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Security report for bestwestern.co.uk

Best Western Hotels & Resorts GB · Hospitality · United Kingdom

Low risk. 3 critical or high findings in Security headers and SSL/TLS.

Security score

78/100

Risk levelLow

0–100, higher is better. How it is calculated

Best Western Hotels & Resorts GB operates a comprehensive hotel booking platform targeting UK and global travelers. The website offers access to over 200 hotels in Great Britain and more than 4,000 globally, featuring various hotel brands and packages. The business model focuses on direct bookings, loyalty rewards, and curated hotel packages, positioning itself as a large and established player in the hospitality industry. The website is professionally designed with good content quality and consistent branding, supporting a positive user experience and trustworthiness. Technically, the site employs modern web technologies including Google Tag Manager, Cookiebot for consent management, and Cloudflare services for security and performance. The site is mobile-optimized and implements cookie consent mechanisms compliant with GDPR. Analytics and marketing integrations are extensive, leveraging Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, and other third-party services to track user behavior and optimize advertising. From a security perspective, the website enforces HTTPS and uses anti-CSRF tokens and bot protection cookies. While explicit security headers are not fully confirmed, the presence of Cloudflare Turnstile captcha and bot management cookies indicates a proactive security posture. No vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were detected in the analysis. However, the absence of a public security policy or incident response contact limits transparency. Overall, the website is safe, professional, and compliant with privacy regulations, though the lack of WHOIS data due to domain registration constraints introduces some uncertainty in domain legitimacy verification. Strategic recommendations include enhancing security header implementation, publishing a vulnerability disclosure policy, and improving accessibility compliance to further strengthen the security and trust posture.

Scanned

NIS2 and GDPR posture

GDPR outside view
88/ 100 · Low
Checks completed
7of 7

NIS2 Art. 21(2)

  1. (a) Risk analysis and security policies: Not visible from outside
  2. (b) Incident handling: One indicator
  3. (c) Business continuity, backups and crisis management: Not visible from outside
  4. (d) Supply chain security: Not visible from outside
  5. (e) Secure acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling: Partly checked
  6. (f) Assessing the effectiveness of security measures: Not visible from outside
  7. (g) Cyber hygiene and security training: Not visible from outside
  8. (h) Cryptography and encryption: Partly checked
  9. (i) HR security, access control and asset management: One indicator
  10. (j) Multi-factor authentication and secured communications: Not visible from outside

This scan rated NIS2 with an earlier keyword method that is no longer shown; rescan for the per-article view. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.

GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.

Priority findings

3 findings rated critical or high. Fix these first.

  1. Security headers

    Security headers are instructions your web server sends to every visitor’s browser. Missing ones leave visitors more exposed to attacks such as clickjacking and injected scripts.

    • High

      Missing Content-Security-Policy header

      Controls resources the browser is allowed to load

      What to do: Implement a Content-Security-Policy appropriate for your application

      • ASVS V3.4.3
      • OWASP Secure Headers: OWASP Secure Headers Project recommends Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; base-uri 'self'; object-src 'none';…
  2. SSL/TLS

    TLS encrypts the connection and proves the site is really yours. Weak or expiring certificates trigger browser warnings and put traffic at risk.

    • High

      Weak Protocols Supported

      Server supports weak protocols: TLSv1.1

      What to do: Disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and all SSL versions

      • CWE-327
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • ASVS V12.1.1
    • High

      Weak SSL Key Length

      SSL certificate uses 256-bit key, which is considered weak

      What to do: Use at least 2048-bit RSA or 256-bit ECC key

      • CWE-326
      • OWASP A04:2025
      • Mozilla TLS: Mozilla Server Side TLS 6.0 intermediate: rsa_key_size 2048

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  • TLS certificates and expiry
  • DNS records
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  • Third-party trackers
  • Security score drift

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Results by check

Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.

How this score is calculated

The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.

Counted in this score

SSL/TLS
52
Security headers
70
Email security
85
DNS health
75
Network security
100
GDPR outside view
88
Average
78

Not counted

  • NIS2 outside view: Re-weights evidence from the TLS, email, DNS, network and hygiene checks, so counting it would count that evidence twice. Shown on its own.
  • OffSeq Observations: An AI reading of the site, useful context but not reproducible evidence. Shown on its own.

Findings that cap the score at 49

Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.

  • The certificate is not trusted by browsers
  • The website is not served over HTTPS
  • A database, remote desktop, file-sharing or Telnet service is reachable from the internet
  • The page loads a script from a compromised source
  • The domain registration has expired
  • SPF authorises every server to send mail as the domain

Partial scans

When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.

Risk levels

  • Critical0–25
  • High26–49
  • Medium50–75
  • Low76–100

Breach exposure

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Dark web exposure

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Total records
812
Employees
0
Customers
812
Third parties
0
Weak passwords
6%

3 subdomains affected

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Technical appendix

Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.

Business context

Business profile

Best Western Hotels & Resorts GB holds a strong market position as a large hospitality brand with a broad hotel portfolio and multiple brands. Its competitive advantage lies in direct booking incentives, a loyalty rewards program, and diverse hotel packages tailored to UK and international travelers. Revenue streams primarily come from hotel bookings and package sales. The target customer segments include leisure and business travelers seeking quality accommodations near major UK hubs. The company leverages partnerships with marketing and analytics providers to optimize customer acquisition and retention. The website's digital presence reflects a mature and well-maintained platform supporting growth and customer engagement.

Security posture

The website demonstrates a good security maturity level with enforced HTTPS, bot protection mechanisms, and anti-CSRF tokens. The integration of Cloudflare Turnstile captcha and BotManager cookies enhances defense against automated threats. Privacy compliance is strong with a comprehensive privacy policy and cookie consent management. However, the absence of explicit security headers like X-Frame-Options and a public incident response or vulnerability disclosure policy represents gaps in transparency and defense-in-depth. No critical vulnerabilities or exposed sensitive data were identified. The security posture is suitable for the hospitality sector but could benefit from formalized incident response and disclosure practices.

Recommendations

  1. Implement and verify security headers such as X-Frame-Options and X-Content-Type-Options to enhance protection against clickjacking and MIME sniffing.
  2. Publish a formal vulnerability disclosure policy and security.txt file to improve transparency and facilitate responsible reporting.
  3. Conduct regular third-party script audits to mitigate risks from external dependencies.
  4. Enhance website accessibility to meet WCAG standards, improving inclusivity and compliance.
  5. Establish and publicize incident response contact channels to strengthen trust and readiness.

Contact details published on the site

Addresses
Site observations

Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.

Business

Company
Best Western Hotels & Resorts GB
Description
Book any of BWH Hotels 200+ GB hotels or 4,000+ globally and enjoy your next stunning break. Choose from any of our 19 brands including: Best Western Hotels, Sure Hotel and WorldHotels.
Key services
Hotel bookings, Hotel packages, Rewards program
Content quality
good
Branding
consistent

Technology

Stack
Google Tag Manager, Cookiebot, Cloudflare Turnstile, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Performance
moderate
Mobile
good
Accessibility
basic
SEO
good

Security

Observed score
80/100
Good practices seen
  • HTTPS enforced
  • Anti-CSRF cookies (.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.#)
  • Bot protection cookies (datadome, ddSession)
  • Cloudflare Turnstile captcha integration

Analytics and tracking

Services
Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Snowplow Analytics
Tracking level
extensive
Privacy practices
good

Advertising

Ad networks
Google DoubleClick, Microsoft Advertising, StackAdapt, SaleCycle
Tracking pixels
Microsoft Clarity, Snowplow Analytics
Marketing tools
Cookiebot
Transparency
good

Site quality

Design
good
User experience
good
Content relevance
good
Navigation
good
Professionalism
good
Trustworthiness
high

Key observations

  1. Website is fully accessible with rich content and interactive booking features.
  2. Strong cookie consent and privacy compliance mechanisms are implemented.
  3. Multiple third-party marketing and analytics integrations are present.
  4. No security blocking or WAF challenge detected.
  5. WHOIS data is unavailable due to domain registration rules, limiting domain trust verification.
  6. Website targets UK and global travelers with hotel booking services.
  7. No adult or questionable content detected.
Technical notes

Notes

The website uses a modern technology stack including Google Tag Manager for tag management, Cookiebot for GDPR-compliant cookie consent, and Cloudflare services for security and performance optimization. The site is built with standard HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, with responsive design for mobile devices. Performance is moderate with room for optimization. No specific CMS was identified from the source. The hosting appears to be via Cloudflare CDN and security services. The site includes extensive third-party integrations for analytics, marketing, and bot protection, which require ongoing management to avoid technical debt and security risks.
Standards and sources

Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.

Retrieved 2026-10-25

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