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Northstar Rating: Classification Definitions
| Northstar Travel Media, a privately owned news media company, is the world's largest business-to-business publisher of travel-oriented information. Northstar provides ratings for more than 40,000 properties around the world. Northstar's classification procedure includes a study of all details on the hotel's web site, reviews by their sister publication, STAR that visits properties, guest reviews and other material that may be provided by the hotel. All elements are considered, including the hotel's destination. |
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An expensive luxury hotel offering guests the highest standards of accommodations and facilities and providing almost any level of personal service. Hotels in this category are among the worlds finest. |
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An above average hotel with some outstanding features and a broad range of services. May have a special focus on design, style and amenities. Guest rooms and public areas are tastefully furnished, very comfortable, striving to meet the needs of business and leisure guests. |
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The full service hotel standard. A dependable, well-maintained hotel with comfortable accommodations and public areas. Usually provides a wide range of services, amenities and facilities. May have superior executive level or wing. |
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Primarily a mid market economy hotel providing simpler accommodations and services. Public areas and facilities may be limited. In-room amenities often designed for the business traveler. |
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A property for the budget traveler providing basic room amenities, but few services. Accommodations may be standardized. Often in locations convenient to highways, business or airports. |
Hotel Ratings
| {0}s are assigned to properties based upon the most up-to-date research conducted by {1}'s hotel experts in accordance with industry standards. The ratings are objective evaluations of a hotel's level of comfort and style based on a number of criteria, which may include on-site inspections, post-trip customer feedback, and quality of amenities and staff. |
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These luxury properties are members of an elite group of hotels that exhibit an exceptionally high degree of service and hospitality. These properties display an original design, elegant room decor, exceptional dining, and meticulous grounds. The flawless execution of guest services is the staff's prevailing concern. |
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These superior properties distinguish themselves with a high level of service and hospitality, as well as a wide variety of amenities and upscale facilities. A well-integrated design, stylized room decor, excellent restaurant facilities, and landscaped grounds are all present. The comfort and convenience of the guest is the staff's prevailing concern. |
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These properties offer a higher level of service with additional amenities, features, and facilities. The property grounds, decor, and quality of furnishings are a noticeable upgrade in terms of style and class. Most properties in this category feature restaurants serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Room service availability may vary. Valet parking, pools, and fitness centers are often provided. |
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These properties meet a traveler's basic needs for comfort and convenience while offering moderate aesthetic enhancements in the property grounds, room decor, and quality of furnishings. Some may offer limited restaurant service, however room service is usually not provided. |
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These properties meet a budget-traveler's basic needs for comfort and convenience. They tend to be located near major attractions or thoroughfares and provide clean guest rooms. Many properties do not have a restaurant on site but are usually located within walking distance of dining establishments. |
Hotel ratings and the AAA Diamond ratings are meant to assist customers in evaluating hotels. Each rating system is based on different criteria as reflected above. The display of AAA Diamond ratings on this site is not meant in any manner whatsoever to suggest equivalence to hotel ratings. Any similarity between the two rating systems is purely coincidental.