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The 2012 Best in the World Awards feature seven Benchmark Hospitality hotels and resorts in select award categories. Benchmark properties honored include Bardessono of Yountville, Napa Valley; Naples Bay Resort of Naples, Florida; Costa d'Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach, Florida; Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu; Willows Lodge of Woodinville, Washington; Hotel Contessa of San Antonio, Texas, and Hotel 1000 in Seattle, which placed twice in the Best in the World listings, including as a Top 100 Hotel in the World and as a Top 10 Hotel in the Pacific Northwest. “We’re very proud of the accomplishments of these hotels and that their excellence is recognized and rewarded by our customers,” said James Simkins, chief operating officer, Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels. “Each day our hospitality teams strive to deliver distinctive service personalized to each guest. With us, luxury is personal and our mission is to customize the experience to each person. It’s highly rewarding to our teams that our guests say thank you in this way.” A record 46,500 readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine participated in the 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards survey, selecting 1306 winning hotels, resorts, and cruise lines worldwide. The awards reflect the combined opinions of Condé Nast Traveler readers, rating the hotels, cities, and islands they visited in the past year. Benchmark Hospitality’s 2012 Condé Nast Traveler “Best in the World” Readers’ Choice Award winners, and the categories in which they placed, are: The Top 100 Hotels & Resorts in the World - Hotel 1000, Seattle, Washington*, #94 Top 35 Hotels in Northern California - Bardessono, Yountville, Napa Valley, California*, #7 Top 40 Resorts in Florida - Naples Bay Resort, Naples, Florida*, #31 - Costa d'Este Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida*, #40 Top 25 Golf Resorts in Hawaii - Turtle Bay Resort, North Shore, Oahu*, #15 Top 20 Hotels in the Pacific Northwest - Hotel 1000, Seattle, Washington*, #2 Top 10 Resorts in the Pacific Northwest - Willows Lodge, Woodinville, Washington*, #2 Top 25 Hotels in the Southwest - Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas, #13 2012 Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards – The Complete Listing http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards * A Benchmark Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM property Benchmark Hospitality Hotels / Resort photography available at: http://www.benchmarkhospitality.com/Media_Center/Images.asp About Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM represents a hand-picked group of 13 luxurious properties, in spectacular U.S. destinations coast to coast and off shore. Each hotel and resort delivers personal luxury in a spirit true to its own distinctive locale, yet in unison with the collection’s shared mission. A division of Benchmark Hospitality International, for 30 years a leading US-based hospitality management company, and led by a proven and seasoned team of award-winning luxury hospitality professionals, Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM is the preferred choice of guests who yearn for transformation over accommodation, customization over conformity, and inspiration over predictability. With Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM, luxury is always personal. About Benchmark Hospitality International Benchmark Hospitality International is a leader in the management and marketing of resorts, conference centers, hotels, and Personal Luxury Resorts & HotelsSM. The independent company, launched in 1980, is a worldwide organization operating properties in major metropolitan and resort destinations. Benchmark's international headquarters is located in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. Benchmark Hospitality is also a founding member of the International Association of Conference Centers. The company's eastern regional office is in New Jersey, western regional office is in Washington, with international offices in Tokyo, Japan, and Santiago, Chile. For the location of Benchmark's properties and additional information, visit www.benchmarkhospitality.com. |
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