12 Facts About Best Western

Best Western then expanded to Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand in 1976.

In 2002, Best Western International launched Best Western Premier in Europe and Asia.

Name "Best Western" originated from the fact that most of the chain's original operators were west of the Mississippi River in the United States.

From 1946 to 1964, Best Western had a marketing partnership with Quality Courts, the forerunner of the chain known today as Quality Inns, whose properties were located mostly east of the Mississippi River, and thus not in direct competition with Best Western.

Best Western purchased WorldHotels in February 2019 adding approximately 360 additional hotels and 81,248 more rooms to its brand.

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Best Western used to call itself a cooperative membership association, and as such could be seen as a co-op.

In early 2007, Best Western Australia took over the rights to operate Best Western properties in New Zealand from the previous company, the Motel Federation of New Zealand.

On May 21,2013, Best Western International announced that it will take over management of the Green Hill Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.

Since 1948 the Best Western logo has had approximately 13 modification to the main brand logo, with the last brand logo change made in 2015.

In 2015, a complete overhaul of the Best Western logo resulted in a very different logo from the previous years, with the most notable change being the removal of the crown which had been a part of the logo since 1962.

The Best Western website has a picture of all of their past logos in their "timeline and story" section.

Best Western owns the WorldHotels Collection which includes 4 additional brands, whose logos are all the same, except for the addition of the distinguishing descriptors of Luxury, Elite, Distinctive, and Crafted.