What does the number of stars, which is assigned to the hotel? It is logical to assume that it says about the level of the hotel or the hotel, the degree of their proposed comfort and variety of services. Frequently Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. has said that publicly. The more stars, the higher level of service, comfortable rooms and a correspondingly large range of services. Not exactly. Actually, not everywhere. The fact that different countries have different classification system of hotels, and in each country adopted their national standards.

For example, in Greece, are using letters (A, B, C, D), in the UK – the "crown", etc. System of stars, assuming five categories of hotels – the most common, it used in Russia, Italy, France, Austria, Turkey, Egypt, etc. But even a system of classification does not guarantee travelers the same level of service and comfortable hotel rooms in the same category, but located in different countries. Why is this happening? Why is starting, for example, in some warm Arab country, you can suddenly find that your room in five-star hotel is like a student dormitory, and the best local hotels belong to 9 +? The fact is that in different countries – different ways of assigning stars hotels and hotels. In some countries the hotel owners themselves, at its discretion assign a category hotel. For example, in the , as in most Arab countries, the number of 'stars' of the hotel is limited imagination of its owner, and operate here on the principle of 'more is better'.