Rating systems Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
system of classifying hotels according to their quality
About Rating systems
The original star ratings were introduced by the Michelin Guides for restaurants in 1933. There were only three levels, defined in terms of how a driver might reach them since Michelin is a tire company: As of 2019 there were only 137 Michelin three-star restaurants in the world. Later, theratings were applied to hotelsand attractions as well as restaurants, and other guides started using more than 3 star levels. While criteria varied, most respected printed guides set a high bar before awarding multiple, additional stars. TheMobil Travel Guide(now theForbes Guide) awarded five stars in 2006 to 32 hotels in all of North America (US, Canada & Mexico); more recent editions award five stars to just a handful of US hotels (10 in California, 7 in New York, 2 each in Hawaii and Illinois, 1 each
Rating systems Travel Guide Sections
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