2016 Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings: Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC Earns 5 Stars for 11th Consecutive Year, Reflecting Highest Level of Service

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world’s leading luxury hospitality company, announces that Forbes Travel Guide has bestowed Five Stars, its highest designation, on Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. Worldwide, 26 Four Seasons hotels and resorts earned the coveted Five-Star designation in 2016, the most for a single hotel brand.

For 11 consecutive years, Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC has received the Forbes Five-Star designation and continues to be the only Forbes Five Star hotel in Washington, DC.

“It is an honour to receive this prestigious award and it is a direct result of our dedicated and hardworking 450 employees who continually strive to anticipate our guests' needs and provide the highest level of service,” says David Bernand, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. “Our exceptional and professional team coupled with our ever-evolving hotel enhancements has made this achievement possible once again.”  

Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC is also distinguished as a AAA Five Diamond hotel, an award the Hotel has earned for 27 consecutive years, and is the only one in the nation’s capital to have achieved both the Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond Awards.    

Star Ratings are awarded by a team of anonymous professional inspectors. In the words of Forbes Travel Guide, its inspectors “travel the world to assess hotels, restaurants and spas against up to 800 objective standards.” Star Ratings ultimately emphasise quality of service. Five-Star properties are defined as “outstanding, often iconic properties with virtually flawless service and amazing facilities.”