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Best Western Premier vs Hyatt Regency

Averages across 116 Best Western Premier and 299 Hyatt Regency hotels, and a head-to-head in the 20 cities where both brands have a hotel.

Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Best Western Premier

Average guest rating
8.7
Hotels tracked
116

Hyatt

Hyatt Regency

Average guest rating
8.8
Hotels tracked
299

The short answer

On the numbers: Hyatt Regency

Hyatt Regency leads on 3 of 6 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.06), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

Every measured fact

Averages over each brand's hotels. A dot marks the better figure.

Best Western Premier vs Hyatt Regency: which hotel brand is better?
Best Western Premier vs Hyatt Regency: which hotel brand is better?Best Western PremierHyatt Regency
Guest ratings
Average guest rating 8.71 8.77 +0.06
Rated 8 or more 91% 96% +5%
Rated below 7 0% 0%
Guest reviews behind the average 35,047 113,841
Same city, head to head (cities where both are rated: 16)
Cities where it is rated higher 5 10
The hotels
Hotels tracked 116 299
Countries 32 54
Typical opening year 2015 2011
Built or renovated in the last 10 years 73% 63%
Usual check-in 15:00 15:00
Usual check-out 11:00 12:00

Both brands, same city

The best-rated hotel of each brand in cities where both have one. Open a match-up for the full hotel comparison.

Best Western Premier or Hyatt Regency: common questions

Is Best Western Premier or Hyatt Regency better?

On average, Hyatt Regency hotels score 8.77/10 from guests and Best Western Premier hotels 8.71/10. Hyatt Regency leads on 3 of the 6 measures we compare. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.06), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

When both are in the same city, which is rated higher?

In the 16 cities where both have rated hotels, Best Western Premier has the higher average in 5 and Hyatt Regency in 10.

Which brand has newer hotels?

The typical Best Western Premier hotel opened in 2015, the typical Hyatt Regency hotel in 2011.

Which brand has more hotels?

StayVersus tracks 116 Best Western Premier hotels in 32 countries and 299 Hyatt Regency hotels in 54 countries.

Do Best Western Premier and Hyatt Regency belong to the same company?

No. Best Western Premier belongs to Best Western Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Regency to Hyatt.

More brand match-ups

Updated 13 Oct 2026. Averages over the hotels StayVersus tracks: guest ratings from Agoda (hotels with 5+ reviews), Google ratings from public Google Maps listings (hotels with 20+ reviews). A hotel counts for a brand only when its name confirms it. How we score