Meetings and Convention Magazine Recognizes Wild Dunes With Highest Award

Meetings and Conventions Magazine subscribers recently awarded Wild Dunes Resort -- an island resort off the coast of Charleston, SC -- the prestigious Gold Key Award. This years winners were chosen by subscribers who voted on the top meeting hotels and resorts throughout the world.

ISLE OF PALMS, SC (PRWEB) September 6, 2005 -- Meetings and Conventions Magazine subscribers recently awarded Wild Dunes Resort -- an island resort off the coast of Charleston, SC -- the prestigious Gold Key Award.

This years winners were chosen by subscribers who voted on the top meeting hotels and resorts throughout the world. Meetings and Convention Magazine has over 70,000 subscribers -- mostly meeting planners - who selected Wild Dunes Resort as a gold key award winner, along with other resorts including the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona, and The Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, California.

Wild Dunes is a year-round resort located just 30 minutes from downtown Charleston. Featuring two Tom Fazio-designed golf courses, world-class tennis, one of the nations top-rated recreation programs, miles of bike and walking paths and one of the widest, cleanest beaches in North America, the resort is considered one of the regions best.

Wild Dunes is one of 33 independent, upscale and luxury hotels, resorts and golf clubs in the United States managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the fourth largest independent hospitality management company in the country. The company, based in Englewood, Colo., features a portfolio of more than 7,000 guest rooms, 17 golf courses and eight full-service spas. DH&R properties are located in key metropolitan and resort markets including New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Denver, Dallas, Boston, San Diego, Aspen, Phoenix, Jackson Hole, Maui and Lake Tahoe. For more information on the properties in the Destination Hotels & Resorts collection, please visit www.destinationhotels.com.

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