San Diego Paradise Point Resort has been notified it will again be a recipient of this coveted award, for the second consecutive year.  Selection for the awards is determined by meeting planners through a balloting process to the 76,000 subscribers of Meetings & Conventions magazine, one of the premier trade journals of the meetings industry.  According to the publisher of Meetings & Conventions magazine, Bernie Schraer, �San Diego Paradise Point Resort will continue to be an exclusive member of Gold Key winners, and its staff should be greatly honored for repeating this accolade from the industry�s most discerning audience.�

The Gold Key Award is a designation that professional meeting engagers look for when considering future meeting sites.  Readers of Meetings & Conventions magazine were asked to evaluate the meeting staff, meeting rooms, guest services, food and beverage, reservations handling, audio visual and other technical/support equipment, and recreational facilities of the resort.

Recipients of this celebrated award will be announced in an exclusive  Meetings & Conventions supplement this November.  The 1998 Gold Key winners will be honored by Celebrating 35 years of excellence and two-time recipient of the Finest Service Award presented by the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Paradise Point Resort is a 44-acre tropical island in the heart of San Diego at 1404 West Vacation Road, San Diego, California, 92109.  To inquire about meeting facilities and availability,  you may contact the resort�s convention sales department at (619) 581-5900.  For room reservations, call toll-free (800) 344-2626.  You may also preview the resort�s interactive web site at www.paradisepoint.com.