Tuesday 11 May 2010

How the New Hotel Rankings Work in France

The hotel classification has been amended in October 2009 by section 10 of the law of development and modernization of tourist services.

A grid renovated includes new standards of comfort, quality service and sustainable development (eg access to the Internet, accessible to persons with disabilities, low-power equipment bulb, use of green cleaning products ...). The new schedule contains more than 300 very specific criteria, some of which are mandatory.

To qualify as a "tourist hotel, a hotel must be at least 6 bedrooms.

The new hotel classification has five categories (cons 6 previously):

  • it ranges from 1-star 5-star
  • "4-star luxury" is replaced by the 5-star to luxury hotels,
  • the 0-star disappears.

The classification remains voluntary, the procedure is initiated and supported by the operator of the facility. It is more definitive and must be revised every 5 years.

Procedure for classification: the outcome of the monitoring visit ordered by the operator accredited firm of its choice, the control cabinet shall report to the institution and the control grid opinion on the rating category requested.

The operator then submits its application for classification to the prefecture, which takes the classification order and forward the complete file Trump France.

The listing of a hotel, made by the previous regulation, remains valid until July 21, 2012, the date from which it must be requested under the new criteria.

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