5 Star Hotels
are the pinnacle of luxury accommodation. This website.offers you the
widest selection of international luxury hotels. Each of these
exclusive establishments are featured here with details of their
accommodation, location, dining and other facilities so that you, the
traveler can determine which hotel is best suited for your travel
requirements. Our five star hotel websites feature the finest rooms and
resorts available from each of the countries or regions listed on the
map above.
The classification system for hotels has been around for many years. It
usually operates using stars and hotels are rated by an independent
inspection body between 1 star and 5 stars on an escalating scale
depending upon a range of factors. The higher the star rating of a
hotel the greater the luxury, comfort, facilities and exclusivity.
To attain the highest classification or a 5 star hotel
rating a hotel will usually be required to meet all of the following
criteria:
- Room Accommodation will be luxurious with
the highest quality beds, linens and fabrics. Guest bathroom facilities
will equally be of the highest standard.
- Personal service will have to be
outstanding. Customer’s needs will be attended to immediately, to the
guest’s satisfaction around the clock (24 hours a day) by the Concierge
and Guest Services. 5 Star Hotels often
include Butler service either as part of the room or for the floor.
- The standard of hotel dining will be
exceptional, and may include a celebrity chef or Michelin star
restaurants. Off the menu meals are often prepared on request by guests.
- The hotel’s location is likely to be
excellent – many of the most luxurious city hotels are in the city
centers. Likewise beach and country five star hotels will offer unique
facilities and often wonderful views. Many of these renowned hotels
will be established leading institutions.
- The facilities and notably the Spa, Pool,
Gym and Sauna are likely to be world class. Sometimes the hotel may be
part of a Spa Resort (www.sparesorts.com)
- A 5 star hotel will
take note of your preferences for your next stay in order to ensure
that it is even more memorable than your last. On return trips the
hotel staff will recognize you and welcome you back.
- As a matter of courtesy the hotel will
typically make arrangements to collect and if necessary return you to
the airport.
- There are a great many small issues which
add up to make a great hotel. These would include great concierge
services, perhaps a shoe cleaning service, unpacking and clothes
pressing service as a courtesy on arrival.
This is not a comprehensive list of services and amenities that would
guarantee an hotel the highest classification. Note that the star
system used by hotels is interchangeable with a similar classification
system in use including diamond ratings. Many 5 star boutique hotels
may well be rated under alternative systems.
In most countries the standards by which a hotel may advertise
themselves is strictly governed and independently tested. To claim you
are a 5 star hotel would typically mean
that the hotel has undergone an independent inspection and to obtain
this the highest level of luxury attainable a hotel must pass virtually
every part of the inspection.
Within each country the following types of 5 star hotel
can typically be found:
- City Center Hotels
- Airport Hotels
- Spa Hotels (redirects to Sparesorts.com)
- Resort Hotels
- Boutique Hotels
- Country House Hotels
- Castle Hotels
- Golf Hotels
One has to be careful when comparing the luxury hotel market across
borders as despite several attempts a unified standard has yet to
appear. It is far to say, for this the highest of all hotel categories,
that all of the hotels featured here on 5starhotels.com
do meet the highest of recognized international standards. All of the 5
star hotels on this site have been personally visited by our
representatives. Swiftrank is a leader in
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