Are there any six-star hotels in Dalian?

No, the highest hotel in Dalian is five-star!

It has been 16 years since the "People's Republic of China's Foreign Tourism Hotel Star Standards" were first announced and implemented in 1988. With the development of my country's hotel industry, it has been revised six times to varying degrees. Until last year's revised standard version of the "Classification and Rating of Tourist Hotel Stars", it was first proposed that the five originally set On the basis of stars, a new level is added and included in five-star hotels - platinum five-star. What kind of hotel has platinum five-star qualifications? Can star classification also have reference data other than "standards"? How are hotel stars classified internationally? Now I would like to discuss several aspects with my colleagues.

Internationally, hotels are also divided into five levels: the highest level is Luxury Hotels, the second level is First Class Hotels, and the third level is Middle-Price. Hotels), the fourth level is Economy Hotels, and the fifth level is Budgeted Hotels. Is it possible to simply equate luxury hotels with domestic standard five-star hotels, high-end hotels with domestic standard four-star hotels, mid-price hotels with domestic standard three-star hotels, and budget hotels with domestic two-star hotels? , Is a budget hotel equivalent to a one-star rating by domestic standards? This is worth exploring. Many well-known international management groups manage high-end hotel brands abroad, which have been rated as five-star hotels in our country. But a simple one-to-one comparison cannot be made. In different countries and regions, hotels of the same level have considerable differences in both hardware and software. At present, in our country, there are also the same international brand hotels with different star ratings in different cities.

At present, there is a fact that makes the definition between different star hotels somewhat fuzzy. This fact is that there is no quantitative requirement in the star classification and evaluation of hotels. This fact It is the performance of hotel operations, which is specifically reflected in the simplest data among hotel grades and grades—the hotel's daily average room price. Taking Shanghai as an example, based on this simple data, there have been two strange facts over the years. First, among all five-star hotels, the highest and lowest room rates are almost a multiple; among all four-star hotels, the highest and lowest room rates are almost 2.5 times; among all three-star hotels, the highest The room rate and the lowest room rate are almost 2.5 times; among all two-star hotels, the highest and lowest room rates are almost 4 times; among all one-star hotels, the highest and lowest room rates are almost 3 times. The second fact is that the highest room price for one star lower is more than 30% higher than the lowest room price for one star higher. This phenomenon can also be explained by the fact that there are more than 30 hotels with one star lower than the actual daily price. The average room price has been sold to the level of one star higher, or conversely, there are about 30 hotels with one star higher, but the actual daily average room price has only been sold to the level of one star lower hotel. Of course, just one indicator cannot fully explain the overall operating level of a hotel. However, based on the development process of the industry in the past 20 years, a hotel does not have the highest price, only the price at which it cannot be sold. Using this theory to reason, the fuzzy space between different star ratings is not small. Let’s reason from the theory of value for money that consumers think is good value for money. When consumers are willing to stay in a hotel with a lower one star rating and are willing to pay a more expensive price than a hotel with one star rating higher, there must be some consumers who think that the value for money is good value for money. Value for money.

The above two strange facts have existed for a long time. Based on the fact that there are such strange price differences between hotels in an international big city, then, in the five highest-level hotels, Among star-rated hotels, adding a platinum five-star hotel should have a very positive significance. One of the meanings is that it allows managers of high-star hotels to see the gap between them and other hotels of the same star rating; the other is that it allows platinum five-star hotels to lead the industry's standards and qualifications in a city.

From this positive point of view, the author also suggests that other star hotel levels can also include a platinum level, which will have a positive role in promoting the industry's comprehensive integration with international standards.

The strange facts mentioned above may not necessarily exist in other cities. However, using a high-quality product in one star rating to lead other hotels of the same star rating has a positive meaning. It can also make hotel investors stop focusing on high-star hotels and use high-quality products in different star ratings. , to demand the best rate of return on hotel investment. A hotel that can become a platinum five-star hotel should be the one with the best hardware and software among five-star hotels in a city, and it should be the one with the best economic benefits. Quantitative indicators related to economic benefits should be reference indicators in addition to the "star rating standards".

The highest international standard is 5 stars. The one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was too luxurious and exceeded the "star" standard, so it was given a separate 7-star rating.