Hotel ratings Star (classification)

five-star superior rating @ hotel vier jahreszeiten kempinski in munich, germany

hotel luxury denoted stars.

other classifiers, such aaa 5 diamond award, use diamonds instead of stars express hotel ratings levels.

hotels assessed in traditional systems , rest heavily on facilities provided. consider disadvantageous smaller hotels quality of accommodation fall 1 class lack of item such elevator prevent reaching higher categorization.

in recent years hotel rating systems have been criticized argue rating criteria such systems overly complex , difficult laymen understand. has been suggested lack of unified global system rating hotels may undermine usability of such schemes.