Praise

Here are just a few of the recent awards we’ve received:

• International Restaurant & Hotel Awards — 2009
Green Award for Luxury Hotels - Ranked # 3

• Resorts and Lodges — 2008
Number One North Carolina Spa Resort

• Travel + Leisure "World's Best Awards" — 2008
5th Best Hotel Spa in the United States
13th Best Hotel Spa in the World

• Southern Living Readers' Choice — 2008
Best Southern Classic Hotel (Legendary Hospitality)
Best Breakfast/Brunch
Splurge Worthy

• Metro Magazine Readers' Choice — 2007
"Standing Ovation" for NC Mountain Resort

• Southern Living's Readers' Choice — 2006
Best Resort/Hotel Hot Spot February 2006

• Metro Magazine Readers' Choice — 2006
"Standing Ovation" for NC Mountain Resort

• Asheville Citizen-Times — 2006
Best Hotel of 2006

• AAA Four-Diamond Award — 2008

• Condé Nast Traveler Gold List — 2005

• Southern Living Readers’ Choice Award — 2005


The Spa

• 2008 Travel & Leisure Magazine: “World’s Best Awards” – Top Hotel Spas. Ranked #13 worldwide, Ranked #15 in the US.

• 2007 SpaFinder Reader’s Choice Award “Best Spa by Category” for Men and Interior Design

• 2007 & 2006 Fodor’s Top Ten Luxury Resort Spas

• 2006 SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Award “Best Spa” for Accommodations, Golf, Men, Romance, and Interior Design


Dining

• Nominated for Restaurants & Institutions Ivy Award — 2008
For high level of quality in food, atmosphere and service

• Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2008
(Horizons)

• AAA Four-Diamond Award — 2008

• Wine Enthusist Magazine — 2006
awarded The Grove Park Inn's signature Champagne (91 out of 100 points)

• AAA Four-Diamond Award — 2008
(Horizons)

• Wine Spectator Awards of Excellence — 2006
(Sunset Terrace and Horizons)

• Asheville Citizen-Times — 2006
Best Sunday Brunch of 2006 (Blue Ridge Dining Room)

• Sante Restaurant Awards — 2005

• DiRoNA Award — 2008
(Horizons)


Golf and Tennis

• Tennis Resort Online— 2009
Top 100 Tennis Resorts -- Ranked #75 Nationally

• North Carolina Golf Panel— 2009
Top 100 Golf Courses

• Conde Nast — 2007
Top 100 Golf Resorts - Ranked #48

• Golfweek — 2007
America’s Best Resort Courses - Ranked #77 out of 100

• GolfWeek's Guidebook — 2006
Top 10 Golf Courses Per State - Ranked #10

• N.C. Magazine — 2005
32nd Best Golf Course in North Carolina

• Golf Digest — 2004
Best Courses Over 100 Years Old

• Tennis Resorts Online — 2005
24th Best Tennis Resort in the World


Convention Services

• Meetings South Best of the South Award — 2008, 2009

• Corporate & Incentive Travel Award of Excellence — 2005

• Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award — 2004

• Meeting News Planners Choice Award — 2004

• Convention South Readers Choice Award — 2004