For the 17th year, our readers have selected their favorite hotels and resorts.
For the 17th year, our readers have selected their favorite hotels and resorts. This month we honor the 30 top properties with our Premium Circle Award, acknowledging their excellence as meeting venues. Insurance and financial services meeting executives cast their ballots based on meeting room quality, staff, food and beverage service, convention services, guest-room quality, and audiovisual and technical support. Congratulations to all our winners!
Fairmont Scottsdale
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Tucson
Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix
The Scottsdale Plaza Resort
The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale
The Grand Del Mar, Del Mar
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, San Diego
Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Coronado
St. Regis, Monarch Beach, Dana Point
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville
Amelia Island Plantation
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa, Weston
JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando
Villas of Grand Cypress Golf Resort, Orlando
Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, Maui
InterContinental Chicago
Bellagio, Las Vegas
MGM Grand, Las Vegas
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas
Wynn Las Vegas
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City
The Waldorf=Astoria, New York
Charleston Place, Charleston
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort, Rio Grande
Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort, Cancun
The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun
Look for the ballot for the 18th annual Premium Circle Awards in the March/April and May/June 2009 issues of Financial & Insurance Meetings. When you submit your ballot, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a great vacation getaway.
This year's winner of the trip for two to Saddlebrook Resort near Tampa, Florida, is Michael Burke, CMP, manager, conference and travel services,The Hanover Insurance Group Inc., Worcester, Mass. Enjoy the getaway, Michael!