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Readers’ Choice Platinum List
BeverlyHillsHotel andBungalows
HOTELS
67
celebratedliving.com
SUMMER 2012
Top20MainlandU.S.
sionareaartists todecorate, use
indigenousmaterials tobuild, stock
mini-barswith local foods, anduse re-
gional produce in restaurants, all to
create “aunique senseof place.”
Readers calledout this year’s
No. 1Americanpick, 94-year-old
THE BROADMOOR
resort inColorado
Springs, Colorado, for authenticity. Its
golf, tennis, and spaprograms pro-
vide on-propertyappeal, but to satisfy
guest demand for local experience,
the resort increasinglyorganizes
horseback rides in themountains.
“Weare seeingmoreandmore
requests foradventure.Guestswant to
do somethingdifferent, out of thebox,”
saidDennisLesko, theBroadmoor’s
marketingvicepresident. “If it’snot in
our repertoire,we’ll improvise.”
Forsome, likeNorthCarolina’s
INN
ONBILTMOREESTATE
,whereanewex-
hibit focuseson theVanderbilt family
whobuilt it, senseof place isabirth-
right.Thisyear the
BEVERLYHILLS
HOTEL
highlights itscentennialwith
historicphotos in the remodeled lobby
andcocktails inspiredbycelebrity
guests likeMarilynMonroe.But
youngercompetitorsaim tocultivate
authenticity, too.New initiativesat
THE
BOULDERSRESORT
nearScottsdale,Ari-
zona, capitalizeon thedesert locale
withstargazingsessions, astrology-
1. TheBroadmoor, ColoradoSprings, Colorado
(800) 634-7711, broadmoor.com
2. JWMarriott Camelback InnResort &Spa,
Scottsdale, Arizona
(888) 772-5809, camelbackinn.com
3. BeverlyHillsHotel andBungalows
(800) 283-8885,
thebeverlyhillshotel.com
4. Four SeasonsHotel Chicago
(800) 819-5053,
fourseasons.com/chicagofs
5. Hotel del Coronado, SanDiego
(800) 468-3533, hoteldel.com
6. BiltmoreHotel, Coral Gables, Florida
(tie)
(800) 915-1926, biltmorehotel.com
6. Four SeasonsHotel NewYork
(tie)
(800) 819-5053,
fourseasons.com/newyork
8. TheWaldorf=Astoria, NewYork
(800) 925-3673, waldorfnewyork.com
9. Inn onBiltmore Estate, Asheville,
NorthCarolina
(800) 411-3812, Biltmore.com
10. ThePeninsulaChicago
(866) 288-8889, peninsula.com/chicago
11. JWMarriott SanAntonioHill
Country Resort &Spa
(866) 882-4420, jwsanantonio.com
12. Omni LaMansión del Rio, SanAntonio
(888) 444-6664, omnilamansion.com
13. TheBoulders Resort, Carefree, Arizona
(888) 579-2631, theboulders.com
14. RosewoodMansion on TurtleCreek, Dallas
(888) 767-3966,
mansiononturtlecreek.com
15.MandarinOriental,Miami
(866) 888-6780,
mandarinoriental.com/miami
16. Four SeasonsHotel Boston
(tie)
(800) 819-5053, fourseasons.com/boston
16. ThePhoenician, Scottsdale, Arizona
(tie)
(800) 888-8234, thephoenician.com
16. ThePlaza, NewYork
(tie)
(888) 850-0909, theplaza.com
19. AubergeDuSoleil, Rutherford, California
(800) 348-5406, aubergedusoleil.com
20. Four Seasons Resort andClubDallas
at Las Colinas
(800) 819-5053,
fourseasons.com/dallas
