Rating - The best hotels

The Connoisseur Circle Rating "The Best Hotels" is the only rating in Europe whose objective evaluation concept, based on TrustYou, public voting, and an expert jury, is applied in a standardized manner across four countries and is used as an important decision-making aid for potential guests.

Let's be honest:
Which expert can claim to have thoroughly tested all the hotels in a country—especially when it comes to the best establishments? For 10 years, Connoisseur Circle has been sending experienced travel editors and hospitality professionals all over the world to provide its readers with first-hand expert reports and tests. Nevertheless, test results are and always will be subjective and therefore dependent on the personal impressions and signature style of the expert. Perhaps the most profound approach is to combine objective data with subjective impressions and experiences. That is precisely why Connoisseur Circle has once again broadened the basis for its "Best Hotels" rating and draws on the results of the world's best "satisfaction indicator": TrustYou www.trustyou.com


Based on specific test factors specified by Connoisseur Circle—such as highest service quality—the editorial team, together with the digital professionals at TrustYou, compiles a data set that serves as the basis for the final selection.