The fifth annual Insurance Conference Planner Premium Circle Award survey is complete, and our 30 winners should take a bow-they earned it. On ballots that ran in the March/April and May/June issues of the magazine, we asked insurance conference planners to consider the meeting room quality, staff, convention services, food and beverage, and guest room quality of properties at which they had held a meeting, then to cast their votes for those that had served them best. The winners are listed below.
While we have many returning award winners, special recognition goes to Westin La Paloma, Hyatt Regency San Diego, Marriott's Desert Springs Resort and Spa, Boca Raton Resort and Club, and Opryland Hotel Convention Center. Each, marked with an asterisk below, has earned the Premium Circle award for five years in a row, since the program's inception in 1992.
Arizona Scottsdale Plaza Resort Scottsdale Princess Westin La Paloma, Tucson*
California Hyatt Regency, San Diego* Marriott's Desert Springs Resort and Spa, Palm Desert*
Colorado The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
Florida Boca Raton Resort and Club* The Peabody Orlando Registry Resort, Naples Renaissance Vinoy Resort, St. Petersburg Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island Walt Disney World Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Swan, Lake Buena Vista
Hawaii Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Oahu Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island of Hawaii
Illinois Chicago Hilton and Towers
Massachusetts Sheraton Boston Hotel and Towers Tara's Ferncroft Conference Resort, Danvers
Nevada The Mirage, Las Vegas
New York New York Marriott Marquis
Tennessee Opryland Hotel Convention Center, Nashville*
Texas San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk
WestVirginia The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
Puerto Rico Caribe Hilton and Casino, San JuanEl Conquistador Resort & Country Club, Las Croabas
Canada Chateau Lake Louise, Banff
Bermuda Sonesta Beach Resort Bermuda
Mexico Fiesta Americana Coral Beach
Cancun Marriott CasaMagna Cancun
West Indies Four Seasons Resort Nevis
