Medical Meetings' Annual M&D Awards program honors the 40 hotels, resorts, and conference centers chosen by our readers for merit and distinction in serving the needs of planners of continuing medical education seminars and medical conventions. Readers were asked to vote for the hosts that best handled their meetings or conventions in the previous 12 months. Choices were based on each property's guest room quality, meeting rooms, catering and convention services, and audiovisual/technical support. Congratulations to our winners!

Please take a few moments now to recognize properties that have done an outstanding job for you in the past 12 months by filling out the ballot. Then have a look at the 1997 winners in the special section on the following pages. We hope this will serve as a year-round reference to medical-meeting-friendly properties.

Arizona Phoenix The Pointe Hilton at Squaw Peak

Scottsdale Marriott's Camelback Inn Resort, Golf Club and Spa

Scottsdale Conference Resort

Tucson Loews Ventana Canyon

Sheraton El Conquistador Resort & Country Club

California Anaheim

Anaheim Hilton & Towers

Desert Springs Marriott's Desert Springs Resort & Spa

Laguna Niguel The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel

Colorado Colorado Springs

The Broadmoor

Florida Amelia Island The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

Bal Harbour Sheraton Bal Harbour Beach Resort

Boca Raton Boca Raton Resort & Club

Lake Buena Vista Walt Disney World Dolphin

Walt Disney World Swan

Orlando Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa

Disney's Grand Floridian Beach Resort

Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress

Marriott's Orlando World Center

The Peabody Orlando

Palm Beach The Breakers

Ponte Vedra Beach Marriott at Sawgrass Resort

St. Petersburg Renaissance Vinoy Resort

Tarpon Springs Innisbrook Hilton Resort

Hawaii Mauna Kea Beach Hotel

Illinois Chicago The Palmer House Hilton

Oak Brook Oak Brook Hills Hotel

Rosemont Hotel Sofitel Chicago, Rosemont

Louisiana New Orleans

Hyatt Regency, New Orleans

Massachusetts Boston Westin Hotel, Copley Place

Michigan Mackinac Island Grand Hotel

New York Bolton Landing The Sagamore

New York City New York Hilton & Towers

North Carolina Asheville

Grove Park Inn Resort

South Carolina Charleston

Charleston Place

Tennessee Nashville Opryland Hotel Convention Center

Virginia Hot Springs The Homestead

Williamsburg Kingsmill Resort and Conference Center

Canada Vancouver, British Columbia Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver

Mexico Puerta Vallarta Marriott CasaMagna, Puerta Vallarta

England London Hotel Inter-Continental, London