Hotel chain reviews: Best Western hotels

The world’s largest hotel chain was begun in 1946 by hotelier M.K. Guertin, and named for it’s California origins. The Best Western Hotels now boast over 4200 separate properties around the world, with 2000 of them here in the United States.

They continue to offer the same comfortable and safe environment that you would expect from a Best Western, but because of their independent nature, each property takes on the look and feel of their surroundings. Many of the California properties have a spanish mission feel about them while properties in New York have more of a sophisticated nature.

If you happen to be in Vienna, Austria the Best Western was once named the Hotel Tigra. It has been noted to have Mozart as it’s guest in the summer of 1773.

Best Western operates as a non-profit membership association, in which each franchisee acts and votes as a member of the association.

To find out more about Best Western Hotels visit their home page at www.bestwestern.com