2011 Forbes Travel Guide: Five and Four Star Award Winners

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Five and Four Star Award Winners (Continued)

Two-Bedroom Park-View Suite Living Room at Trump International Hotel & Tower New York

MASSACHUSETTS
Five Star
Lodgings

Blantyre (Lenox)

Boston Harbor Hotel (Boston)

Four Seasons Hotel Boston (Boston)

Spas

The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Boston (Boston)

Four Star
Lodgings

Charlotte Inn (Martha’s Vineyard)

Mandarin Oriental, Boston (Boston)

The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common (Boston)

Taj Boston (Boston)

The Wauwinet (Nantucket)

Wequassett Resort and Golf Club (Chatham)

XV Beacon (Boston)

Restaurants

Asana (Boston)

Clio (Boston)

L’Espalier (Boston)

Menton (Boston)

Meritage (Boston)

No. 9 Park (Boston)

Rialto (Cambridge)

Toppers (Nantucket)

Twenty-Eight Atlantic (Chatham)

MICHIGAN
Four Star
Lodgings

MGM Grand Detroit (Detroit)

The Townsend Hotel (Birmingham)

Restaurants

1913 Room (Grand Rapids)

Bourbon Steak (Detroit)

The Lark (West Bloomfield)

Spas

Immerse Spa, MGM Grand Detroit (Detroit)

MINNESOTA
Four Star
Lodgings

Hotel Ivy (Minneapolis)

Restaurants

La Belle Vie (Minneapolis)

MISSOURI
Four Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis (St. Louis)

The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis (Clayton)

Restaurants

The American Restaurant (Kansas City)

Tony’s (St. Louis)

NEVADA
Five Star
Lodgings

SKYLOFTS at MGM Grand (Las Vegas)

Tower Suites at Encore Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Restaurants

Alex (Las Vegas)

Joël Robuchon (Las Vegas)

Spas

The Spa at Encore Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

The Spa at Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Four Star
Lodgings

Bellagio (Las Vegas)

Encore Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

The M Resort Spa Casino (Las Vegas)

Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino (Las Vegas)

The Signature at MGM Grand (Las Vegas)

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (Las Vegas)

Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Restaurants

Aureole (Las Vegas)

Bradley Ogden (Las Vegas)

Le Cirque Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Michael Mina (Las Vegas)

Mix in Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Picasso (Las Vegas)

Restaurant Guy Savoy (Las Vegas)

Twist by Pierre Gagnaire (Las Vegas)

Spas

Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian & The Palazzo (Las Vegas)

Spa Bellagio (Las Vegas)

The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas (Las Vegas)

Spa Mio, M Resort Spa & Casino (Las Vegas)

The Spa at Trump (Las Vegas)

Crown Towers villa living room

Crown Towers at City of Dreams
Impeccable Service, Luxury and Opulence

Like a shimmering vision made real, Macau’s City of Dreams is living up to its well-earned global buzz, emerging this past year as Asia’s incomparable new urban casino resort. Located in Macau’s gleaming new Cotai district, 40 miles southwest of Hong Kong, City of Dreams has been created from the ground up for maximum service, luxury and opulence—all concentrated in a striking four-tower podium complex that includes Crown Towers, the two towers of Grand Hyatt Macau and Hard Rock Hotel.

It’s no surprise that Crown Towers at City of Dreams is attracting visitors from around Asia and the world. The complex offers superb regional and international dining, electrifying entertainment, designer-brand shopping and a spacious and contemporary casino.

The Crown Towers’ majestic lobby welcomes discerning and distinguished guests

Dream Accommodations at Crown Towers

Crown Towers offers the ultimate in opulence, innovation and attention to detail in every aspect of your City of Dreams stay, enhanced by the interior-design talents of Bates Smart, the award-winning Australian design firm. As you enter the building, you’re struck by a dramatic lobby with soaring 23-foot-high ceilings and an intimate bar featuring the spectacular City of Dreams water terrace.

Crown Towers’ approximately 300 guest rooms, suites and villas offer luxurious space and comfort—all are accentuated with refined, contemporary touches and unobstructed floor-to-ceiling windows boasting views of the dramatic Cotai skyline. Deluxe and premier guest rooms range from 505 to 645 square feet, with suites offering up to an expansive 1,215 square feet. The Villas at Crown Towers, located on the property’s highest floors, deliver the ultimate luxury experience and fabulous views for VIPs and other discerning guests.

Rooms have dedicated lounges with full-size sofas, walk-in closets, 42-inch plasma televisions featuring more than 50 local and international channels, IP phones, multifunction iPod docking stations and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. In three-bedroom villas, guests enjoy additional amenities, including state-of-the-art Adagio home-theatre systems. Proving that high-tech also means convenience, an integrated Crestron AV and lighting system provides easy, central control over all the electronic amenities.

In addition to the wonders of Crown Towers, you can enjoy the international luxury of Grand Hyatt Macau, which has approximately 800 guest rooms. Or you can get in touch with your inner rock star at the approximately 300-room Hard Rock Hotel, with its fun and edgy vibe, sensational designer décor, and impressive collection of authentic rock-history memorabilia.

The Spa at Crown offers a peaceful retreat for guests looking to relax

Beauty and Fitness

The Spa at Crown, one of the most luxurious in Macau, offers the ultimate rejuvenating spa experience in a contemporary resort-style setting. Here guests are pampered by the professional staff, skilled in an extensive range of international beauty and health therapies. You’ll also have your pick of eight exquisitely designed treatment rooms, a massage lounge and refreshment bars.

For a more energetic diversion, check out Crown Towers’ state-of-the-art fitness center and outdoor heated swimming pool with landscaped gardens and private cabanas.

A World of Great Cuisine
Just steps from Crown Towers you’ll find a diverse range of world-class restaurants as well as a host of more casual noodle bars, cafes and lounges—something for every taste and occasion. Among the high-end standouts not to be missed:

Horizons at Crown Towers is a world-class steakhouse and seafood restaurant with a tantalizing menu based on Western favorites.

Beijing Kitchen at Grand Hyatt Macau features a show kitchen that turns out specialties such as Peking duck and hand-pulled noodles, providing a new level of entertaining dining not found elsewhere in Macau.

Lung Hin, the pride of Michelin-star-awarded Chef Tam Kwok Fung, sets new standards in inventive cuisine, using only the finest seasonal ingredients paired with exquisite wines from the sommelier’s cellar.

Horizons restaurant at Crown Towers, with panoramic views over the City of Dreams water landscape and Cotai

Stepping Out: Gaming, Entertainment and Nightlife

The excitement of casino gaming is, of course, central to City of Dreams’ draw as a world-class resort destination. That reputation is well earned. From exclusive private salons to the exciting atmosphere of the main floor, the City delivers a dynamic gaming experience in its 420,000-square-foot casino with upwards of approximately 400 gaming tables and about 1,300 gaming machines. Yet there’s much more to the entertainment here, including designer-brand shopping, clubs and a number of truly incredible, family-friendly shows that will create lasting memories. Among the standouts:

Dragon’s Treasure is an iconic and spectacular audiovisual multimedia experience presented in The Bubble, the world’s largest special-effects projection dome.

The House of Dancing Water, the world’s largest water-based show, is a $250-million-plus entertainment spectacular personally created and directed by the internationally acclaimed Franco Dragone. The epic love story that transcends time and space is presented in the 2,000-seat Dancing Water Theater and performed by a superb cast of international performance artists.

Nightclubs: City of Dreams also offers a host of sophisticated lounges, including Club CUBIC, the most prestigious and largest nightspot in Macau.

Embracing Excitement and Promise

Macau is a unique combination of Chinese and Portuguese heritage, melding the traditional cultures of the Orient and the spirit of Las Vegas, and nowhere captures this spirit better than City of Dreams. Likewise, the unrivaled service, luxury and opulence of Crown Towers fully embraces that spirit, epitomizing both the excitement and promise of this exciting new destination.

Five and Four Star Award Winners (Continued)

Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills

NEW MEXICO
Four Star
Lodgings

Encantado Resort (Santa Fe)

Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi
(Santa Fe)

Restaurants

Geronimo (Santa Fe)

NEW YORK
Five Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel New York
(New York)

Mandarin Oriental, New York
(New York)

The Peninsula New York (New York)

The Point (Saranac Lake)

The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park (New York)

The St. Regis New York (New York)

Trump International Hotel & Tower New York (New York)

Restaurants

Daniel (New York)

Eleven Madison Park (New York)

Jean Georges (New York)

Le Bernardin (New York)

Masa (New York)

per se (New York)

Spas

The Peninsula Spa by ESPA
(New York)

The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York (New York)

NEW YORK
Four Star
Lodgings

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (New York)

Lake Placid Lodge (Lake Placid)

The Lowell (New York)

Mirbeau Inn & Spa (Skaneateles)

The New York Palace (New York)

The Pierre (New York)

The Plaza (New York)

The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park (New York)

Restaurants

Adour Alain Ducasse (New York)

Asiate (New York)

Blue Hill at Stone Barns
(Pocantico Hills)

Bouley (New York)

Del Posto (New York)

The Dining Room at Mirbeau (Skaneateles)

Gilt (New York)

Gordon Ramsay at the London
(New York)

Gotham Bar and Grill (New York)

Gramercy Tavern (New York)

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
(New York)

La Grenouille (New York)

Le Cirque (New York)

Marea (New York)

The Modern (New York)

Picholine (New York)

Sugiyama (New York)

Spas

The Emerson Spa, Emerson Resort and Spa (Mount Tremper)

La Prairie at The Ritz-Carlton Spa (New York)

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Westchester (Westchester)

The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel New York (New York)

Spa Mirbeau (Skaneateles)

NORTH CAROLINA
Five Star
Lodgings

The Fearrington House Country Inn (Pittsboro)

The Umstead Hotel and Spa (Cary)

Four Star
Lodgings

The Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, Ballantyne Resort (Charlotte)

The Carolina Hotel (Pinehurst)

Inn on Biltmore Estate (Asheville)

Old Edwards Inn (Highlands)

Restaurants

Carolina Crossroads (Chapel Hill)

The Fearrington House Restaurant (Pittsboro)

Gallery Restaurant (Charlotte)

Herons (Cary)

Spas

The Spa at Ballantyne (Charlotte)

The Spa at Old Edwards Inn
(Highlands)

The Spa at Pinehurst, The Carolina Hotel (Pinehurst)

The Umstead Spa, The Umstead Hotel and Spa (Cary)

OHIO
Four Star
Lodgings

The Cincinnatian Hotel
(Cincinnati)

PENNSYLVANIA
Five Star
Lodgings

Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (Farmington)

Restaurants

Fountain Restaurant
(Philadelphia)

Lautrec (Farmington)

Four Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia (Philadelphia)

The Hotel Hershey (Hershey)

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (Farmington)

Restaurants

Circular Dining Room (Hershey)

Lacroix at The Rittenhouse
(Philadelphia)

Spas

Woodlands Spa at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort (Farmington)

RHODE ISLAND
Four Star
Restaurants

Mill’s Tavern (Providence)

SOUTH CAROLINA
Five Star
Lodgings

The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island (Kiawah Island)

Woodlands Inn (Summerville)

Restaurants

Dining Room at Woodlands Inn (Summerville)

Spas

The Spa at The Sanctuary (Kiawah Island)

Four Star
Lodgings

Charleston Place (Charleston)

The Inn at Harbour Town (Hilton Head)

The Inn at Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton)

Restaurants

Charleston Grill (Charleston)

Circa 1886 (Charleston)

The Ocean Room (Kiawah Island)

Peninsula Grill (Charleston)

Spas

Spa at Palmetto Bluff, Inn at Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton)

TENNESSEE
Five Star
Lodgings

The Hermitage Hotel (Nashville)

Four Star
Lodgings

Blackberry Farm (Maryville)

The Peabody Memphis (Memphis)

Restaurants

The Barn at Blackberry Farm (Maryville)

Capitol Grille (Nashville)

Chez Philippe (Memphis)

TEXAS
Five Star
Restaurants

Inn at Dos Brisas (Brenham)

Four Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel Austin (Austin)

Four Seasons Hotel Houston (Houston)

Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas (Irving)

Hotel Granduca (Houston)

Mokara Hotel & Spa (San Antonio)

The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas (Dallas)

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek (Dallas)

The St. Regis Houston (Houston)

Restaurants

Abacus (Dallas)

Fearing’s (Dallas)

The French Room (Dallas)

The Mansion Restaurant (Dallas)

Nana (Dallas)

Quattro (Houston)

Stephan Pyles (Dallas)

Spas

The Mokara Spa, Mokara Hotel & Spa (San Antonio)

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Dallas (Dallas)

The Spa and Salon at Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas (Irving)

The Spa at Four Seasons Austin (Austin)

Trellis, The Spa at The Houstonian (Houston)

The Hotel Hershey

UTAH
Five Star
Lodgings

Stein Eriksen Lodge (Park City)

Four Star
Lodgings

The Grand America Hotel (Salt Lake City)

The St. Regis Deer Crest Resort (Park City)

Restaurants

Glitretind Restaurant (Park City)

Riverhorse on Main (Park City)

Spas

The Spa at Stein Eriksen Lodge (Park City)

Remède Spa, The St. Regis Deer Crest Resort (Park City)

VERMONT
Five Star
Lodgings

Twin Farms (Barnard)

VIRGINIA
Five Star
Lodgings

The Inn at Little Washington (Washington)

The Jefferson Hotel (Richmond)

Restaurants

The Inn at Little Washington (Washington)

Four Star
Lodgings

The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City (Arlington)

The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner (McLean)

Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg)

WASHINGTON
Four Star
Lodgings

The Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Seattle)

Four Seasons Hotel Seattle (Seattle)

Restaurants

The Georgian (Seattle)

The Herbfarm (Woodinville)

Rover’s (Seattle)

Spas

Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Seattle (Seattle)

WEST VIRGINIA
Four Star
Lodgings

The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs)

Spas

The Greenbrier Spa (White Sulphur Springs)

WISCONSIN
Four Star
Lodgings

The American Club (Kohler)

Canoe Bay (Rice Lake)

Restaurants

The Immigrant Restaurant (Kohler)

Spas

Kohler Waters Spa, The American Club (Kohler)

WYOMING
Five Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole (Jackson Hole)

Four Star
Lodgings

Amangani (Jackson Hole)

Spas

The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole (Jackson Hole)

C A N A D A
ALBERTA
Four Star
Restaurants

Banffshire Club (Banff)

Post Hotel Dining Room (Lake Louise)

Spas

Willow Stream Spa at The Fairmont Banff Springs (Banff)

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Four Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver)

Four Seasons Resort Whistler (Whistler)

Hastings House Country House Hotel (Salt Spring Island)

Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver (Vancouver)

The Sutton Place Hotel Vancouver (Vancouver)

Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino)

Restaurants

Bishop’s (Vancouver)

La Belle Auberge (Ladner)

Lumière (Vancouver)

Restaurant Matisse (Victoria)

West (Vancouver)

Spas

Ancient Cedars Spa, Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino)

CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La (Vancouver)

The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Whistler (Whistler)

NEW BRUNSWICK
Four Star
Lodgings

Kingsbrae Arms (St. Andrews)

ONTARIO
Four Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel Toronto (Toronto)

The Hazelton Hotel (Toronto)

Park Hyatt Toronto (Toronto)

Restaurants

Canoe (Toronto)

Chiado (Toronto)

The Dining Room at Langdon Hall (Cambridge)

The Fifth Grill (Toronto)

North 44 (Toronto)

One Restaurant (Toronto)

Scaramouche (Toronto)

Splendido (Toronto)

Spas

The Spa at the Hazelton (Toronto)

Stillwater Spa, Park Hyatt Toronto (Toronto)

QUEBEC
Four Star
Lodgings

Hotel Le St. James (Montreal)

Restaurants

L’Eau à la Bouche (Sainte-Adele)

Restaurant Initiale (Quebec City)

Toqué! (Montreal)

C H I N A
BEIJING

Four Star
Lodgings

Aman at Summer Palace

Grand Hyatt Beijing

The Peninsula Beijing

Raffles Beijing Hotel

The Regent Beijing

Shangri-La Hotel Beijing

The St. Regis Beijing

Spas

The Peninsula Spa by ESPA, The Peninsula Beijing

Spa at Aman at Summer Palace

The Ritz-Carlton Spa Beijing

HONG KONG
Five Star
Lodgings

Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

The Peninsula Hong Kong

Spas

The Mandarin Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

The Oriental Spa at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental

The Peninsula Spa by ESPA

Four Star
Lodgings

Conrad Hong Kong

Grand Hyatt Hong Kong

InterContinental Hong Kong

Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong

The Upper House

Spas

Plateau Spa, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong

The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

MACAU
Five Star
Lodgings

Altira Macau

Wynn Macau

Spas

Altira Spa

Spa at Wynn Macau

Four Star
Lodgings

Crown Towers at City of Dreams

Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai

MGM Grand Macau

Sands Macau

Spas

Six Senses Spa at MGM Grand Macau

The Spa at Crown Towers

Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Macao

Crown Towers at City of Dreams

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