Gold Awards: The Top 10% hotels of a brand that are award eligible, ranked by the 12-month unadjusted Likelihood to Recommend score, are awarded the Gold award.
Platinum Awards: The Top 3% hotels of a brand that are award eligible, ranked by the 12-month unadjusted Likelihood to Recommend score, are awarded the Platinum award.
Ring of Honor Awards: The Top 1% hotels of a brand that are award eligible, ranked by the 12-month unadjusted Likelihood to Recommend score, are awarded the Ring of Honor award.
Best of Choice: The top rated Ring of Honor hotel, in consultation with brand leaders and the awards team, is awarded the Best of Choice award.
Awards “Time in Brand” Requirement: All hotels, including repositioned hotels, must by in their current brand for at least 12 months to be eligible for an award.
Awards “Good Standing” Requirement: All hotels must be in Good Standing with Choice to be awards eligible. Good Standing means a hotel cannot have any outstanding financial, credit, legal or non-compliant PIP inspection issues, and must be in “green status” on their December Performance Zone scorecard. All hotels must also have a certified operations manager on file and be compliant with all required property training. Hotels that are not a part of the Performance Zones program are still subject to a Good Standing check.
References: ChoiceCentral: Awards and Recognition