Golf Magazine has released its latest edition of the ‘Top 100 Courses You Can Play,’ a compendium of “beautifully inclusive, thrillingly elite” public-access options sprinkled throughout North America. The magazine’s previous rankings of public-access courses have been confined to the United States, but this Golf has included Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. That includes Los […]
Category: Awards
Pinehurst Resort recognized with Adrian Award for its “Pinehurst Auction” initiative
Pinehurst Resort over the years has received many “Best of…’’ awards, but it latest award has to be among the most satisfying. The historic resort in the North Carolina sand hills has received a prestigious “Best Practice Gold” Adrian Award, bestowed by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International for its “Pinehurst Auction,” which raised […]
III Forks Prime Steakhouse in PB Gardens wins Certified Angus Beef’s Restaurant Challenge
Hard work and perseverance does indeed pay off. Case in point is the management and staff at III Forks Prime Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. This week the staff at III Forks received a $2,500 “big tip” given to two restaurants across the country each week as part of Certified Angus Beef’s RestaurantChallenge. […]
Pinehurst No. 2 again No. 1 in North Carolina golf course ranking
Pinehurst No. 2 – the masterpiece of legendary golf course architect Donald Ross – has once again secured the top spot as the best golf course in the state as determined by the North Carolina Golf Panel. Among the top 10, the Dogwood Course at The Country Club of North Carolina rose from fifth to […]
Michigan’s Stoatin Brae Golf Course wins National Golf Course of the Year Award
The Stoatin Brae Golf Course at Gull Lake View Golf and Resort in Augusta, Mich., has been named the “National Golf Course of the Year” by the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA). Known officially as the Jemsek National Golf Course of the Year Award, the honor recognizes members demonstrating four criteria: exceptional quality of the course, exceptional quality of […]
Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay, Pacifica Golf Resort & Spa voted among world’s best 500 hotels
Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay Resort & Spa in Mazatlán and Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Golf & Spa Resort in Los Cabos each have been voted to the roster of the 500 best hotels around the globe by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. Hotels worldwide were rated on their facilities, location, service, food and […]
Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa nabs Forbes Five-Star award for sixth consecutive year
Forbes Travel Guide – the only global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas – today announced its 2021 Star Awards, including Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa as a Five-Star hotel for 2021. It’s the sixth consecutive year Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa has earned the prestigious distinction. For the seventh consecutive […]
Luminary Hotel & Co., in Fort Myers, Fl., receives Four Diamond Designation
Luminary Hotel & Co., the outstanding new hotel in Fort Myers, Fl., has the coveted Four Diamond Designation from AAA. The award is given to less than six percent of the more than 27,000 properties inspected and approved by AAA on an annual basis. “All the hard work and attention to detail Mainsail Lodging & […]
Vietnam’s Hoiana Shores Golf Club earns GEO Certified Development status
Hoiana Shores Golf Club in Vietnam has earned GEO Certified Development status from the Scotland-based GEO Foundation, the golf industry’s international standard-bearer for sustainable course design and construction practices. Opened in early 2020, Hoiana Shores GC – part of the $4 billion Hoiana Integrated Resort – is the first and only golf property in Asia-Pacific […]
Holana Shores GC in Vietnam wins World Golf Award
Hoiana Shores Golf Club – the first Vietnamese golf course design from Robert Trent Jones II Golf Course Architects’ – has been named the Best New Course to open worldwide for the year 2020. The course opened earlier this year in the stunning dunescape of Central Vietnam, was singled as part of the 7th annual […]