Mobil Guide

Mobil Guide (also known as Mobil Travel Guide) is a star rating service and series of travel guides for hotels and restaurants.

Founded by Mobil in 1958, it is the oldest travel guide in the United States. Ratings are given by anonymous, paid staff members in stars, from one to five (with no half-stars or zero stars), based on objective criteria. A four or five-star rating is a considerable honor, with only 60-70 hotels and restaurants receiving the top rating. The ratings serve as a Certification mark, in that Mobil has registered trademarks for the phrases and designs indicating each star rating level, and allows only rated establishments to display them.Although less exclusive than the Michelin guide, Mobil employs a similar system of recommending and rating only approved establishments. For example, it only lists 9,000 of the 50,000 hotels in the United States.

Initially guides were regional, and limited to the United States and Canada. Later, Mobil began introducing city and state guides and, in 2007, guides to international cities. Published in print by ExonMobil Travel Publications, as of 2005 the guide is published online by HowStuffWorks.com.

External links

* [http://mobiltravelguide.howstuffworks.com/ official site]
* [http://www.mobilinternationalratings.com/ international rating site]

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