For five-star hotels
List your hotel where travellers only look at five stars
Connect through the channel manager you already use. Your guests pay you directly, and our commission is invoiced only once they have stayed.
- 15% only on completed stays
- Your guest pays you directly
- Channel manager, API or iCal
Every month, travellers search Google 547,000 times for “luxury hotels” and “5 star hotels”.
Hotel5only is built for that search alone: one category of hotel, each one officially classified, each page written for the traveller choosing between them.
Source: Google Ads monthly search volume, worldwide, in English, measured with DataForSEO, 28 September 2026.
- 545officially classified five-star hotels in our registerAtout France classification register
- 33Palaces documented from the official listAtout France Palace list
- 54destination guides, researched and fact-checkedHotel5only journal
Put your hotel in front of that search.
Apply to become a partnerAn audience that begins at five stars
Travellers come to Hotel5only to choose between five-star hotels, and nothing else. There is no three-star filter to scroll past and no hostel listed beside your suites: your hotel is compared with its peers.
Chosen by category
Every hotel on the site holds an official five-star classification. Guests arrive having already decided on the level of service they expect.
Read before booked
Our pages set out what travellers check before a five-star stay: rooms and their sizes, dining, spa, setting and official distinctions, each fact taken from a named source.
International by design
The site is written in English for travellers planning stays abroad, with the United States and the United Kingdom among its core markets.
Direct partners are seen first
Every hotel in our register can appear on Hotel5only. Hotels that connect directly with us receive far more visibility than those we reach only through affiliate booking links.
| On Hotel5only | Listed hotel | Direct partner |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel page | Yes | Yes, with your rooms and live rates |
| Placement on destination pages, in search and on the map | Standard order | First, ahead of listed hotels |
| How guests book | Through a third-party booking site | Directly, with your live availability |
| Who receives the booking and the payment | The booking site | You |
| Commission | Set by the booking site | 15%, on completed stays only |
Partnership buys visibility, never praise. Our portraits, classifications and sources stay independent of any commercial relationship. Read our editorial policy
Move ahead of listed hotels.
Apply to become a partner15%. Only once your guest has stayed.
No listing fee, no subscription and no minimum term. At the end of each month we send a single invoice for the stays completed during that month. A cancelled booking or a no-show is never invoiced.
What the 15% covers
- Your hotel page and its place on our destination pages
- Placement ahead of listed hotels across the site
- Bookings from travellers who came looking for five stars
Nothing is due until a guest has stayed.
Apply to become a partner- Paid by the guest, to you
- €4,200
- Our commission, invoiced after check-out
- €630
- Yours to keep
- €3,570
Your guest, your payment, your policies
Hotel5only never takes the guest’s money. The reservation reaches you through your connection, and you charge the guest under your own deposit, prepayment and cancellation policies, exactly as for a booking made on your own website. No funds held by a third party, and no payout to wait for.
Ready when your hotel is.
Applying takes a few minutes and commits you to nothing. Our partnerships team replies personally.
Apply to become a partnerHotel connectivity, the way you already work
Connect once, in the way that suits your hotel. Your team keeps working in the systems it already knows.
Channel managers and reservation systems we connect with
- SiteMinder
- D-EDGE
- Sabre SynXis
- Amadeus iHotelier
- Oracle OPERA Cloud
- DerbySoft
- Pegasus
- RateGain
- eRevMax
- Mews
- Cloudbeds
- Profitroom
- Vertical Booking
- Hotel Spider
- Channex
- STAAH
Yours is not listed? Name it in your application
From application to first guest
Apply
Tell us about your hotel in a few minutes. Applying commits you to nothing.
Review
We confirm your five-star classification and reply to you personally.
Connect
Map your rooms and rates through your channel manager, our API or iCal, with our team alongside.
Welcome guests
Your page becomes bookable and moves ahead of listed hotels across the site.
The first step takes a few minutes.
Apply to become a partnerWhich hotels can apply?
Hotels holding an official five-star classification, such as Atout France’s in France. Where a country has no official scheme, we review the hotel against recognised five-star standards.
How is the 15% commission calculated?
It applies to the accommodation amount of each completed stay booked through Hotel5only. There is no listing fee, no subscription and no minimum term.
When do you send the invoice?
Once a month, for the stays completed during that month. Each booking appears on it with its dates and amount.
What happens with cancellations and no-shows?
Nothing is invoiced. Commission is due only when the guest has stayed.
Who takes the guest’s payment?
You do. Hotel5only does not process payments: you charge the guest under your own prepayment, deposit and cancellation policies.
Which channel managers do you work with?
The leading channel managers and reservation systems, including SiteMinder, D-EDGE, Sabre SynXis, Amadeus iHotelier and Oracle OPERA Cloud. If yours is not listed, name it in your application: our API and iCal sync cover the other cases.
Can I keep my other channels?
Yes. Partnership is not exclusive, and you remain in control of your rates, availability and policies.
Why do direct partners get more visibility?
Their pages are bookable with live rates and availability, so we show them first on destination pages, in search results and on the map. Listed hotels keep their page and their place in our register.
Does partnership change what you write about my hotel?
No. Our portraits, official classifications and sources stay independent of any commercial relationship, as our editorial policy sets out.
How quickly can my hotel go live?
As soon as your rooms and rates are mapped and checked with you. With a channel manager or an iCal link, that is a short step.
Terms of partnership
- Commission
- 15% of the accommodation amount, on completed stays only
- Payment
- Your guest pays you, under your own policies
- Cancellations and no-shows
- Never invoiced
- Connection
- Your channel manager, our API or iCal
- To join
- No listing fee, no subscription, no minimum term
One invoice a month, for the stays completed that month.
Our partnerships team reviews every application and replies personally by email.
Apply to become a partnerInvited by our team? Mention it in your application.