All 30 of you! Congratulations on receiving honors in the fifth annual Inner Circle Awards program. This tribute is paid by our readers, who voted these top hotels and resorts as the best properties to have serviced their meetings and conventions in the past 12 months.

Look for the ballot for our sixth annual Inner Circle Awards on page 30 of this issue. And, again, hats off to the winning properties, all of which exemplify levels of quality and service unsurpassed in the meetings and hospitality industry.

ARIZONA Phoenix The Pointe Hilton Resort on South Mountain

Scottsdale Scottsdale Princess

Tucson Sheraton El Conquistador Resort and Country Club Westin La Paloma

CALIFORNIA Palm Desert

Marriott's Desert Springs Resort and Spa

San Francisco Fairmont Hotel

San Diego San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina

COLORADO Colorado Springs The Broadmoor Hotel

WASHINGTON, DC J.W. Marriott Hotel

Sheraton Washington Hotel

FLORIDA Amelia Island Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Boca Raton Boca Raton Resort and Club

Fort Lauderdale Bonaventure Resort and Spa

Lake Buena Vista Buena Vista Palace at Walt Disney World Village

Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort

Orlando Marriott's Orlando World Center

The Peabody Orlando

The Villas of Grand Cypress

Palm Beach The Breakers

HAWAII Maui Hyatt Regency Maui

Oahu Hilton Hawaiian Village

ILLINOIS Chicago

Chicago Hilton and Towers

Drake Hotel

MICHIGAN Mackinac Island Grand Hotel

Grand Traverse

Grand Traverse Resort

NEVADA Las Vegas Las Vegas Hilton

TENNESSEE Nashville Opryland Hotel Convention Center

TEXAS San Antonio Hyatt Regency

Hill Country Resort

VIRGINIA Hot Springs The Homestead

WEST VIRGINIA White Sulphur Springs The Greenbrier