Preferred Hotels & Resorts is the world’s largest independent hotel brand, representing more than 650 independent hotels, resorts, and residences, across 85 countries. The company's corporate headquarters is in Newport Beach, California, and it has sales offices worldwide. Preferred Hotels & Resorts does not own, operate, or manage any of the hotels within its portfolio. All of the hotels, resorts, and serviced residences within the Preferred Hotels & Resorts portfolio are independent entities. The organization's quality standards are measured by yearly anonymous on-site inspections and real-time quality assessment scores pulled from social media sites.