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What are Beach & City Hotel Tier™ Ratings?
Beach & City Hotel Tier™ Ratings are
AfricanMecca's proprietary and innovative five tier beach & city hotel vacation experience
designed in complete harmony with our accommodation gauging standards, the first
in the African tourism industry designed from a guest's perspective that allows
the guest to accurately and intellectually judge the quality of the
accommodations and related services proposed to them.
The common hurdle that a traveler to Africa has to overcome is the reliance of
information from one or few source of references about a particular beach
vacationing or city hotel experience, most commonly extracted from outdated guide books or
"post your own reviews" internet websites provided by the travels and
experiences of a single individual (or sometimes group) on a particular beach or
city destination for a one or limited time, sometimes with important factors not
mentioned during the recommendations such as budget and circumstances leading to
the selection of a particular beach or city holiday experience. Such an approach is one
that most often catches travelers with "surprise" upon their arrival
to find their experiences inconsistent with their requirements and needs.
AfricanMecca has solved this dilemma with our Beach & City Hotel Tier™ Ratings!
Note our Africa accommodation
ratings for hotels are based on our organizational research and travel to
hundreds of accommodations all over the region thus being able to realistically
rate the accommodations with a combination of the following characteristics: accommodation
architecture, location, cuisine, activities, entertainment, service and overall
value provided to our clients. International designations awarded to the
corresponding accommodations are independent of the ratings covered by
AfricanMecca. Ratings of accommodation brings an accurate sense of standing of
the accommodation from a day to day perspective.
AfricanMecca's Beach & City Tier™ Ratings are accurate because:
- It gauging processes are unbiased.
- It gauges the experiences based on a broad spectrum of accommodations
considering different experiences and factors, over decades in the industry
- and not from a limited or one time experience.
- They come from an experienced professional perspective.
AfricanMecca's Beach & City Tier™ Ratings are crucial and beneficial for visiting
guests because of the following simple reasons:
1. Creates Consistency In the Services: As knowledgeable and experienced
professionals representing our countries, our Beach & City Tier™ standards create a
consistency in the services received from the accommodations and experience
while at the beach, which in turn means guests are going to be satisfied with
their experience in Africa. This specifically relates to the aggregate of the
beach vacationing experience, quality of rooms, quality of meals and quality of
services. Example - travelers can visit Funzi Keys Island Lodge in Kenya (or
Mnemba Island Lodge In Zanzibar) and be assured all aspects of experience at the
Funzi Keys (or Mnemba Island Lodge In Zanzibar) will remain consistent.
2. Well Balanced Ratings: Our equal opportunity destination focused beach
vacationing experiences creates a systematic five-tier approach allowing
guests to visit the exact beach destinations, and came away with differing
experiences while creating a diversity at the accommodation level. An
example is the comparison between Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel and Nungwi Village
Beach Resort in Zanzibar; both lie on the excellent Nungwi beach on the northern
coast of Zanzibar Island but both have two distinct experiences which can never
be matched on any international "star" rating. Understanding and
experiencing AfricanMecca's Beach & City Tier™ Ratings will eliminate any doubts of
the experiences both these accommodations will provide.
3. Tiers Correspond To Rates & Experiences: We believe that
accommodations that represent a certain tier should also reflect their
corresponding Beach & City Tier™ Ratings in the prices it provides. AfricanMecca's
Beach & City Tier™ ratings allow guests to independently judge the value of a
program. For example taking a common occurrence, the experiences and
services at Funzi Keys Island Lodge In Kenya, a Tier 1 beach hotel, are
consistent with what you would expect with the rate paid. Similarly Bamburi
Beach Hotel, a Tier 5 (or any tier 3 or 4 for that matter) beach hotel meets
minimum standards; it adequately runs the beach hotel operations and provides
value to guests staying there. Travelers attracted by Bamburi Beach Hotel's low
rate and least cost rate focus, cannot expect such hotel's to provide "best
or excellent services". Logically, the common adage "What You
Pay Is What You Get" thus applies.
How AfricanMecca's Beach & City Tier™ Ratings Work?
Tier 1 Hotel
Characteristics (Luxury Experience):
- Best Accommodation Standards In Its Destination Category Guest Will Ever
Find.
- Highest Quality Standards In Amenities, Food, Lodging and Personal
Experience.
- Highly Personalized, Professionally Managed, Top Of The Line Services.
- Exclusive Locations Away From Mass Tourism Harnessing The Best Beach
Holiday And Vacationing Experience.
- Feel At Home Environment And Programs Designed Around The Needs Of Guests.
- Focus Is Quality and Never Quantity.
- Offer Additional Activities and Program To Create Superb and Superb
Experience.
- Selected By Guests Who Never Want To Compromise Quality And Desire Nothing
Less Than The Best.
Tier 2 Hotel Characteristics (Superior Deluxe Category):
- Very Good Accommodation Standards In Its Destination Category.
- Very Good Standards In Amenities, Food, Lodging and Personal Experience.
- Professionally Managed, Providing Very Good Overall Services.
- May Include Accommodations With Many Number Of Guests.
- Experiences While At The Beach Hotel Are Focused More On Quality than
Quantity.
- Time Tabled Program and Most Times Not Flexible To Change.
- Are Able To Adequately Respond To Guest Concerns In A Timely Fashion.
Tier 3 Hotel Characteristics (Deluxe Category):
- Fair Accommodation Standards In Its Destination Category.
- Fair Standards In Amenities, Food, Lodging and Personal Experience.
- Generally Well Managed, Providing Satisfactory Overall Services.
- May Includes Accommodations With Many Numbers Of Guests.
- Experience While At The Beach Hotel Are Balanced Between Quality and
Quantity.
- Time Tabled Program and Most Times Not Flexible To Change.
- May Not Be Able To Adequately Respond To Guest Concerns In A Timely
Fashion.
Tier 4 Hotel Characteristics (Comfort Category):
- Low Rate Per Night Focus What You Pay Is What You Get Experience.
- Comfort Accommodation Standards In Its Destination Category.
- Meeting Above Minimum Standards In Amenities, Food, Lodging and Personal
Experience.
- Always Includes Accommodations With Many Numbers Of Guests.
- Experiences While At The Beach Hotel Are Above Minimum Standards.
- Time Tabled Program and Most Times Not Flexible To Change.
- May Not Be Able To Adequately Respond To Guest Concerns In A Timely
Fashion.
Tier 5 Hotel Characteristics (Value Category):
- Cheapest Rate Per Night Experience What You Pay Is What You Get
Experience.
- Value Accommodation Standards In Its Destination Category.
- Meeting Only Minimum Standards In Amenities, Food, Lodging and Personal
Experience.
- Always Includes Accommodations With Many Numbers Of Guests.
- Experience While At The Beach Hotel Are Only Minimum Standards.
- May Not Be Able To Adequately Respond To Guest Concerns In A Timely
Fashion.
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