“Too many five stars out there”, says Thorsten Buehrmann from New York, the founder of this unique method of recognizing the best that life has to offer. The rich, the famous and the affluent travelers of the world agree.
Tourism-Insider is a new member.
Seven Stars and Stripes® is the brainchild of handsome entrepreneur, connoisseur and gourmet, Thorsten Buehrmann. He is an expert in global market development with an emphasis on luxury hospitality and cuisine. Buehrmann was simply too often disappointed on his frequent travels with, what he

considers, ‘antiquated and overrated’ hotel and restaurant recognitions.
Buehrmann founded Seven Stars and Stripes® as the only global award system of its kind that goes beyond the established norm, carefully perceiving and discerning the proper level of quality in luxury hospitality and cuisine – on location only. Thorsten Buehrmann and his reviewer teams are backed up by the highly respected expertise of the Seven Stars and Stripes Advisory Board. Drawing on decades of experience, the carefully selected Seven Stars and Stripes Advisory Board members advises the mission driven Seven Stars and Stripes management and their teams worldwide.
About the Seven Stars and Stripes Advisory Board. These carefully chosen distinctive members are a global network of experts who have agreed to give the Seven Stars and Stripes Foundation meaningful input on a regular basis in many different areas, including organizational development, policy, and they may suggest establishments that deserve the outmost recognition. Their abilities, experience, and knowledge represents the vision of the ultimate global recognition, Seven Stars and Stripes.

The Board advises in all affairs; sometimes questions will be directed at the whole group, sometimes individuals are consulted. They share an active dialog with the management of Seven Stars and Stripes. They are chosen not as a ‘list of highly recognizable names’, but as a group of people that the Seven Stars and Stripes teams interacts and consults with regularly.
Joachim Fischer, Editor-in-chief of Tourism-Insider, is now with his magazine Tourism-Insider a new member in this Seven stars and stripes – Organisation.