Is Leaders Club the same as booking through VITA?

No. Leaders Club is your own membership with Leading Hotels; VITA is the advisor route we book through, at no cost to you.

Will the hotel see my Leaders Club level?

Yes. We add your membership number to the booking before the hotel gets it, so your level shows just as it would on a reservation you placed yourself.

Can I use both at once?

Yes, and many clients do. We place the reservation through VITA and the hotel recognises your Leaders Club membership alongside it.

Do I have to pay to join Leaders Club?

No. The Club level is free; Sterling is reached through spend on rooms, and Aurelian is offered by invitation.

Loyalty programmes

Leaders Club

The guest membership of The Leading Hotels of the World.

What you are joining

Leaders Club is the membership The Leading Hotels of the World offers its guests directly. The Club level is free to join; Sterling comes with higher spend on rooms, and Aurelian is by invitation.

Leaders Club and VITA are not the same

Leaders Club is a membership you hold yourself, with Leading Hotels. LHW VITA is something else: the booking route open to accredited advisors like us, and it costs you nothing.

Clients mix these two up more than anything else we explain. You can have both: we place the booking through VITA, and your Leaders Club membership is recognised next to it.

The advisor programme it sits beside

LHW VITA

In the Library

Leading Hotels appears in the Luxury Hospitality Library as LHL-303 — follow the link to the section that files it.

Soft brands & independent luxury collections ↗

What clients ask us

Is Leaders Club the same as booking through VITA?: No. Leaders Club is your own membership with Leading Hotels; VITA is the advisor route we book through, at no cost to you.
Will the hotel see my Leaders Club level?: Yes. We add your membership number to the booking before the hotel gets it, so your level shows just as it would on a reservation you placed yourself.
Can I use both at once?: Yes, and many clients do. We place the reservation through VITA and the hotel recognises your Leaders Club membership alongside it.
Do I have to pay to join Leaders Club?: No. The Club level is free; Sterling is reached through spend on rooms, and Aurelian is offered by invitation.

Last reviewed 31 August 2026. Each operator writes its own loyalty rules and can change them at any time; before we place a booking, we check what holds for your dates and your rate.