The Paris Five-Star Hotel Quality Benchmark 2026 is an independent research study by HotScore Analytics, based on 121,959 validated guest reviews across the Paris five-star hotel market.
Executive Summary | May 2023 – May 2026
Three years. 121,959 validated guest reviews. 107–114 five-star hotels analysed annually.
The study examines:
- market-wide quality trends;
- the stability and renewal of the market’s leading hotels;
- differences between global branded, regional branded and independent properties;
- the role of international luxury affiliations;
- hotel scale and guest-perceived quality;
- changes observed during and after the exceptional demand period surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Key findings:
- Four Seasons Hotel George V ranked No. 1 in all three annual evaluation periods, with HotScore results of 89.5, 92.4 and 93.5.
- The Paris five-star market average moved from 80.3 in 2023–2024 to 81.9 in 2024–2025 and 81.2 in 2025–2026.
- Global branded hotels accounted for 63.3% of all Top 10 positions across the three evaluation periods.
- When independent hotels affiliated with Small Luxury Hotels of the World or The Leading Hotels of the World are included, the share rises to 93.3% of all Top 10 positions.
- A total of 19 different hotels occupied the 30 available Top 10 positions across the three-year period, indicating a stable leadership core alongside meaningful competitive renewal.
- Larger hotel scale was not associated with weaker guest-perceived quality among the higher-performing global branded properties.
The analysis is based on 121,959 validated guest reviews and was produced by HotScore Analytics using the proprietary HotScore™ hotel-quality benchmarking methodology.
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The 14-page Executive Summary is publicly available and free to access:
SSRN:https://ssrn.com/abstract=7370459
Zenodo:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22679940
Suggested citation:
Georgieva, I. (2026). Paris Five-Star Hotel Quality Benchmark 2026: Executive Summary, May 2023–May 2026. HotScore Analytics. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22679940
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