Hotel ratings-- Stars and Diamonds?

The Star classification system is a common one for rating hotels. Higher star ratings indicate more luxury. Hotels are independently assessed in traditional systems and rest heavily on the facilities provided.

Some consider this disadvantageous to smaller hotels whose quality of accommodation could fall into one class but the lack of an item such as an elevator would prevent it from reaching a higher categorization.

The hotels from One Star upto Five Star are common worldwide.

Six star hotels

• Crown Macau on Taipa Island in the Chinese territory of Macau
  
• St. Regis Shanghai Hotel in China
  
• Oriental Bangkok in Thailand
  
• The Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast in Australia
• Manila Hotel in the Philippines
  

Seven star hotels

The Burj Al Arab is the only, self-declared, "seven star" hotel

But, several "7-Star" hotels are under construction.These include:

• Laucala Island in Fiji
  
• Morgan Plaza in Beijing of China
  
• Flower of the East in Kish of Iran
  
• Centaurus Complex in Islamabad of Pakistan
  
• Pentominium, Grand Chola in Chennai of India
• Metro Manila in the Philippines
• Royalties Castle for Davao City in the Philippines
  

The American Automobile Association (AAA) and their affiliated bodies used Diamonds instead of stars to express hotel and restaurant ratings levels.