"Finest Western International, Inc. possesses the most effective Western Hotels & Resorts brand name, which it accredits to over 4,500 hotels worldwide. [2] The franchise business, with its corporate headquarters in Phoenix az, Arizona, [3] consists of more than 2,000 hotels in North America. [4] The brand name was founded by M.K. Guertin in 1946. As of May 2019, David Kong is the head of state as well as Chief Executive Officer of Best Western and also Dorothy Dowling is the principal advertising and marketing police officer.

In 1964, Canadian resort owners joined the system. Ideal Western then expanded to Mexico, Australia, as well as New Zealand in 1976.

In 2002, Finest Western International launched Ideal Western Premier in Europe and Asia. (The other resorts in the chain were called Ideal Western.) In 2011, the chain's branding system-wide changed to a three-tiered system: Best Western, Best Western And Also, and also Ideal Western Premier."