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- AAA MID-ATLANTIC 2010 FOUR DIAMOND AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Westin Richmond Joins List of Prestigious Properties this Year
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- Area lodgings receiving the prominent 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award® include
- The Westin Richmond, Richmond (for the 1
Contacts: Martha M. Meade Windy A. VanCuren Office: (804) 323-6510 Office: (804) 323-6535 Cell: (804) 543-7190 wvancuren@aaamidatlantic.com mmeade@aaamidatlantic.com AAA MID-ATLANTIC 2010 FOUR DIAMOND AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Westin Richmond Joins List of Prestigious Properties this Year RICHMOND, VA (THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009) – AAA Mid-Atlantic has announced its 2010 Four Diamond Award® winning hotels and restaurants in the Central and Western Virginia regions. The AAA Four Diamond Award designation, a most prestigious level of distinction for hotels and restaurants, was awarded to twelve area establishments with The Westin Richmond joining the list for the first time. “Joining the ranks of Four Diamond Award winners and maintaining Four Diamond Award status is not an easy task and is truly reserved for those establishments which continuously demonstrate an unwavering commitment to superior hospitality – attentive service, premier comfort, and so much more! AAA is proud to welcome The Westin Richmond as they join an impressive list of properties in Virginia,” said Martha Mitchell Meade, Manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “It is especially impressive for The Westin Richmond to attain a Four Diamond rating and for all of the properties to remain at the Four Diamond Award level during challenging economic times when many properties are cutting back on amenities or services. The entire team at The Westin Richmond and all of the properties are to be congratulated for their dedication and success.” Feliks Schwartz, General Manager of The Westin Richmond, has had his eye on the AAA Four Diamond Award for many years as he built his impressive career in the hospitality industry. “Creating an environment where every hotel associate respectfully tends to every detail required to make our guests’ experiences truly memorable is not an easy task but an extremely rewarding one,” said Schwartz. “Having been presented with AAA’s Four Diamond Award in the first year of operation is truly an honor and a testament to the team work of the entire hotel staff. I am happy to have achieved this level of distinction while simultaneously working through any natural wrinkles which are part of opening any new hotel.” AAA Four Diamond Award winners represent just 3.5 percent of the 58,000 Diamond Rated lodgings and restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. -MORE- AAA MID-ATLANTIC, PAGE 2 OF 2 “Four Diamond hotels and restaurants represent some of the best that the hospitality industry has to offer,” added Meade. “These properties are extraordinary in every manner. Lodgings at this level offer guests a wide range of amenities and services, and restaurants feature a distinctive fine dining experience and complex menus. We are pleased that so many establishments in our area have reached this level of service, and we are honored to present these outstanding properties with the Four Diamond Award designation for 2010.” Area lodgings receiving the prominent 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award® include: The Berkeley Hotel, Richmond (for the 21st year) The Boar’s Head Inn, Charlottesville (for the 9th year) The Homestead, Hot Springs (for the 6th year) Keswick Hall at Monticello, Keswick (for the 9th year) The Martha Washington Inn and Spa, Abingdon (for the 12th year) The Oaks Victorian Inn, Christiansburg (for the 15th year)
Wyndham Virginia Crossing Hotel and Conference Center, Glen Allen (for the 6th year) Area restaurants receiving the prominent 2010 AAA Four Diamond Award® include: 1 North Belmont, Richmond (for the 5th year) The Dining Room at the Berkeley Hotel, Richmond (for the 15th year) Fossett’s, Kewsick (for the 6th year) The Old Mill Room (The Boar’s Head Inn), Charlottesville (for the 23rd year) The assignment of a AAA rating of One to Five Diamonds marks the completion of a successful annual evaluation by one of AAA’s professional inspectors. AAA’s professional inspectors evaluate and rate more than 58,000 lodgings and restaurants in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean using a scale of One to Five Diamonds. They conduct an average of more than 1,100 property evaluations per year and have a combined total of 700 years experience. The average tenure is 12 years, with the longest being 28 years. AAA inspectors work remotely and bring significant prior industry experience to the association. AAA’s Diamond Rating System is the only ratings system that covers all of North America and one of only two that conducts physical, on-site evaluations. It is the only system that uses full-time, professionally trained evaluators to inspect each property using guidelines made available to all establishments. AAA evaluates more properties than any other rating entity. Information about AAA Diamond Ratings and the complete 2010 Diamond Award winners are accessible at AAA.com/News. AAA Mid-Atlantic serves nearly 830,000 members in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is the nation’s fifth largest auto club with over 3.6 million members in Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. It provides a wide range of personal insurance, travel, financial and automotive services through its 50-plus retail branches, regional operations centers, and the Internet. For more information on AAA Mid-Atlantic, please visit our web site at www.AAA.com. and our blog at aaa.com/community. # # # Download 22.68 Kb. Share with your friends:
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