Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
Room for Savings: Optimizing Hotel Spend - Carlson
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
A lack of global standards to<br />
define hotel quality<br />
The potentially confusing choice of hotels is<br />
exacerbated by the fact that each hotel is unique<br />
in terms of pricing, amenities and quality of<br />
service, and yet there is no single standard to<br />
accurately assess properties. Numerous<br />
classification systems are in use by national<br />
governments and industry associations, and<br />
even those that look the same (e.g., star ratings)<br />
can have different definitions. Corporate hotel<br />
experts there<strong>for</strong>e use their own criteria to help<br />
clients classify hotels. For example, CWT<br />
Solutions Group, the consulting arm of CWT,<br />
uses four categories that align with those used<br />
by other lodging industry consultants (Figure 6).<br />
Figure 6: Examples of hotel classification systems used by global industry consultants<br />
CWT global classification<br />
Smith Travel Research<br />
(STR) classification<br />
<strong>Hotel</strong> and Travel Index<br />
(HTI) classification<br />
Deluxe<br />
First<br />
Luxury property providing<br />
personalized amenities<br />
and services<br />
Full-service hotel with<br />
com<strong>for</strong>table accommodations<br />
and public areas<br />
Luxury<br />
Upscale<br />
Superior Deluxe<br />
Deluxe<br />
Moderate Deluxe<br />
Superior First Class<br />
First Class<br />
Standard<br />
Full-service hotel with<br />
com<strong>for</strong>table but sometimes<br />
simple accommodations<br />
Moderate<br />
Limited Service First Class<br />
Superior Tourist Class<br />
Tourist Class<br />
Moderate Tourist Class<br />
Economy<br />
Property providing basic<br />
amenities<br />
Economy<br />
Budget<br />
Unclassified<br />
Source: CWT Travel Management Institute