article_snippet: It's not all in the stars for guests when it comes to comparing the best hotels around Europe.
article_snippet: While five stars seems like a fairly straight-forward measurement, hotel and resort ratings aren't all created equal as there is  no uniform ratings system to keep it simple for tourists.
article_snippet: In Great Britain, star ratings focus heavily on customer service, with a hotel not qualifying as a five-star without a greeting at the entrance and multilingual staff, along with a high quality food and wine menu and many other factors.
article_snippet: As a member of HOTREC (Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe), Greek accommodation has complied with Greek accommodation classification system since 2013 with star ratings covering a combination of 270 compulsory and optional measurements.
article_snippet: With such differences, Hotels4u.com's commercial manager Tim Bekir recommends tourists use a combination of peer and official review systems when making travel choices. '
article_snippet: When booking a hotel, it's important to be as well informed as possible and confident with your choice,' says Hotels4u.com's commercial manager Tim Bekir. '
article_snippet: Understandably, customers may sometimes find star ratings confusing.
article_snippet: Despite the variances, star ratings do give a good indication of the standard of the hotel.
article_snippet: That's why we'd encourage using both peer-to-peer reviews and star ratings for the best hotel choice.'
highlights_snippet: 71 per cent of people don't realise there is no uniform hotel rating system .
  