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• Arizona • France
• California • Germany
• Nevada • Great Britain
• New York • Greece
• Colorado • Italy
• Florida • Spain
• Hawaii • Sweden
• Canada Africa—Indian Ocean
• Caribbean • South Africa
• Central America Asia—South Pacific
• Mexico • Hong Kong
• U.S. General • French Polynesia
• South America Australia-Oceania
  • Australia
  Middle East
  • Israel

AMERICAS

Arizona

• Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa (Phoenix)
• The Boulders (Scottsdale)		 • Enchantment Resort (Sedona)
• L'Auberge de Sedona (Sedona)
• Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa (Sedona)

California — Central Coast

• Inn Paradiso (Paso Robles) • Villa Toscana (Paso Robles)

California — Greater Los Angeles Area

• The Ambrose (Santa Monica)
• Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel (Los Angeles)
• Casa del Mar (Santa Monica)
• The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows (Santa Monica)

• Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village (Conejo Valley)
• Hotel Bel-Air (Los Angeles)
• Le Merigot - A JW Marriott Beach Hotel and Spa (Santa Monica)
• The Standard (Los Angeles)
• Sofitel Los Angeles (Los Angeles)

California — Monterey/Carmel Area

• Carmel Valley Ranch (Carmel)
• Hotel Los Gatos (Los Gatos)
• Highlands Inn(Carmel)
• La Playa Hotel (Carmel)
 • Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa (Monterey)
• Post Ranch Inn (Big Sur)
• Stonepine Estate (Carmel Valley)
• Ventana Inn & Spa (Big Sur)

California — Napa/Sonoma

• The Bodega Bay Lodge & Spa (Sonoma)
• Embassy Suites Napa Valley (Napa)
• The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa (Sonoma) 		• The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa (Sonoma)
• Meadowood (St. Helena)
• Napa River Inn (Napa)
• Vintage Inn (Napa) 

California — Orange County

• The Balboa Bay Club & Resort
(Newport Beach)
• Fairmont Newport Beach (Newport Beach)
• Inn at Laguna Beach (Laguna Beach)
• The Island Newport Beach (Newport Beach)
• Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort
(Dana Point)

• Montage Resort & Spa (Laguna Beach)
• The Resort at Pelican Hill (Newport Coast)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel (Dana Point)
• Surf & Sand Resort (Laguna Beach)
• The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa (Dana Point)

California — Santa Barbara Area

• Bacara Resort & Spa (Santa Barbara)
• Bath Street Inn (Santa Barbara)
• Canary Hotel (Santa Barbara)		 • Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara)

California — San Diego Area

• Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa (La Jolla)
• Four Seasons Resort Aviara (Carlsbad)
• The Grand Del Mar (San Diego)
• Hotel La Jolla at the Shores (La Jolla) 		• Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine (La Jolla)
• The Lodge at Torrey Pines (La Jolla)
• Loews Coronado Bay Resort (Coronado)
• Rancho Bernardo Inn (San Diego)

California — San Francisco

• The Fairmont San Francisco (San Francisco)
• Hotel Carlton (San Francisco)
• The Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)
• Hyatt Regency San Francisco (San Francisco)
• InterContinental San Francisco (San Francisco)
• JW Marriott San Francisco (San Francisco)
• Le Meridien San Francisco (San Francisco)

• The Lodge at Tiburon (Tiburon)
• The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay (San Francisco)
• The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco (San Francisco)
• Sofitel San Francisco Bay (Redwood City)
• St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco (San Francisco)
• The Westin St. Francis (San Francisco)

California — Other

• Amber House (Sacramento)
• Château du Sureau (Oakhurst)
• Club at Big Bear Village (Lake Big Bear)
• Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch Resort (Death Valley)
• Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa(Lake Arrowhead)
• La Quinta Resort & Club (La Quinta)
• Parker (Palm Springs)
• Miramonte Resort & Spa  (Indian Wells)

• Mission Inn (Riverside)
• PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn (Olympic Valley)
• Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa (Rancho Mirage)
• The Resort at Squaw Creek (Olympic Valley)
• Snowcreek Resort (Mammoth Lakes)
• Temecula Creek Inn (Temecula)

Colorado

• Brown Palace (Denver)
• Elk Mountain Resort (Montrose)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch (Avon)

 • Sonnenalp Resort (Vail)
• Wit's End Guest Ranch Resort & Spa (Bayfield)

Florida

• Amelia Island Plantation (Amelia Island)
• The Breakers Palm Beach (Palm Beach)
• Gaylord Palms Resort (Kissimmee)
• Hotel Nash (Miami Beach)
• Ocean Point Beach Resort & Spa (Miami Beach)
• Portofino Bay Hotel (Orlando)
• The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes (Orlando) 		• Sofitel Miami (Blue Lagoon, Miami)
• Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Beach Club (Ponte Vedra Beach)
• The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club (Aventura)
• Trump International Beach Resort (Sunny Isles Beach)
• The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa (Hollywood)

Hawaii

• Four Seasons Resort Lana'i, The Lodge at Koele (Lanai)
• Four Seasons Resort Lana'i at Manele Bay (Lanai)
• The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea (Wailea)
• Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa
 (Wailea)
• Halekulani Hotel (Honolulu)
• JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina (Kapolei)

• The Kahala Hotel & Resort (Honolulu)
• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (Kohala Coast)
• Mauna Lani Resort at Kalahuipua'a (Kohala Coast)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (Kapalua)
• The Westin Maui Resort & Spa (Lahaina)

Nevada

• Green Valley Ranch (Henderson)
• The Mirage (Las Vegas)
• Wynn Las Vegas (Las Vegas)
• SKYLOFTS MGM Grand (Las Vegas)

New York

• The Benjamin (New York)
• Hotel 41 at Times Square (New York)
• Hôtel Plaza Athénée (New York)
• Jolly Hotel Madison Towers (New York)
• Jumeirah Essex House (New York)
• The London NYC (New York)
• The Lowell (New York)
• Mandarin Oriental New York (New York)

 • Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz)
• The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park (New York)
• Sofitel New York (New York)
• Trump International Hotel & Tower (New York)
 • W New York Times Square (New York)

Canada

• Chateau Versailles (Montreal)
• The Fairmont Banff Springs (Banff)
• The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Alberta)
• The Fairmont Chateau Whistler (Whistler)
• The Fairmont Waterfront (Vancouver)

• Hastings House (Salt Spring Island)
• Hotel Le St-James (Montreal)
• Metropolitan Hotel (Vancouver)
• Opus Hotel (Vancouver)
• Sofitel Montreal (Montreal)
• Soho Metropolitan Hotel (Toronto)

Caribbean

• Atlantis Paradise Island (Bahamas)
• Cap Juluca (British West Indies)
• CuisinArt Resort and Spa (Anguilla)
• Hix Island House, A Vieques Hotel (Puerto Rico)
• Horned Dorset Primavera (Puerto Rico)
• Jade Mountain (West Indies)
• The Meridian Club Pine Cay (British West Indies)
 • Necker Island (British West Indies)
• Petit St. Vincent (Grenadine Islands)
• Sandy Lane (St. James, Barbados)
• Westin Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort (Bahamas)
• Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort (Bahamas)

Central America

• Hacienda Cabo Velas (Costa Rica)
  

Mexico

• Barcelo La Jolla de Mismaloya (Jalisco)
• Excellence Playa Mujeres (Cancun)
• The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (Acapulco)
• Four Seasons Hotel México, D.F. (Mexico City)

• Hilton Guadalajara (Guadalajara)
• JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa (Cancun)
• Las Cabañas de Loreto (Baja Sur)
• Las Hadas (Manzanillo)
• The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort (Nayarit)
• The Tides Zihuatanejo (Zihuatanejo)  

South America

• Sonesta Sao Paulo–Ibirapuera (Sao Paulo)  

U.S. Other

• The Bishop's Lodge (Santa Fe, NM)
• Borgata (Atlantic City, NJ)
• Boston Harbor Hotel (Boston, MA)
• Château Élan Winery & Resort (Braselton, GA)
• Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center (Mt. Sterling, OH)
• Delamar Greenwich Harbor Hotel (Greenwich, CT)
• Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa (Galina, IL)
• Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island, MI)
• Grand Traverse Resort and Spa (Acme, MI)
• Hotel Derek (Houston, TX)
• The Hotel George (Washington, DC)
• Hotel Lucia (Portland, OR)
• Hotel Madera (Washington, DC)
• Hotel Viking (Newport, RI)
• La Mansion del Rio (San Antonio, TX)
• La Posada de Albuquerque (Albuquerque, NM)
• Morrison House (Alexandria, VA)

• MotorCity Casino Hotel (Detroit, MI)
• Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort (Oak Brook, IL)
• Park Hyatt Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Red Mountain Spa (Ivins, UT)
• The Rittenhouse Hotel (Philadelphia, PA)
• Salish Lodge & Spa (Snoqualmie, WA)
• The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Kiawah Island, SC)
• Seattle Marriott Waterfront (Seattle, WA)
• Sofitel Chicago Water Tower (Chicago, IL)
• Sofitel Lafayette Square Washington DC (Washington, DC)
• Sofitel Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
• The American Club (Kohler, WI)
• Thomas Henkelmann Homestead Inn (Greenwich, CT)
• XV Beacon (Boston, MA)

EUROPE

France

Germany

• InterContinental Berlin (Berlin)
• InterContinental Berchtesgaden Resort (Berchtesgaden)

  

Great Britain

• Billesley Manor (Stratford-upon-Avon)
• Blakes Hotel (London)
• Dukes Hotel (London)
• The Grove (Hertfordshire)

 • The Milestone Hotel & Apartments (London)
• Marriott Hanbury Manor Hotel
& Country Club (Hertfordshire)
• Royal Garden Hotel (London)

Greece

• Hotel Grand Bretagne (Athens)

  

Italy

• Hotel Aida (Riviera dei Fiori)
• Hotel Cipriani (Venice)
• Palazzo Sasso (Ravello)

 • Villa Dievole (Siena)
• Villa Il Tesoro (Tuscany)

Spain

• Gran Hotel La Florida (Barcelona)

 • Westin Valencia (Valencia)

Sweden

• Grand Hôtel Stockholm (Stockholm)

  

AFRICA—INDIAN OCEAN

South Africa

• Saxon (Johannesburg)
• Ulusaba Private Game Reserve
(Sabi Sand)

 • Le Quartier Français (Franschhoek)

ASIA — SOUTH PACIFIC

• Banyan Tree Bintan (Indonesia)
• Banyan Tree Phuket (Thailand)
• The Caravelle Hotel (Vietnam)
• Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai (Thailand)
• Four Seasons Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel (Hong Kong)
• InterContinental Bangkok (Thailand)
• InterContinental Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• The Island Shangri-la (Hong Kong)

• Kowloon Shangri-La (Hong Kong)
• COMO Shambhala Estate at Begawan Giri (Indonesia)
• The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai (China)
• Hotel Tugu Bali (Indonesia)
• Le Meridien Angkor (Cambodia)
• Le Taha'a Private Island & Spa
(French Polynesia)
• Rachamankha (Thailand)
• Sofitel Dalat Palace (Vietnam)
• Sri Panwa Phuket (Thailand)

AUSTRALIA — OCEANIA

• The Atrium at Greenock Creek (Barossa Valley)
• The Louise (Barossa Valley)
• Southern Ocean Lodge (Kangaroo Island)

  

MIDDLE EAST

Israel

• Palacio Domain (Safed)

    

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