Standards of Rating Hotels in Russia

Intro There are no planetary unified standards for awarding dealers to hotels, said Sergei Korneyev, director for the northwest at the Russian touristry Industry Union. * Each country has its own dust, and it is very inconvenient for tourists, since, for example, Egyptian stars differ from European ones. There pee been m some(prenominal) mis down the stairsstandings.WHAT IS An hotel ranking is a system, taking into account a full pasture of factors including quality of accommodation, range of amenities, standards of service, atmosphere and prices as well as customers experience, and feed second in order to single out hotels There are currently close to 30 national systems of hotel compartmentalisation around the world. * Among them are the letters system used in Greece and the crowns system used in the U. K. , though the most widespread system is the star sorting * While all hotels in capital of the Russian Federation claim a specific number of stars, there is no reliabl e, universal system of smorgasbord in operation.This can often lead to unrealistic expectations, disappointment, and it may be hard to know what to expect from your hotel in terms of standards, services, and amenities as a prototypic-time travelers to Russia. Suchi Hotels first and then the entire country of Russia * Since July 2010 Sochi hotels were obliged to furcate themselves by the demands of the planetary Olympic Committee ( compartmentalisation as the country gears up to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games). The Governor of Krasnodar region decided to first expand this requirement to the whole region and now to the whole country.As sunrise(prenominal) legislation passes, starting this summer season of 2012 totally star-rated hotels were able to harmonize tourists. A little bit of History * The first attempts to introduce potpourri standards in Russia were made in the Soviet era. In 1984, a register was drawn up dividing hotels into seven categories. The regulation exi sted until 1994 and was followed by three to a greater extent certificate documents. Finally, in 2005, a sore system of state kinspersonification of hotels and guesthouses was launched, taking into account European experience. Previously, Russian hotels obtained star- menage classification on a voluntary basis, but obtaining certification became obligatory after an order subscribe in June 2010.* There are 471 officially certified hotels in Russia about 10 percent of the total number of 4,500 hotels, according to data from the federal official Tourism room. From Yesterday to Today Review of the principal changes * It appears that often stars in Russia were given after considering formalities and did not reflect real cherish and service level. The main difference between the new and sometime(a) classification systems is that, now, the expert appraisal and assignment of a Hotel to a particular category leave be carried out by special organizations accredited by government agen cies * Prior the classification of Hotels in Russia was carried out chthonic a voluntary classification system that was approved by the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) in 2005 and largely based on standards and rules that were set back in the 1990s * Many hotels that are located in old buildings will need to invest a lot in technology infrastructure and additional facilities to get the necessary number of points to obtain the certification and get the stars they want.Hotel Assesment Criteria Each hotel will be awarded a number of points depending on the number of rooms and the services offered. * The requirements, relate to various aspects of Hotel operations layout, determine of rooms, range and quality of services offered, etc. * For example -A standard single room in a quintette-star hotel must be at to the lowest degree 14 m? in area, and the Hotel must also have a conference room with the relevant equipment. The waiting time for an elevator in four- and five-star ho tels should be no more than 30 seconds, or 45 seconds in a three-star hotel. * The classification will be a paid procedure, and obligatory certification is expected to cost less than voluntary classification about ( today $1,500 for three- to four-star hotels with less than 100 rooms) * Hotels that fail to declare their status under the new rules will pay a fine, * Hotels without certification wont have the right to use their unofficial rating in advertisements, and furthermore, limits may be applied to the activity of such hotels * &8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212-Certificates will be issued for five years, but hotels will have to reaffirm their status twice a year. Just a few more things to remind (only on the spring point) Luxury Hotels * world-class 5-star hotels * EitherHistoric Moscow Hotelsor Moscow branches of well-known international brands at the very top of the hotel market. Deluxe Hotels * decision maker standard 4-star or 5-star hotels * Must be rudimentaryly situated. Superior Hotels * International 4-star ratings. * IfSuperior Hotelsare not centrally located, then they must have good transport links to the city. Standard Hotels * International 3-star standards, including some(prenominal) new or fully renovated Russian hotels. Standard Hotels are rarely central Tourist Class Hotels * Often built in the Soviet period, hotels of this class may not be fully renovated. * Representing the cheapest accommodation widely unattached in Russia *International 2-star standards * Situated in modern buildings in the suburbs. reckon Hotels * low-cost accommodation * No services are guaranteed. Conclusion Classifications under the new system mandatory or voluntary? * At present, the new classification system is applicable to all Hotels, but is mandatory only for Hotels offering the relevant services within the municipality of the city/resort of Sochi. * We argument that the changes to he Hotel classificatio n rules and the mandatory classification procedure for certain Hotels is without any doubt related to the XXII Olympic Winter Games being held in Russia.* We believe that the overall trend for the introduction of international standards in many sectors in Russia is connected with the ambition to join the World Trade Organization. For the prox Whats next? * The World Hotel Rating (WHR) project, aims at setting international classification standards and rating criteria along the lines of a world star-rating system. * This project will establish an information platform on the hotel industry which will be multilingual and multicultural. * WHR intends to play a key role in the training of quality hotel services