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Honesty is more important than ever – Why fakes with wrong hotel classification damages image of hospitality industry

Hotel stars - ZDF

By Carsten Hennig, Managing Editor Europe
Headlines about hotels – In Germany we are faced with uncoverings of methodical fakes with official hotel classicfication. One quarter of 1,000 investigated hotels primped with unapproved ‘hotel stars’, a German TV channel revealed.

Hotel stars -  ZDF

This fatal error damages the image of the hospitality industry, whis is going through a crises due to less applications for jobs. Honesty is the most important virtue even to younger people aged between 14 and 24, a study reported. After crises with faked exhaust emmissions of German automobiles and disclosures of embellished CV of Member of Parliament, this no wonder.

This are the most affordable values for young people (14-24y):

  1. Honesty
  2. Independence
  3. Hospitality
  4. Self-confidence
  5. Cooperativeness