Mobil five-stars award winners announced

32 Hotels and 14 Restaurants won the five-star designation and 119 Hotels and 140 restaurants won the four star award.

Mobil Travel Guide, developer of the authoritative Mobil star rating program for lodgings, spas and restaurants, today yesterday the 2006 recipients of the Mobil Four- and Five-Star Awards in the lodging and restaurant categories.

Thirty-two (32) lodgings and fifteen (15) restaurants have been awarded the coveted Mobil Five-Star rating. In addition, 119 lodgings and 140 restaurants across the U.S. and Canada have received the highly regarded Mobil Four-Star rating.

In the lodging category, the Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C. joined the 2005Mobil Five-Star list:

California
The Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills
Chateau du Sureau, Oakhurst
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco
Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
Raffles L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, San Francisco

Colorado
The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
The Little Nell, Aspen

Connecticut
The Mayflower Inn, Washington

District of Columbia
Four Seasons Hotel Washington, D.C., Washington, DC

Florida
Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, Palm Beach
The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Naples
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, Manalapan

Georgia
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, Atlanta
The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club, St. Simons Island

Hawaii
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Wailea, Maui
 
 Illinois
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago, Chicago
The Ritz-Carlton, A Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago

Massachusetts
Four Seasons Hotel Boston, Boston
Blantyre, Lenox

New York
The Point, Saranac Lake
Four Seasons Hotel New York, New York
The St. Regis, New York
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, New York

North Carolina
The Fearrington House Country Inn, Pittsboro

South Carolina
Woodlands Resort & Inn, Summerville

Texas
The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas

Vermont
Twin Farms, Barnard

Virginia
The Inn at Little Washington, Washington
The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond
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On the restaurant side, Mobil Travel Guide added three new properties to the Five-Star list: per se in New York, New York; White Barn Inn Restaurant in Kennebunkport, Maine; and Bastide in Los Angeles, California.

Also highly regarded is the Mobil Four-Star Award, which honors hotels and restaurants for providing luxurious accommodations with outstanding service in all areas of the dining and lodging experience. The newest additions to the lodgings list include:
 
The newest additions to the lodgings list include:

The Setai, South Beach, Fla.
The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, S.C.
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island, Kiawah Island, S.C.
The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, Nev.
The Hermitage Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.
Mandarin Oriental Washington D.C., Washington, D.C.
Four Seasons Resort Whistler, Whistler, B.C.
 The newest additions to the restaurant list include:

CityZen, Washington, D.C.
Mix – Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nev.
Blue Hills at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
Jean-Robert at Pigall’s, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Capitol Grill, Nashville, Tenn.
Nana, Dallas, Texas
Ocean Room at The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, S.C.

General evaluation criteria for each Mobil star rating level and complete list can be found at www.mobiltravelguide.com.