The World's Largest Hotel Chain Best Western International, Inc., is the world's largest hotel brand with more than 4,000 hotels in 80 countries. With over 50 years of experience, Best Western offers you a solid commitment of quality, service and value.

The independent advantage offered through Best Western has been a cornerstone in U.S. markets for 59 years and in Europe for 29 years.

As of fall 2004, all Best Western hotels in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean offer free high-speed Internet access to guests. Best Western International is the most unique brand in the industry. Nowhere else will you find hotels that were formerly castles built by Napoleon or hotels that comprise part of a drive-in movie theater. Best Western operates consolidated reservations centers in Phoenix and Glendale, Arizona; Milan, Italy; Manila, Philippines; and York, England.

Best Western's worldwide sales offices are located in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York City, Orlando, Paris, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, DC. The Automobile Association of America rates 74 percent of Best Western hotels in North America two or three diamond. Nearly 80 percent of our hotels in Europe received three or four-star ratings. Recently, Best Western has made first-time hotel ventures into Croatia, and Nicaragua. Best Western offers members the unique advantage of retaining their independence while providing the benefits of a full-service, international lodging affiliation offering a global reservations system, marketing, advertising, purchasing, training and quality standards. Best Western International Inc. was one of the first lodging brands to provide booking capabilities to Internet users around the world when the hospitality giant added this service on Dec. 19, 1995.

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