Originally Posted by
MikeFromTokyo
I am not sure what you mean by "five star US hotel," but the property is clearly not at the same level as the FS, Dorchester, and Peninsula properties in Beverly Hills/Bel Air.
The Beverly Hilton is probably one of the nicest properties in the chain, but I think most people would call it a four star hotel.
Sorry my post was not clear. In France, until a few months ago, the star ratings were, roughly, 1 to 4 star + the term palace (not an official qualification until the tourism association thing). So the maximum was 4 star and there were only a few "grandes dames". Whereas in the US a lot of hotels were branded "five stars" in the ratings despite being nothing more than regular four star hotels for Europeans . Now it has changed in France and some other european countries and the label 5 stars was created.
I just meant to say that to most europeans (at least french, where I'm sure this kind of standart was applied), the Beverly Hilton would be classified as a 4 star hotel (same as Sofitel and co) but given the broad nature of the 5 star qualification in the US ratings, it's classified as such (a 5star) .