Forbes also rates hotel stars? How to comment?

Recently, I met and chatted with the heads of many major Japanese hotel groups, and heard several of them talk about the word that one of their luxury hotels rated Forbes as a four-star hotel.

when did Forbes start rating hotels? What is the standard?

The owner of Forbes Travel Guide is Mobil Oil. As early as 1958, this company began to assign employees to evaluate restaurants, hotels and spas. In 29, due to the joining of business partner Forbes, the original Mobile Stars was renamed as Forbus Travel Guide. Although not as famous as Michelin, the Forbes guide is more authoritative in hotel evaluation. Slogan of this independent rating company said at a glance that we verify luxury: only luxury facilities can make the list.

so, how many stars does the Forbes guide have? How to evaluate?

this guide abandons the 1-star or 2-star rating for hotels, and only recommends 3 stars. Only focus on high-end and luxury hotels. As for the five-star rating, Forbes said that "we are very stingy on the five-star rating" and can only give "seamless, seamless commitment to the highest guest standard".

unlike the spontaneous comments made by OTA users, Forbes investigators will travel around the world by themselves, and personally inspect each facility with up to 8 independent and objective standards, and strictly score and determine the rating.

At the same time, unlike the Michelin guide, the Forbes guide provides detailed reasons for why it was included in the list. For example:

Is the food setting creative?

can we provide mixed drinks that are not on the wine list?

is there a parking service service?

and so on very detailed standards.

due to my own work, I am also curious to see how many hotels in Japan are listed on Forbes' 4-star and 5-star lists. (Note that Forbes' star is not the hotel star as defined by us. This big list itself is the rating of luxury hotels. The list is basically defined as 5 stars or higher)

Tokyo: (alphabetically)

5 stars

Mandarin Oriental Tokyo (Japan Bridge) Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

Palace Hotel Tokyo (Tokyo Station/Imperial Residence) Palace Hotel Tokyo

Peninsula Hotel Tokyo (Tokyo Station/ Imperial Palace) The Japanese Palace

Shangri-La Tokyo (Tokyo Station) Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo

4-star

Aman Tokyo Hotel (Tokyo Station) (meaning no accident? )

Andaz Tokyo Torano Mon hills

The Capital Hotel Tokyo (Akasaka)

Conrad Tokyo (Xiliu)

Four Seasons Hotel To Tokyo Marunouchi (Tokyo Station). Kyo at Marunouchi

Grand Hyatt Tokyo (Roppongi)

Chunshan Villa Tokyo (Mubai) Chinzanso Tokyo

New Otani executive suite-Zen (Akasaka) Hotel New Otani Tokyo Executive House Zen

Imperial Hotel Imperial Palace) Imper. Ial Hotel Tokyo

Park Hyatt Tokyo (Shinjuku)

The Prince Galary Tokyo Kioicho, Tokyo, A luxury Collection Hotel

Prince Sakura Tower Tokyo (Shinagawa) The Prince Sakura Tower Tokyo, Autogragh Collection

Ritz-Carlton Tokyo (Roppongi) The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo

Tokyo Station Hotel (Tokyo Station)

Kyoto

Five-star

Ritz-Carlton Kyoto (Roppongi) The Ritz-Carlton Kyoto

IV. Star

Four Seasons Kyoto Hotel Kyoto

Cuilan Kyoto Suiran, A Luxury Collection Hotel

Osaka

five-star vacancy

four-star

Ritz-Carlton Osaka (Osaka Station/Mei Tian)

St. Regis Osaka (Tanomachi)

By comparison, there are seven in Hong Kong, five in Beijing and three in Guangzhou.

after reading this list, you will know that the censorship standards are very strict. The overall feeling is still based on familiar international brands. There are not many Japanese local brands on the list, and those who can make the list must be outstanding, but it does not mean that the level of not being on the list is not enough. Perhaps the appraisers have never heard of it, or perhaps there is a certain gap between western standards and local standards. After all, as a local hotel, in addition to foreign tourists, local guests account for the majority, and what they offer will vary according to the actual needs of the main tourists.

There are more and more forms of tourism. Apart from luxury, small independent hotels, inns, apartments and even wild luxury camping hotels are constantly appearing. Every time you try different experiences, your journey may be more colorful.