Relais & Chateaux, Known for Outstanding Hospitality, Stands Out in Travel + Leisure's 2010 Readers' Choice 'World's Best Awards'

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Relais & Chateaux, the international Association of acclaimed hotels and gourmet restaurants, was a strong winner in Travel + Leisure's 2010 annual "World's Best Awards" chosen by the magazine's readers.  

The Association's hotels were represented in eight out of ten of the hotel categories, comprising 13 percent of the world's Top 100 Hotels and over half of the hotels in the Inns and Small Country Hotels in Europe category.  Triple Creek Ranch in Montana was a particular standout, being awarded the number two hotel in world, as well as the number one hotel in the Continental US and Canada.  

Relais & Chateaux North American properties had an outstanding showing in the Top 10 Small City Hotels in US/Canada category, with Auberge Saint-Antoine, Planters Inn and The Jefferson, a new Relais & Chateaux city hotel, and also in the Top 5 Inns in US/Canada category (under 40 rooms), featuring Triple Creek Ranch and Fearrington House Restaurant & Country Hotel.  

Other winning properties in North America included Wickaninnish Inn, Post Hotel & Spa, Meadowood Napa Valley, Auberge du Soleil, Blackberry Farm, Hotel Le Toiny, Eden Rock and Esperanza, which was rated number one in the Top 20 Resorts in Mexico category.  To view the complete Travel + Leisure awards list and all Relais & Chateaux winners, visit www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest.  

Relais & Chateaux is an Association of nearly 500 of the finest hotels and gourmet restaurants in 58 countries. Established in France in 1954, the Association's mission is to spread its unique "art de vivre" across the globe by selecting outstanding properties with a truly unique character, where guests are privy to moments of exceptional harmony and genuine hospitality.

For more information about Relais & Chateaux, visit www.relaischateaux.com.

SOURCE Relais & Chateaux

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