ORLANDO, Fla. – June 4, 2008…Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, today announced that seven of its premier properties were highlighted in Condé Nast Traveler’s list of Top 100 Golf Resorts for 2008, an honor reserved for the most elite golf facilities. Resorts recognized include:
Camelback Inn, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, Ariz.
JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes, Fla.
The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, Jamaica
The Ritz-Carlton Members Club Sarasota, Bradenton, Fla.
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert, Calif.
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, Orlando, Fla.
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Ariz.
The annual 100 Top Golf Resorts, which recognizes an exclusive selection of outstanding golf resorts throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the British Isles, is based on various criteria including course design, golf staff and service, rooms, resort service, food/dining, and activities/facilities. Winners are selected by calculating responses from thousands of readers who were asked to evaluate 477 golf resorts that they had visited in the past three years.
“It is always a great honor when any of our properties receive such a prestigious award,” said Claye Atcheson, Vice President of Marriott Golf. “Condé Nast Traveler represents the gold standard in the travel industry, thus to have such a fine representation of our premier properties recognized by the readers, and our customers, is truly rewarding.”
Condé Nast Traveler’s editorial specializes in luxury travel and the review of high-end hotels, products and services, as well as first class travel stories targeted at business travelers.
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf manages 61 golf courses at 45 locations in 13 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is one of the world’s premier golf operators. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises. For more information, visit www.marriottgolf.com.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 66 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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