30 outstanding properties chosen by our readers
For the 16th 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 Princess, Scottsdale
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Tucson
The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Scottsdale
Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Coronado
Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville
Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island
Boca Raton Resort & Club, Boca Raton
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center & Spa, Weston
Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando
Saddlebrook Resort, Tampa
Villas of Grand Cypress Golf Resort, Orlando
Four Seasons Resort Lana'i at Manele Bay, Lana'i Kohala Coast, Big Island
Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa, Maui
Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio, Oahu
InterContinental Chicago
Bellagio, Las Vegas
MGM Grand, Las Vegas
The Venetian, Las Vegas
Wynn Las Vegas
Tropicana Casino And Resort, Atlantic City
Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York
The Waldorf=Astoria, New York
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, a Wyndham Grand Resort, Rio Grande
Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island
The Westin Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort, Grand Bahama Island
The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica
Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort, Cancun
Look for the ballot for the 17th annual Premium Circle Awards in the March/April and May/June 2008 issues of Financial & Insurance Meetings. When you submit your ballot, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a vacation getaway.
This year's winner was Deborah L. Costa, CMP, director, John Hancock — Meeting Management, Boston, who won a getaway for two to Saddlebrook Resort near Tampa, Fla. Congratulations, Deborah!