Kudos to all the winners in our 17th annual Inner Circle Award program. This tribute is paid by AM readers who voted for these top hotels, resorts, convention centers, CVBs, and tourist boards as the best to have serviced their meetings and conventions in the past 12 months. Look for the ballot for our 18th Inner Circle Awards program on page 40. The winners for 2009 will be announced in our August issue.

See pages 35 through 39 to read more about some of the 2008 Inner Circle Award-winning hotels. And congratulations to all our winners!

Hotels

Arizona

The Scottsdale Plaza Resort

California

Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim

San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina

San Francisco Marriott

Colorado

The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs

Connecticut

Mohegan Sun, Uncasville

District of Columbia

Grand Hyatt Washington

JW Marriott Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue

Omni Shoreham Hotel

Florida

Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Orlando

The Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Orlando

Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel & Convention Center, Kissimmee

Hyatt Regency Tampa

Loews Miami Beach Hotel

Loews Portofino Bay at Universal Orlando

The Orlando World Center Marriott Resort

The Peabody Orlando

The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village, St. Augustine

Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando

Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista

Illinois

Hilton Chicago

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago

InterContinental Chicago

Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago

Massachusetts

Seaport Hotel, Boston

The Westin Boston Waterfront

Missouri

Chateau on the Lake Resort Spa & Convention Center, Branson

Nevada

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

MGM Grand, Las Vegas

New Jersey

Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
New York

Crowne Plaza Hotel Times Square Manhattan, New York

Tennessee

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville

Texas

Hilton Americas-Houston

Hyatt Regency Dallas

West Virginia

The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs

Wisconsin

Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells

Bahamas

Atlantis, Paradise Island

Puerto Rico

Caribe Hilton, San Juan

El Conquistador Resort & Golden Door Spa, Fajardo

Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort, Rio Grande

CVBs and Tourist Boards

Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association

Branson Lakes Area (Mo.) Convention & Visitors Bureau

Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau

Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association

Kansas City (Mo.) Convention & Visitors Association

Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority

Long Beach Area (Calif.) Convention & Visitors Bureau

Louisville (Ky.) Convention and Visitors Bureau

Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc.

Visit Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico Convention Bureau

San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau

San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau

Seattle Convention and Visitors Association

Virginia Beach (Va.) Convention and Visitors Bureau

Convention Centers

Anaheim/Orange County (Calif.) Convention Center

Cobo Center, Detroit

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill.

George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston

Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta

The Hampton Roads (Va.) Convention Center

Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville

Las Vegas Convention Center

McCormick Place, Chicago

Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Convention Center

Oncenter Complex, Syracuse, NY

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando

Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC

San Diego Convention Center

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.