Independent hotel index · methodology 2.0
Rated by experts
Ranked for you
2,656 hotels recognised by independent inspectors and juries, ranked by one public formula. Nothing a hotel pays changes it.
How do you travel? The index reorders for you.
HRI 2.0 = 0.70 × expert recognition + 0.30 × facility coherence, calibrated nightly. Deposited at 10.5281/zenodo.23670609 · how it works · connect your AI agent
HRI 2.0 = 0.70 × expert recognition + 0.30 × facility coherence, calibrated nightly. Deposited at 10.5281/zenodo.23670609 · how it works · connect your AI agent
Travellers
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Browse the rated set by country or category, see exactly why a hotel scores what it does, and let the index reorder for how you travel.
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The index, machine-readable
The deposited paper, the change record of every version, and the API and MCP endpoint your AI assistant can query.
Methodology, API and MCP →The formula · published and versioned
How the score is made
Two components with fixed weights, then a confidence factor and nightly calibration. Every parameter, the prestige table and the anchors are on the methodology page.
Read the full methodology →Expert recognition
Forbes Travel Guide, Michelin Keys, The 50 Best Hotels and World Travel Awards, weighted by prestige and propagated through the graph of hotels recognised alongside each other. Paid memberships are shown, never scored.
Facility coherence
Confirmed facilities against what hotels of the same location type usually have. An unknown facility costs nothing; only the hotel's own declaration can mark one absent.
Independence charter · adopted June 2026
“No hotel group, hotel operator, online travel agency, metasearch platform, hotel marketing or distribution company, nor any entity controlled by or affiliated with them, may directly or indirectly hold more than 5% of the equity of the company that operates the HotelsRating Index, or hold a seat on its board.”