The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built as a private house, and dating originally from the fourteenth century, the hotel has 48 rooms and 1.5 km² (365 acres) of gardens.

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Movie, TV, theatre, and music classification

Among reviewers of movies, TV shows, theatre, and music, the star system is the most popular classification system. One star generally indicates the worst rating though some reviewers use "No-stars" or "Bomb" to indicate the lowest rating possible. On the other end four or five stars represents the highest rating possible. Some reviewers also allow for increments of ½-stars such as 1½ stars or 3½ stars for example.

Some reviewers do not use the star classification system, instead employing methods such as the letter grade system used by Entertainment Weekly magazine (i.e. D, C+, A-, etc.). Some reviews do not employ any sort of definite rating system, instead leaving the opinion to be expressed by the review itself. Movie reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert employed a thumbs up/thumbs down system on their television show Siskel & Ebert. They would give a thumbs up to films they liked and a thumbs down to film they disliked. In order to provide nuance to their ratings they might add adjectives to a rating such as "A big thumbs up/down" for a film the really liked or disliked or a "minor thumbs up/down" for a film they just barely liked or disliked. Another alternative classification system used by movie, TV, and theatre reviewers in San Francisco Chronicle involves symbols representing of a movie, TV, or theatre viewer in different states of enjoyment of the presentation. In the highest rating, the character is shown standing on his seat clapping. The next highest features a man sitting in his seat clapping. This is followed by a man just sitting looking attentively at the screen, followed by a man asleep in his seat. At the lowest end is an icon of an empty seat indicating the man has walked out of the presentation. The following is a summary of the Academic grading systems in the United States and Canada. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... Eugene Gene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was one of the worlds most successful film critics. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper is a movie review television program featuring film critic Roger Ebert and columnist Richard Roeper, both of the Chicago Sun-Times. ... Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ...

Restaurant ratings

Restaurant guides and reviewer often use stars to rate restaurants. This was introduced by the Michelin Red Guide. The Michelin system reserves stars for exceptional restaurants, and gives up to three; the vast majority of recommended restaurants have no star at all. Other guides now use up to four or five stars, with one star being the lowest rating. The stars are sometimes replaced by symbols such as a fork or spoon. Some guides use separate scales for food, service, ambience, and even noise level. New York City 2006 First Michelin Red Guide for North America The Michelin Guide (Le Guide Michelin) is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. ...

The Michelin system remains the most famous star system. A single star denotes "a very good restaurant in its category", two stars "excellent cooking, worth a detour", and three stars, "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".^[1]

Michelin stars are awarded only for the quality of food and wine; the luxury level of the restaurant is rated separately, using a scale of one ("quite comfortable") to five ("luxury in the traditional style") crossed fork and spoon symbols.

Hotel ratings

The star classification system is a common one for rating hotels. Higher star ratings indicate more luxury.

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Hotels are independently assessed in traditional systems and rest heavily on the facilities provided. Some consider this disadvantageous to smaller hotels whose quality of accommodation could fall into one class but the lack of an item such as an elevator would prevent it from reaching a higher categorization.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). ...

Standards of hotel classification

In some countries, there is an official body with standard criteria for classifying hotels, but in many others there is none. There have been attempts at unifying the classification system so that it becomes an internationally recognized and reliable standard but large differences exist in the quality of the accommodation and the food within one category of hotel, sometimes even in the same country. “Standard” redirects here. ...

Six star hotels

Some members of the hospitality industry have claimed a six star rating for their operation. One example is the Crown Macau, on Taipa Island in the Chinese territory of Macau. Another is the St. Regis Shanghai Hotel in China. The only American six star hotel is South Beach's Setai^[2]. The Palazzo Versace^[3] on the Gold Coast in Australia is described by Australian Traveller magazine as meriting "six star" rating though level of rating is not used in Australia.^[4] The hospitality industry is a 3. ... Crown Macau is a self-proclaimed 6-star casino hotel built and operated by Melco PBL Entertainment, a joint venture by Hong Kong based Melco International Development Limited and Australian based Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. ... Taipa (氹仔島) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... South Beach A portion of the southern part of the South Beach skyline as seen from Biscayne Bay. ... The entrance to Palazzo Versace. ... Gold Coast redirects here. ...

Seven star hotels

Although the Burj Al Arab characterizes itself as the world's only "7-Star Hotel", several "7-Star" hotels are under construction. These include the Morgan Plaza to be finished in Beijing (China) in March 2008, the Flower of the East under construction in Kish, Iran,^[5] The Centaurus Complex under construction in Islamabad, Pakistan^[6] and the Pentominium, a complex planned for Metro Manila and The Royalties Castle for Davao City in the Philippines.^[7] The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates managed by the Jumeirah Group and built by Said Khalil. ... Peking redirects here. ... Picture of what the Flower of the East complex will look like. ... Kish (Persian: کیش) is an Iranian island and city in the Persian Gulf, and is part of the Hormozgan province. ... The Centaurus - Islamabad Pakistan The Centaurus in a mixed-use development currently under construction in Islamabad, Pakistan. ... Location within Pakistan Coordinates: , Country Pakistan Province Constructed 1960s Union Council 40 UC (District Govt. ... For the capital city of the Philippines, see Manila. ... Motto: Love, Peace, and Progress Map of Davao Region showing the location of Davao City Coordinates: 7° 30 N, 126° E Country Region Province None Districts 1st to 3rd Districts of Davao City Barangays 184 Incorporated (town) 1848 Incorporated (city) October 16, 1936 Government  - Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (Hugpong/PDP-Laban...

Controversy

The expansion beyond the traditional "five star" rating has led to commentators questioning if it is simply more puffery or sales hype.^[8][9]

References

• Slate magazine article mentioning the phenomena of six star hotels

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External links

• Spain hotel rating article
• http://goeurope.about.com/od/hotelstars/
• http://mobiltravelguide.howstuffworks.com/about-the-rating-channel.htm
• French hotel regulations (in French): 0-4 stars
• Table of French hotel standards (in French)
• Hotels and their Star Ratings - What do they mean?
• Hotel classification in Australia
• Hotel classification in Hungary (in Hungarian)
• Hotel classification in Sweden (in English)
• Hotel classification in Sweden (in English PDF-document)