Hotel Excelsior wins Expedia.com award

Online travel booking company Expedia.com has named the Grand Hotel Excelsior as one of the top one per cent of hotels in the world for the quality of guest experience.

In an "Overall Satisfaction" rating of five, the Grand Hotel Excelsior has achieved an impressive score of 4.8 across four separate rating systems on Expedia's Insiders' Select Award 2009. Hotel Service, Hotel Condition, Room Cleanliness and Room Comfort scored 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 4.7 respectively. The Expedia Insiders' Select 2009 is a listing of top hotels ranked on value and quality as determined by their own experts and millions of actual paying customers around the world.

Hotels and resorts ranked on the Expedia Insiders' Select listing include only the top one per cent of hotels worldwide. This award is judged by guests' experiences together with Expedia hotel experts, ranking the Excelsior as one of the world's finest hotels.

In just two years of operation, the Excelsior has already won two major industry awards for the world-class quality of its Food & Beverage and the high standards of its Human Resources management.

Described as a 'Luxury Valletta hotel with varied restaurants', Expedia goes on to describe the Excelsior as 'Set beside the 16th-century bastions of the waterfront city of Valletta, this luxury modern hotel is amid landscaped gardens, 200 metres from the city centre. Guests can cool off in the indoor and outdoor pools, relax in the hotel spa tub, work out in the gym, and keep in touch with complimentary wireless Internet. Grand Hotel Excelsior's 439 air-conditioned guest rooms all include bathrobes, slippers, Internet connections, satellite television, minibars and safes."