Auto Club: Top Southern California Hotels, Restaurants Receive 2005 AAA Five Diamond Awards.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Twelve Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, hotels and one restaurant have been approved for the AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Five Diamond Award for 2005, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. . The Belvedere restaurant in The Peninsula Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. received its 10th AAA Five Diamond rating. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel received its 19th consecutive award, and The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
"The AAA Five Diamond Award goes to very select hotels and restaurants that meet the highest standards of excellence," said the Auto Club's Approved Accommodations Manager Chuck Smith. "The Auto Club congratulates Southern California's outstanding Five Diamond establishments for consistently delivering memorable travel and dining experiences with world-class service." More than 55,000 properties are evaluated each year by AAA's 65 full-time tourism editors. Only 0.26 percent earn the AAA Five Diamond distinction and are listed in the 2005 AAA TourBook(R) guides. Southern California hotels that received the 2005 AAA Five Diamond Award with consecutive years listed are: Beverly Hills --The Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. and Bungalows, 4 --Raffles L'Ermitage, Beverly Hills, 4 --The Peninsula Beverly Hills, 12 Carlsbad --Four Seasons Resort Aviara, 6 Dana Point --The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, 19 --The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa, 3 La Jolla --The Lodge at Torrey Pines, 3 Los Angeles --Four Seasons Hotel, 4 Marina del Rey --The Ritz-Carlton, 13 Pasadena --The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel & Spa, 2 Newport Beach --Four Seasons Hotel, 13 Santa Barbara --Simpson House Inn, 8 The only Southern California restaurant receiving a 2005 AAA Five Diamond rating was The Belvedere in The Peninsula Beverly Hills. Some 2005 AAA Five Diamond Fast Facts: Nine properties made it to the Five Diamond list this year, while four fell off the list, bringing the total number of Five Diamond properties for 2005 to 142, a 3.6 percent increase over last year. Ohio is the only state to gain both a Five Diamond lodging and a Five Diamond restaurant. These are the first Five Diamond properties that Ohio has ever had. California has the most Five Diamond properties, 19 in all -- 15 lodgings and four restaurants. Florida is second with 14 properties in all. States with the most Five Diamond lodgings: California, 15; Florida, 8; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Arizona and Texas, 5; Hawaii and Georgia, 4. States/provinces with the most Five Diamond restaurants: Florida and New York, 6; Illinois, 5; California, 4; Nevada, Virginia and Quebec, Canada, 3. To be considered for AAA approval and rating, lodgings and restaurants must undergo a thorough inspection. The Auto Club's staff reviews Southern California establishments. Five Diamond establishments go through the most extensive reviews of the Diamond rating programs. AAA started listing accommodation information in its travel publications in the early 1900s. AAA introduced the current One-to-Five Diamond rating system in the 1977 Edition of the TourBook(R) guides, although AAA had been inspecting restaurants since 1937. |
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