Auto Club: Top Southern California Hotels and Restaurants Earn AAA Four Diamond Awards
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PRESS RELEASE Jan. 23, 2012, 4:11 a.m. EST Auto Club: Top Southern California Hotels and Restaurants Earn AAA Four Diamond Awards LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Eighty-five Southern California hotels and 37 restaurants have earned the 2012 AAA Four Diamond Award(R), the Automobile Club of Southern California announced today. Eighteen locations appear as newcomers on the list including the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, The Westin Monache Resort in Mammoth Lakes and La Bellasera Hotel & Suites Paso Robles. The coveted AAA Four Diamond Award is presented to hotel and restaurant general managers and executive chefs to recognize the award-winning properties, which rank among the top 3.8 percent of 59,000 hotels and restaurants inspected by the AAA and the Auto Club, the nation's largest AAA affiliate. "Four Diamond Rated hotels and restaurants are committed to providing every guest with a high level of personalized service in comfortable, luxurious surroundings," said the Auto Club's Approved Accommodations Supervisor Patricia Marenco. "We are proud to recognize Southern California's hotels and restaurants that earn the AAA Four Diamond rating. To maintain a very high standard of personalized service in their hotels and restaurants in order to continue pleasing their guests is a significant accomplishment." The list of 2012 AAA Four Diamond hotels and restaurants throughout Southern California follows, along with the year rated: Inyo/Mono Counties Hotels Year Rated Death Valley National Park The Inn at Furnace Creek 1987 Mammoth Lakes The Westin Monache Resort 2011 Los Angeles County Hotels Beverly Hills Beverly Wilshire, A Four 1993 Seasons Hotel SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills 2009 Burbank Hotel Amarano Burbank 2011 Glendale Hilton Los Angeles 2000 North/Glendale & Executive Meeting Center Hollywood Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & 2008 Spa W Hollywood 2010 Los Angeles Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles 2011 at Beverly Hills Hotel Palomar LA Westwood 2011 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza & 1983 Spa InterContinental Los Angeles 1988 Century City JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. 2011 LIVE Omni Los Angeles Hotel at 2003 California Plaza Sofitel Los Angeles 1993 The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles 2011 Pasadena The Westin--Pasadena 2005 Rancho Palos Verdes Terranea Resort 2010 San Gabriel Hilton Los Angeles/San Gabriel 2011 Santa Monica The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & 2002 Bungalows JW Marriott Santa Monica Le 2002 Merigot Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel 1989 Universal City Hilton Los Angeles/Universal 2007 City West Hollywood The London West Hollywood 2008 Sunset Marquis Hotel & Villas 2007 Westlake Village Westlake Village Inn 2011 Los Angeles County Restaurants Beverly Hills Bouchon 2011 Cut (Beverly Wilshire Four 2010 Seasons Hotel Spago Beverly Hills 2004 The Blvd (Beverly Wilshire Four 2011 Seasons Hotel) Calabasas Saddle Peak Lodge 1997 Glendale Gennaro's Ristorante 2000 Long Beach The Sky Room 2004 Los Angeles Culina (Four Seasons Hotel Los 1995 Angeles at Beverly Hills) Patina 1991 Marina del Rey jer-ne restaurant (The Ritz- 2001 Carlton Marina del Rey) Pasadena The Raymond Restaurant 2005 Santa Monica Valentino Santa Monica 1995 Westlake Village Hampton's (Four Seasons Hotel 2007 Westlake Village) Orange County Hotels Anaheim Disneyland Hotel 2011 Disney's Grand Californian 2001 Hotel & Spa Dana Point Blue Lantern Inn 1991 Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & 2004 Spa Huntington Beach The Waterfront Beach Resort, A 1991 Hilton Hotel Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach 2003 Resort & Spa Laguna Beach Montage Laguna Beach 2010 Surf & Sand Resort 1991 Newport Beach The Balboa Bay Club & Resort 2004 Fairmont Newport Beach 2007 Orange County Restaurants Anaheim Napa Rose (Disney's Grand 2010 Californian Hotel & Spa) Fullerton The Cellar 1990 Huntington Beach The Californian (Hyatt Regency 2003 Huntington Beach Resort & Spa) Laguna Beach Studio (Montage Laguna Beach) 2008 Newport Beach Palm Terrace Restaurant (Island 2007 Hotel Newport Beach) The First Cabin At The Balboa 2004 Bay Club & Resort The Ritz Restaurant and Garden 1993 Riverside County Hotels Cabazon Morongo Casino Resort & Spa 2005 Indian Wells Hyatt Grand Champions Resort 1987 Miramonte Resort and Spa 2008 Renaissance Esmeralda Resort 2003 and Spa Palm Desert JW Marriott Desert Springs 1987 Resort & Spa Palm Springs The Willows Historic Palm 1997 Springs Inn Rancho Mirage Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa 2009 The Westin Mission Hills Resort 2009 & Spa Riverside The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa 2010 Temecula Pechanga Resort and Casino 2002 Riverside County Restaurants Cabazon Cielo (Morongo Casino Resort & 2011 Spa) Palm Springs Europa Restaurant at the Villa 2005 Royale Inn Le Vallauris 1993 Rancho Mirage Wally's Desert Turtle 1993 Riverside Duane's Prime Steaks & Seafood 1995 (Mission Inn Hotel & Spa) San Bernardino County Hotels Big Bear Lake Alpenhorn Bed & Breakfast 2000 Lake Arrowhead Lake Arrowhead Resort and Spa 2010 San Diego County Hotels Coronado Hotel del Coronado 2005 Loews Coronado Bay 1992 Del Mar L'Auberge Del Mar 2002 Jamul Jamul Haven 2011 Julian Orchard Hill Country Inn 1996 La Jolla Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa 2005 Hyatt Regency La Jolla 1990 La Valencia Hotel 2010 The Grande Colonial 2008 Lakeside Barona Resort & Casino 2010 Pala Pala Casino Spa and Resort 2004 Rancho Santa Fe Rancho Valencia, an Auberge 1990 Resort San Diego Hard Rock Hotel San Diego 2008 Hilton San Diego Bayfront 2011 Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa 2011 and Marina Omni San Diego Hotel 2005 Rancho Bernardo Inn 1977 Pacific Terrace Hotel 2007 Paradise Point 2011 San Diego Marriott Marquis & 1984 Marina The US Grant, A Luxury 2007 Collection Hotel The Westgate Hotel 2007 The Westin San Diego 1994 Valley Center Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort 2009 San Diego County Restaurants Carlsbad Vivace (Hyatt Park Aviara 1999 Resort) La Jolla A.R. Valentien (The Lodge at 2004 Torrey Pines) Donovan's Steak & Chop House 2010 George's California Modern 2000 Sky Room (La Valencia Hotel) 1991 Rancho Santa Fe Mille Fleurs 1991 San Diego Baci's 2004 Bertrand at Mister A's 1994 El Bizcocho Restaurant (Rancho 1990 Bernardo Inn) Grant Grill (The US Grant) 2007 San Luis Obispo County Hotels Cambria Pelican Cove Inn 2008 Blue Whale Inn Bed & Breakfast 1991 Cayucos Cayucos Sunset Inn 2002 Paso Robles La Bellasera Hotel & Suites 2011 Pismo Beach Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa 2009 Santa Barbara County Hotels Santa Barbara Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort 2006 by Hilton Harbor View Inn 1997 Inn On Summer Hill 1990 Santa Ynez Chumash Casino Resort & Spa 2004 Santa Ynez Inn 2002 Solvang Hotel Corque 2011 The Ballard Inn 1993 Petersen Village Inn 1984 Santa Barbara County Restaurants Santa Ynez The Willows (Chumash Casino 2005 Resort & Spa) Solvang The Ballard Inn Restaurant (The 2005 Ballard Inn) AAA's Diamond rating program is the only hotel and restaurant review system in the nation that uses specially trained full-time field representatives. As part of AAA's national network, the Auto Club's own staff reviews establishments in Southern California without prior notification using objective and detailed rating procedures. Lodging inspections include at least one unannounced inspection each year. Inspectors review and rate exterior, grounds and public areas, room decor, ambiance and amenities, guest room, bathrooms, housekeeping and maintenance, management and staff and guest services. Once the inspection process is complete, properties that meet all requirements receive a rating of one to five Diamonds. AAA approves and rates more than 59,000 lodgings and restaurants each year throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. AAA Approved and Diamond Rated hotel and restaurant listings can be found in the AAA TourBook(R) guides available at AAA and CAA branches across the continent. They can be accessed online at AAA.com/Travel and through downloadable eTourBook(SM) guides at AAA.com/ebooks. Smartphone users can locate Diamond Rated establishments using the free AAA TripTik(R) Mobile app or AAA Mobile Web at AAA.com/mobile. CONTACT: Jeffrey Spring Elaine Beno 714-885-2324 SOURCE: Automobile Club of Southern California Copyright 2012 Marketwire, Inc., All rights reserved. .