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10| Inform Five Star Alliance’s luxury specialists select top properties T he spectacular Kiawah Island Golf Resort on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, has been named one of the world’s best golf resorts by Five Star Alliance, the leading online travel agency for luxury hotels. The second “World’s Best Luxury Hotels” listing features properties selected from among Five Star Alliance’s collection of luxury hotels. “We’re proud to be recognized as one of the World’s Most Romantic Luxury Hotels for the second year in a row,” says Danilo Zucchetti, general manager of Villa D’Este in Lake Como, Italy. “This award will certainly result in great exposure for our unique property, and will further enhance our reputation with savvy travelers who appreciate the finest in luxury travel.” Five Star Alliance recommends hotels to millions of affluent travelers. The criteria used to select the World’s Best Luxury Hotels include feedback from Five Star Alliance clients, the popularity of hotels and the company’s own expertise. Affluent travelers are defined as individuals from households earning more than US $200,000 per year, equaling 2.5 million households, according to a recent Ypartnership study. The same study also reports that the affluent travel market is projected to grow 24 percent by 2010, creating myriad opportunities for growth in the luxury travel market. “As the luxury hotel industry continues to grow at a rapid clip, and as luxury properties proliferate worldwide, recommendations from a trusted source become even more important,” says Five Star Alliance president Jay Ashton. Questex Media Group, a global, diversified business-to-business media company and publisher of LUXURY HOTELIER, HOTEL & MOTEL MANAGEMENT, HOTEL DESIGN, PREMIER HOTELS & RESORTS, LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR and TRAVEL AGENT magazines, and producer of International Hospitality Week, Luxury Travel Expo, Incentive Travel Exchange, acquired Five Star Alliance in July. Five Star Alliance will operate as a subsidiary of Questex Media Group and continue to be led by chairman Cal Simmons and Mr. Ashton. For the complete 2007 World’s Best Luxury Hotels listings in all categories, visit www.fivestaralliance.com. A few of the best Best spa resorts Canyon Ranch Lenox The Grove The Setai Lenox, Massachusetts Hertfordshire, England Miami, Florida Best beach resorts Cambridge Beaches Sandys, Bermuda Las Ventanas San Jose del Cabo, Mexico The Breakers Palm Beach, Florida Best ski resorts Badrutts Palace Hotel St. Moritz, Switzerland The Kristiania Lech Lech, Austria Inn at Lost Creek Telluride, Colorado Best golf resorts Kiawah Island Golf Resort Kiawah Island, South Carolina Four Seasons Punta Mita Nayarit, Mexico Old Course Hotel St. Andrews, Scotland Best business hotels Park Hyatt Tokyo Tokyo Jumeirah Emirates Tower Dubai The Hay-Adams Washington, D.C. Best honeymoon resorts Peter Island Resort Peter Island, British Virgin Islands Burj al Arab Dubai Hotel de Crillon Paris Most romantic luxury hotels La Casa Que Canta Playa la Ropa, Mexico Villa d’Este Lake Como, Italy Auberge Du Soleil Napa Valley, California Best luxury hotels for families Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun, Mexico Jumeirah Beach Hotel Dubai Don CeSar St. Pete Beach, Florida Luxury Hotelier | September 2007 | www.LuxuryHotelier.com http://www.fivestaralliance.com http://www.fivestaralliance.com http://www.LuxuryHotelier.com

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Luxury Hotelier - September 2007

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