Best Western Hotels & Resorts Reaches Peak Level Of Guest Satisfaction

 Best Western Hotels & Resorts announced today that an outstanding 1,974 Best Western-branded hotels globally received the 2018 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence recognition, breaking the brand’s record high for guest satisfaction yet again. The prestigious Certificate of Excellence celebrates businesses that have consistently achieved great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include accommodations, restaurants and attractions located all over the world that have continually delivered a quality customer experience. 

The company has continued to see an increase in the number of Best Western-branded hotels receiving this honor for eight consecutive years, but this year, the brand has achieved its most impressive results to date.

The number of Best Western hotels that have received the recognition has increased by 53 percent since 2013. Of the 1,974 hotels globally that have received this Certificate of Excellence, a record high, 1,353 are in North America, which includes 1,201 in the U.S. and 152 in Canada. Overall, 66 percent of the brand’s North American hotels have received this honor, and 45 percent of this year’s recipients have achieved the recognition three years in a row.

“We are honored that an all-time record number of Best Western-branded properties have received the esteemed TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence,” said Dorothy Dowling, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Best Western Hotels & Resorts. “Best Western continues to evolve to meet the needs of today’s travelers, but our commitment to superior customer care has remained at the core of our brand for over 70 years. This level of recognition is a reflection of our hotels’ unwavering and long-term dedication to delivering excellent guest service.”

As the world’s largest travel site*, millions of customers choose TripAdvisor to share reviews on hotels, eateries and attractions located all over the world. Understanding the importance of the voice of the customer, Best Western was one of the first hotel brands to incorporate TripAdvisor traveler ratings and reviews of its hotels directly on to its website.

The Certificate of Excellence takes into account the quality, quantity and recency of reviews submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period. To qualify, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, have a minimum number of reviews and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months.

“TripAdvisor is excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 Certificate of Excellence, which celebrates experiences and other travel businesses that have consistently received strong praise and ratings on the world’s largest travel site, ” said Heather Leisman, Vice President of Industry Marketing, TripAdvisor. “This recognition allows us to publicly honor businesses that are actively engaging with customers and using feedback to help travelers identify and confidently book the perfect trip.”

For more information on Best Western Hotels & Resorts, please visit BestWestern.Com.

About Best Western^® Hotels & Resorts:

Best Western Hotels & Resorts headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a privately held hotel brand with a global network of 4,200^† hotels in more than 100^† countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers 11 hotel brands to suit the needs of developers and guests in every market: Best Western^®, Best Western Plus^®, Best Western Premier^®, Vīb^®, GLō^®, Executive Residency by Best Western^®, BW Premier Collection^®, and BW Signature Collection^SM by Best Western; as well as its recently launched franchise offerings: SureStay^® Hotel by Best Western, SureStay Plus^® Hotel by Best Western and SureStay Collection^® by Best Western. Now celebrating more than 70 years of hospitality, Best Western provides its hoteliers with global operational, sales and marketing support, and award-winning online and mobile booking capabilities. Best Western continues to set industry records regarding awards and accolades, including 64 percent of the brand’s North American hotels earning a TripAdvisor^® Certificate of Excellence award in 2017, Business Travel News^® ranking Best Western Plus and Best Western number one in upper-mid-price and mid-price hotel brands, and Best Western receiving seven consecutive Dynatrace^® Best of the Web awards for its leading hotel website. Best Western has also won nine consecutive AAA^®/CAA^® Lodging Partner of the Year awards, recognizing the brand’s commitment to providing exceptional service and great value to AAA/CAA’s nearly 58 million members in the U.S. and Canada. Best Western-branded hotels were top ranked in J.D. Power’s 2017 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study – ranking first in breakfast (food and beverage category) for midscale; and second in overall guest satisfaction. Over 32 million travelers are members of the brand’s award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards^®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. Best Western’s partnerships with AAA/CAA and Harley-Davidson^® provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. Through its partnership with Google^® Street View, Best Western is the first major company of its size and scale to launch a virtual reality experience for customers, setting a new industry standard and reinventing how guests view hotels. 

^† All Best Western and SureStay-branded hotels are independently owned and operated.

About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site*, enables travelers to unleash the full potential of every trip. With over 600 million reviews and opinions covering the world’s largest selection of travel listings worldwide – covering approximately 7.5 million accommodations, airlines, attractions, and restaurants -- TripAdvisor provides travelers with the wisdom of the crowds to help them decide where to stay, how to fly, what to do and where to eat. TripAdvisor also compares prices from more than 200 hotel booking sites so travelers can find the lowest price on the hotel that’s right for them. TripAdvisor-branded sites are available in 49 markets, and are home to the world’s largest travel community of 455 million average monthly unique visitors**, all looking to get the most out of every trip. TripAdvisor: Know better. Book better. Go better.

The subsidiaries and affiliates of TripAdvisor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIP) own and operate a portfolio of websites under 20 other travel media brands:
www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.citymaps.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, 
www.thefork.com (including www.lafourchette.com, www.eltenedor.com, www.iens.nl and www.dimmi.com.au), www.gateguru.com,  www.holidaylettings.co.uk, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.housetrip.com, www.jetsetter.com, www.niumba.com, www.onetime.com,  www.oyster.com, www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.tingo.com, www.vacationhomerentals.com and www.viator.com. 

* Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, worldwide, November 2017

** Source: TripAdvisor log files, average monthly unique visitors, Q3 2017