Bye-bye five star

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Don't know how I could have missed it, but 5* is no more at II. Now we have Premier and Select.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Yeah, it's probably for the better. There seems to be much disagreement with what resorts should qualify as 5*. Don't know that Premier, or Select, will be any different.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Are u seeing the designation online now???

At the recent Marriott Presentation we attended in STT, the sales person stated all Marriotts would retain the highest rating.
Will be interesting to see where my other resorts 'end up'

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I'm still seeing the 5* rating.

[somerville Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close somerville]

I also still see the 5 Star ratings.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

What is better, Premier or Select

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Premier is best. The new designation will appear on the website when they get around to it. My latest directory (2008-2009) has no designations at all.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Select is going to be distinguished by the "Pineapple" symbol, and Premier will have the "Laural" symbol.

Select = Great vacation experience, and are distinguished with comfortable, and homelike atmosphere.

Premiere = Highest level of recognition, providing an outstanding vacation, with state-of-the-art conveniences, and modern features, and appointments.

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

When I spoke to an II rep yesterday, she used 5* in describing a resort...so the news hasn't gotten to her yet.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Seems like many of their reps have a strange learning curve, but I'm not surprised in that II has been very subtle about it. I'm not even sure what I was looking at that prompted me to notice it.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Don't know how I could have missed it, but 5* is no more at II. Now we have Premier and Select.

Only about a month and a half late but better late than never. I'm relatively certain the ratings don't have a lot of merit but at least it's a little something more than 5 star or nothing.

Now to tip toe through the resorts I've been to and decide if this is really all that and a bag of chips too.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Premier is best. The new designation will appear on the website when they get around to it. My latest directory (2008-2009) has no designations at all.

Opps, I guess they still haven't gotten around to it based on some of the other posts. I had checked a couple of nights ago and it wasn't there.

[defreitasm Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close defreitasm]

Select is going to be distinguished by the "Pineapple" symbol, and Premier will have the "Laural" symbol.

Select = Great vacation experience, and are distinguished with comfortable, and homelike atmosphere.

Premiere = Highest level of recognition, providing an outstanding vacation, with state-of-the-art conveniences, and modern features, and appointments.

I'm not crazy about the Pineapple but at least they didn't go with a Lemon.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

I'm not crazy about the Pineapple but at least they didn't go with a Lemon.

As far as I can tell they haven't gone with anything yet.

[defreitasm Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close defreitasm]

As far as I can tell they haven't gone with anything yet.

I was looking through their book and they don't have any rankings at all. I don't recall if the book was always like that.