Best Western® Hotels & Resorts Achieves Record Growth Pace with BW Premier Collection® Portfolio
Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) March 06, 2017 -- Best Western® Hotels & Resorts – the second-largest hotel brand in Europe and one of the largest worldwide – today announced that its thriving soft brand, BW Premier Collection®, has eclipsed 75 properties worldwide. BW Premier Collection® was created by and for the world’s leading independent hoteliers, launching in October 2015 with a unique pay-for-performance business model.
“We are thrilled with the success of our BW Premier Collection soft brand and with the opportunity for growth that we see on the horizon,” said David Kong, president and CEO of Best Western Hotels & Resorts, during this week’s International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) in Berlin, Germany.
“BW Premier Collection’s growth has focused on quality, not quantity. By creating an innovative model, we have seen the brand emerge as a phenomenal community of like-minded independent hoteliers, who take great pride in what they offer while also grasping the value of affiliating with Best Western. We believe this is a winning formula and hoteliers are proving they agree, joining in record numbers and setting an incredible pace for the brand.”
Redefining the traditional soft brand model, BW Premier Collection provides unprecedented flexibility and true partnership for independent hoteliers who may have previously been hesitant to affiliate with a brand. Hotels pay only for the business delivered to them by the brand, which allows them to control their costs. They are also able to maintain their individual identity and personality, having the freedom to continue providing unique, authentic experiences.
As part of BW Premier Collection, properties are on-boarded in a rapid ramp-up, with near immediate access to Best Western’s revenue management systems, tradeshow and sales support, marketing programs and more.
“In the spirit of partnership that has been critical to Best Western Hotels & Resorts’ success over the past 70 years, BW Premier Collection has revolutionized today’s soft brand concept, allowing independent hoteliers to affiliate on their terms,” said Ron Pohl, senior vice president and COO for Best Western Hotels & Resorts.
“We allow independent hotels the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of independence while becoming part of a renowned global brand with an award-winning reservation system and loyalty program, both of which are musts in today’s business environment. Additionally, we allow hotels to pay for only the business they generate, which is in stark contrast to the unfair percentage-based fee structure of other soft brands out there today.”
Best Western Hotels & Resorts opened the first BW Premier Collection properties in Oregon and Puerto Rico in October 2015. In just over a year, the brand has expanded to 53 upscale, high-quality independent hotels spanning across the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and North America. Additional properties are expected to open in Mexico, France, Canada and in Illinois, South Carolina and Hawaii.
For more information on Best Western® Hotels & Resorts or BW Premier Collection, please visit http://www.bestwestern.com.
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About Best Western Hotels & Resorts:
Best Western® Hotels & Resorts headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a privately held hotel brand with a global network of 4,200* hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers seven hotel brands to suit the needs of developers and guests in every market: Best Western®, Best Western Plus®, Best Western Premier®, Executive Residency by Best Western®, Vīb®, BW Premier Collection® and GLō®. Now celebrating more than 70 years of hospitality, Best Western provides its hoteliers with global operational, sales and marketing support, and award-winning online and mobile booking capabilities. Best Western continues to set industry records regarding awards and accolades, including nearly sixty percent of the brand’s North American hotels earning a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award in 2016, Business Travel News ranking Best Western Plus and Best Western in the top three upper-mid-price and mid-price hotel brands for three years in a row, and Best Western receiving five consecutive Dynatrace Best of the Web gold awards for best hotel website. Best Western has also won eight AAA/CAA Lodging Partner of the Year awards, recognizing the brand’s commitment to providing exceptional service and great value to AAA’s 56 million members in the U.S. and Canada. Nearly 30 million travelers are members of the brand’s award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. Best Western’s partnerships with AAA/CAA and Harley-Davidson® provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. Through its partnership with Google Street View, Best Western is the first major company of its size and scale to launch a virtual reality experience for customers, setting a new industry standard and reinventing how guests view hotels.
- Numbers are approximate, may fluctuate, and include hotels currently in the development pipeline.
Courtney McCurry, Best Western International, Inc, http://www.bestwestern.com, +1 602.957.5639, [email protected]
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