For its 67 annual Star Awards, Forbes Travel Guide has revealed its 2025 Star Awards including five stars to this Houston luxury hotel.
Colby Smith
This afternoon the Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Star Awards. Prided as the sole “independent, global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, and ocean cruises”, FTG has announced its 67th annual list, encompassing over 2,100 properties throughout 90 countries across the world. Included in the winner’s list, is a Five-Star rating for the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston.
This year’s 2025 Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards features 645 Four-Star hotels, 567 Recommended hotels, 336 Five-Star hotels, 224 Four-Star spas, 128 Four-Star restaurants, 124 Five-Star spas, 79 Five-Star restaurants, 7 recommended cruise ships, 7 Four-Star cruise ships, 3 recommended cruise ship restaurants, and 3 Four-Star cruise ship restaurants. Its cruise ship restaurants category is a newly introduced accolade.
Forbes Travel Guide has a roster of around 900 highly trained inspectors who visit properties across the world under anonymity. With a special focus on service, the inspectors gauge facilities’ merit in every step of the process, “from making a reservation through departure” assessing cleanliness, comfort, efficiency, staff knowledge, sense of luxury, and more.
The FTG full criteria considered in its evaluations is up to 900 factors. FTG prides itself in not taking commission or engaging in partnerships with properties to retain independency and integrity of its rating system.
FTG has a three-tiered award system, consisting of:
Among the award winners include the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston. In the 2025 Star Awards, Forbes awarded Five Stars to the hotel, as well as Five Stars for the Post Oak Hotel Spa.
The 2025 Star Awards also include numerous Four Star properties in Houston, including Four Seasons Hotel Houston, Hotel Granduca Houston, The Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa, The St. Regis Houston, and Trellis Spa.
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