When travelers refer to 5-star hotels in the United States, they mean one thing: Hotels that have been awarded 5-star status by Mobil Travel Guide inspectors.
This year's list designates the first 5-star hotel in the nation's Capitol, the Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C., bringing the total number of lodging winners to 32. State by state, here are the 2006 winners of the highly prestigious Mobil 5-Star Award for lodging.
California Mobil 5-Star Hotels
The Beverly Hills Hotel & Bungalows
Chateau du Sureau, Oakhurst
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco
Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
Raffles L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
Colorado Mobil 5-Star Hotels
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
The Little Nell, Aspen
Connecticut Mobil 5-Star Hotel
District of Columbia Mobil 5-Star Hotel
Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C. new in 2006
Florida Mobil 5-Star Hotels
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach
The Ritz-Carlton Naples
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach
Georgia Mobil 5-Star Hotels
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta
The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island
Hawaii Mobil 5-Star Hotel
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Illinois Mobil 5-Star Hotels
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago
The Ritz-Carlton, A Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago
Massachusetts Mobil 5-Star Hotels
Blantyre, Lenox
Four Seasons Hotel Boston
New York Mobil 5-Star Hotels
Four Seasons Hotel New York
The Point, Saranac Lake
The Ritz-Carlton, New York, Central Park
The St. Regis New York
North Carolina Mobil 5-Star Hotel
The Fearrington House Country Inn, Chapel Hill
South Carolina Mobil 5-Star Hotel
Woodlands Resort & Inn, Summerville
Texas Mobil 5-Star Hotel
The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas
Vermont Mobil 5-Star Hotel
Virginia Mobil 5-Star Hotels
The Inn at Little Washington - Washington
The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond
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