Three Membership Options
Hotels joining the BLH 2025 program can choose from one of our three Membership options
Silver
All members receive:
- Three exclusive BLH rates
- GDS Bookings (8K+ affiliated agencies)
- Listing on the Best Loved Hotels website with link to your hotels own website for booking
Gold
All Silver benefits, Plus+
- Superior ranking
- Once exclusive competition (7 days spotlight on all channels)
- One consumer newsletter insert
- One agency newsletter insert (circulation: 8K+ travel agencies)
- One social media post
Platinum
All Gold benefits, Plus+
- Top ranking on searches
- Top newsletter positioning (agency and consumer)
- An additional social media post (2 per annum)
- An exclusive homepage banner for 2 weeks
- An exclusive competition running for 30 days
Hotel Selection Criteria
Before adding a new member to our collection, we vet each hotel according to the below standards:
Hotel Qualities
- A unique hotel with a strong personality (in terms of architecture, design or location)
- A memorable hotel with a story to tell
- Located in a sought-after leisure destination
- A unique hotel, offering an authentic and out of the ordinary service
Hotel Attributes
- Three to five star properties
- A minimum of 15 rooms
- A restaurant on-site
- A 24 hour front desk service
- A concierge service
Hotel Typology
- Countryside charm
- Urban gem
- Historic Landmark
- Architectural avant-garde masterpiece
- Scenic marvel (or excel at sustainability)
- Culinary landmark
What you need to know
Our program requirements and seletion process
Program Requirement
All approved hotels in our program will need to comply with the following requirements.
- Load our BLH rates in the GDS
- Submit 6 offers and promotions per year
- Maintain accurate hotel information & images
- Engage in quality assurance:
- Maintain a minimum 4.5 TripAdvisor score (or equivalent)
- Maximum of 2 Best Loved Hotels complaints per year
The Selection Process
- If your hotel has not received the invitation via CVENT, you may submit your RFP manually and it will be considered by our selection team.
- Submit the BLH 2025 RFP Questions (in excel format) and the BLH 2025 Contract to [email protected]
- We select hotels that apply based on the hotel’s characteristics, location and the answer to the questions submitted in the RFP application.
Find Out More
Do you want to be a member of the Best Loved Collection?
Do you need more information?
Send us your details and any questions you might have and a member of our team will be happy to reply.