:</strong></p>
  
  <p>How can I limit the results by specific location-types? Is there any way?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I don't want users to be able to search for hotels/hostels and so on, because that would be direct competition for us.</p>
  
  <p>If the user types "Hil" for "Hill-Street" or "HillyBilly Pizza Place" then she should not get the "Hilton Hotels, Somethingstreet..." displayed.</p>
  
  <p>Is that possible?</p>