Half Moon

The Venue Index™ · #26 of 500

Half Moon

Independent · Montego Bay, Jamaica

Half Moon / Google

Index score

86.0/ 100

Ranked #26 of 500

Held at #26

A 400-acre Jamaican estate hosting incentive groups for decades — golf, equestrian center, and villas that swallow a leadership tier.

How Half Moon scores

Guest Experience · 25%Computed83.9

Service depth, suite product, and the arrival-to-departure feel for a top performer

Source: Google verified guest ratings (review-volume weighted), blended 50/50 with editorial assessment

Group Readiness · 25%Editorial · Fact-anchored93.6

Meeting space, group F&B, event operations, and incentive-program track record

Source: Anchored to verified property facts — rooms, meeting space, max group, buyout (shown below)

Setting · 20%Editorial85.1

Location, views, grounds, and the sense of place a program trades on

Source: Editorial assessment against published criteria

Dining & Wellness · 15%Editorial97.4

Restaurant program, spa and wellness facilities, and signature experiences on property

Source: Editorial assessment; Michelin & recognized-spa signals forthcoming

Value · 15%Editorial66.6

What the program budget buys relative to peers in the same tier and destination

Source: Live median nightly rate (Google Hotels), quality-adjusted and blended 50/50 with editorial

Verified by two independent sources

#1 of 6 hotels in Rose Hall

Guest sentiment, triangulated

Google4.52,422 reviews
TripAdvisor4.73,695 reviews
Travelers ChoiceTravelers ChoiceLocation 4.8Value 4.3Service 4.7

Traveler mix

based on 2,877 TripAdvisor reviews

Who travels here

  • Family42%
  • Couples33%
  • Friends13%
  • Business9%
  • Solo3%

42% of reviews come from business and couples travelers — a proxy for adult, professional-skewing demand over family leisure. Context only, not part of the Index score.

Rooms210keys on property
Max group300realistic incentive size
Meeting space20,000 sq fttotal function space
Full buyoutRareexclusive-use availability

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Methodology

How this score is computed

total = 0.25 × 83.9 (Guest Experience) + 0.25 × 93.6 (Group Readiness) + 0.20 × 85.1 (Setting) + 0.15 × 97.4 (Dining & Wellness) + 0.15 × 66.6 (Value) = 86.0

Guest Experience 83.9 — consensus of Google (4.5★/2,422) and TripAdvisor (4.7★/3,695), each Bayesian-adjusted and review-weighted, then blended with the editorial base (base weight decays as pooled reviews rise), Aug 23, 2026

Five pillars, each scored 0–100, weighted per the published methodology. Each pillar is labeled Computed or Editorial above, per venue: Value and Guest Experience convert to a 50/50 blend of the editorial base and the computed input as live rate data and verified guest ratings land; Group Readiness is editorial, anchored to the property facts shown above; Setting and Dining & Wellness are editorial judgments against published criteria. Every change lands in the append-only readings ledger below, and venues may submit verified data for the next edition. No venue pays to be ranked.

Index log

DateTotalRank
Aug 30, 202686.0#26
Aug 29, 202686.0#26
Aug 23, 202686.0#26
Aug 22, 202686.0#26
Aug 16, 202686.0#26
Aug 15, 202686.0#26
Aug 9, 202686.0#26
Aug 8, 202686.0#25
Ranking historyOur published record of how Half Moon has moved over time