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Is Your Hotel Star-Crossed?

What the heck do the stars in an Italian hotel ranking indicate? Price? Quality? Proximity to the Andromeda galaxy? Here’s your answer.

By Dave Nelson

In Italy, I have stayed in three-star hotels in one place that were more expensive than five-star hotels in another place. On many occasions, four-star hotels had fewer amenities than two-star hotels. So what gives? What do those stars associated with Italian hotel rankings mean? Price? Quality? Read more