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AAA Five-Diamond Hotels 2003 - AAA Hotel Listings

Lodging Award Winners

By Susan Breslow Sardone, About.com

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A record number of 130 hotels and restaurants earned the prestigious AAA Five Diamond award for 2003. More than 42,000 hotels and dining properties were evaluated by AAA, and less than one-third of one percent attained Five Diamond status. According to the AAA, the best hotels across the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico this year are:

ARIZONA
The Boulders Resort - Carefree
The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North
Marriott's Camelback Inn Resort, Golf Club & Spa - Scottsdale

CALIFORNIA
The Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows
Château du Sureau -Oakhurst
Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles
Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach - reflagged as The Island Hotel Newport Beach
Four Seasons Resort Aviara - Carlsbad
Lodge at Torrey Pines - San Diego
The Peninsula Beverly Hills
Raffles L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel - Dana Point
The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco
Simpson House Inn - Santa Barbara
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa - Dana Point

COLORADO
The Broadmoor - Colorado Springs
C Lazy U Ranch - Granby
The Little Nell - Aspen

CONNECTICUT
The Mayflower Inn - Washington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C.
The Ritz-Carlton Washington, DC

FLORIDA
The Breakers - Palm Beach
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
Mandarin Oriental - Miami
Ponte Vedra Inn and Club - Ponte Vedra Beach
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
The Ritz-Carlton, Naples
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach

GEORGIA
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta
The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club - St. Simons Island
The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead - Atlanta

HAWAII
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu - Kailua-Kona
Four Seasons Resort, Maui at Wailea
Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

ILLINOIS
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago (A Four Seasons Hotel)

LOUISIANA
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans

MASSACHUSETTS
Four Seasons Hotel Boston

NEVADA
Bellagio - Las Vegas
Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas

NEW JERSEY
Hilton Short Hills

NEW YORK
Four Seasons Hotel New York
The Peninsula New York
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
The St. Regis New York

NORTH CAROLINA
The Fearrington House Inn - Fearrington Village

PENNSYLVANIA
Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia
The Rittenhouse Hotel - Philadelphia
The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia

SOUTH CAROLINA
Woodlands Resort & Inn - Summerville

TEXAS
Four Seasons Hotel Houston
The Mansion on Turtle Creek - Dallas
Omni Houston Hotel
The St. Regis, Houston

UTAH
Stein Eriksen Lodge

VIRGINIA
The Jefferson Hotel - Richmond
The Inn at Little Washington - Washington

WASHINGTON
Four Seasons Olympic Hotel - Seattle (reflagged as Fairmont Olympic Hotel)

WEST VIRGINIA
The Greenbrier - White Sulphur Springs

WISCONSIN
The American Club - Kohler

C A N A D A

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
The Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver
The Sutton Place Hotel - Vancouver

C A R I B B E A N

JAMAICA
The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall - Montego Bay

NEVIS
Four Seasons Nevis

PUERTO RICO
Las Casitas Village- Fajardo

M E X I C O
Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancún
Four Seasons Hotel Mexico, D.F. - Mexico City
Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
The Ritz-Carlton, Cancún
Las Ventanas al Paraiso - San José del Cabo

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