Awards for Our Asheville, North Carolina Hotel
Resort Overall
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Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Readers' Poll - 2011
1st Place, Best Spa & 3rd Place, Most Romantic Dining - Sunset Terrace -
American Culinary Federation Achievement of Excellence 2011
Each year the American Culinary Federation presents the Achievement of Excellence award to a select number of extraordinary properties that demonstrate excellence and passion for the culinary arts through their unparalleled food and beverage program. -
SpaFinder Readers' Choice Awards - 2010
Top 10 Best for Romance -
Travel & Leisure "World's Best Awards" - 2010
7th Best Hotel Spa in North America -
AAA Inspectors Pick "12 Favorite Places to Catch the Holiday Spirit " - 2009
Contestants from around the country bring their culinary masterpieces to the Grove Park Inn for the National Gingerbread House Competition and Display. The imaginative sugar-and-spice creations are on display through January 3. Throughout the inn, beautiful holiday displays including giant nutcrackers and uniquely decorated trees may be viewed. -
Meetings Media "Best of the South" - 2009
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa was chosen by readers and top national meeting planners as an outstanding meeting facility. -
International Restaurant & Hotel Awards - 2009
Green Award for Luxury Hotels - Ranked # 3
Dining
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Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Reader' Poll - 2011 Most Romantic Dining, 3rd Place
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American Culinary Federation Achievement of Excellence 2011
Each year the American Culinary Federation presents the Achievement of Excellence award to a select number of extraordinary properties that demonstrate excellence and passion for the culinary arts through their unparalleled food and beverage program. -
Best US Restaurants to Watch a Sunset - 2011 Top 10 Award, The Daily Meal
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DiRoNA Award 2011 - Distinguished Restaurants of North America
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AAA Four-Diamond Award 2011
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Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2010
(Horizons Dining Room) -
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2009
(Horizons Dining Room) -
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2009
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Food & Wine Magazine -
Ranked one of the 50 Best hotel restaurants
Golf and Tennis
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Tennis Resorts Online - 2011
Top 75 Tennis Resorts -
North Carolina Golf Panel - 2011
Top 100 Golf Courses -
Condé Nast Traveler Magazine - 2011
Top 20 Southern U.S. Golf Resorts -
North Carolina Golf Panel - 2010
Top 100 Golf Courses -
Condé Nast Traveler Magazine - 2010
Top 15 Southern U.S. Golf Resorts -
Golf Magazine's Premier Resorts - 2010
Gold Award Winner -
Tennis Resorts Online - 2010
Top 100 Tennis Resorts -- Ranked #12 World -
Tennis Resorts Online - 2009
Top 100 Tennis Resorts -- Ranked #75 Nationally -
North Carolina Golf Panel - 2009
Top 100 Golf Courses
The Spa
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2011 Spa Magazine's Silver Sage Reader's Choice Awards
Best Resort/Hotel Spa, Southeast & Mid-Atlantic - honorable mention -
2011 Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Readers' Poll
Best Spa, 1st Place -
2011 Conde Nast Traveler
Top 100 Resort Spas - U.S. Mainland -
2010 Conde Nast Traveler
Top 100 Spas in North America -
Spa Finder Readers' Choice Awards - 2010
Top 10 Best for Romance -
Travel & Leisure "World's Best Awards" - 2010
7th Best Hotel Spa in North America -
2009 Travel & Leisure:
Placed 6th in the United States -
2009 Travel & Leisure:
Placed 13th in The World -
2009 Spa Magazine:
Reader's Choice Award for Best Spa in the Southeast
Spa Finder's: Best for Romance -
2009 Travel & Leisure® magazine - "World's Best Awards" -
Top Hotel Spas. Ranked #17 -
2009 Spa Magazine's Silver Sage Choice Awards
Favorite Resort Hotel Spa
South & Southeast
Convention Services
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Meetings Focus
- 2011 Best of the South Award -
Successful Meetings
- 2010 Pinnacle Award -
Meetings & Conventions
- 2010 Gold Key Award -
Meetings Focus
- 2010 Best in South Award -
Meetings Focus
- 2009 Best in South Award
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Successful Meetings
- Pinnacle Award -
Association Meetings -
Inner Circle Award -
Meetings South
- Stars of the South Award -
Planners' Choice
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C&IT
Award of Excellence
Quarterly Survey Winners -
Every quarter we randomly select a day guest and an overnight guest who participated in a survey about The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa for recognition. The day guest winner receives a $100 Grove Park Inn gift card and the overnight guest winner receives a $1,000 Grove Park Inn gift card! The gift cards are valid for use anywhere on property. We want to thank all survey participants. Your responses help us continue to provide legendary service for future guests.Below are past winners:
Accommodation Winners
- 2nd Quarter, 2011: Ryan K., Honea Path, SC
- 1st Quarter, 2011: Debbie P., Advance, NC
- 4th Quarter, 2010: Thomas F., Chapel Hill, NC
- 3rd Quarter, 2010: Mary D., Kings Mountain, NC
- 2nd Quarter, 2010: Brock H., Houston, TX
- 1st Quarter, 2010: Danny M., Atlanta, GA
Day Guest Winners
- 3rd Quarter, 2010: Mandie N., Greenville SC
- 2nd Quarter, 2010: Jo Anne L., High Point, NC
- 1st Quarter, 2010: Tracie S., Buford, GA
- 4th Quarter, 2009: PJ A., Candler, NC
- 3rd Quarter, 2009: Larry W., New London, NC
- 2nd Quarter, 2009: Amy D., Fletcher, NC
Our Asheville, North Carolina Hotel in the News & Press
"We strolled through a labyrinth of treatment rooms, past the contrast pools of cold and hot water, the steam room and the sauna, until we finally reached a grotto with stone walls and arches and a soaring skylight ceiling. There, one could choose to swim in a cool lap pool, or relax in a warm pool filled with soothing mineral water or a whirlpool continuously replenished by two waterfalls. In the center of this spacious temple to bathing was a fountain with four waterfalls falling from the stones in the walls above. Another whirlpool outdoors overlooked the mountains." - The New York Times "We had been told that if we went to Asheville, we shouldn't miss staying at The Grove Park Inn, a grand lady and a real southern belle without an ounce of snobbery, yet totally self-assured....The Sunset Terrace restaurant is the most spectacular outdoor dining you could imagine. Our lunch there was fabulous as we enjoyed panoramic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains." - Tampa Bay Magazine "You don't really have to die to get to heaven, just drive down Route 40 in this state and stop off at The Grove Park Inn." - The Vindicator (Youngstown, Ohio) "So while curators and historians analyze the Arts and Crafts Movement, its origins, its decline and the current nationwide revival, guests at this historic hotel come to realize that at The Grove Park Inn, the Arts & Crafts Movement never ended." - North Carolina Architectural Digest "I have never stayed at a hotel where the service is so genuinely loving and tries so much to please its customers' every request." - New Orleans Times-Picayune "So grand was the view, with approaching sundown casting a golden glow on everything, that we just had to gawk as we walked . . . In the future we'll again arrive before sunset, even if it means stumbling to our table because of the spellbinding view." - Southern Living "When in Asheville we knew the only place to stay and play is The Grove Park Inn. One of America's most treasured golf resorts. The Golf Course at The Grove Park Inn is steeped in as much history and lore as the hotel. Gene Sarazen liked it so much he stopped off on his way to England for the 1929 Ryder Cup." - Golf World (UK) "The panorama of the stately Blue Ridge Mountains borders this hospitable haven, which reminds us all of bygone days with its pure turn-of-the-century style.... In the construction of The Grove Park Inn is to be found natural beauty and art coupled with the ingenuity of mankind." - Elegant BrideAsheville, North Carolina Hotel Press Releases
- The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Announces Winners of the 19th Annual National Gingerbread House Competition™
- The Grove Park Inn's Gingerbread House Competition a "Must-See" This Holiday Season
- Gray Line Trolley Tours of Asheville Designated "The Official Trolley" of The Grove Park Inn's National Gingerbread House Competition™
- Treat Yourself to a Bountiful Thanksgiving Celebration at The Grove Park Inn
