Orlando's Villas of Grand Cypress Resort Named in TripAdvisor® 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards
Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) January 22, 2015 -- TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice™ awards for Hotels. Orlando’s own Villas of Grand Cypress, a Personal Luxury Resort® was ranked #4 in the Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the United States – up from #21 last year; and #8 in the Top 25 Hotels Overall in the United States.
"With these awards, TripAdvisor has told the world our little secret," states Mark Cox, general manager. "Villas of Grand Cypress has dedicated decades to refining, redefining and reinforcing what it means to be a luxury resort, in an area with many options. Villas strives to provide intuitive service and transformative experiences. It is remarkably profound to be named not only the number one property in Orlando, with very esteemed competition, but also now #4 in Top Luxury Hotels (US) and #8 in Top 25 Hotels Overall."
The 13th annual awards showcase 8,151 winning properties worldwide, covering eight regions around the globe. Travelers’ Choice award winners were determined based on the millions of reviews and opinions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travelers worldwide. The hallmarks of Travelers’ Choice winners are remarkable service, quality and value.
“TripAdvisor’s community of millions of travelers has helped us highlight some of the very best hotels from around the world,” said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “The Travelers’ Choice list of thousands of award-winning properties is perfect to inspire travelers as they think about their 2015 travel plans.
Travelers’ Choice awards take into account the quality and quantity of traveler reviews and opinions and traveler ratings specific to each award category. A recent survey of TripAdvisor travelers revealed 82 percent of U.S. respondents feel Travelers’ Choice award recognition is important when considering a hotel.
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About Villas of Grand Cypress
Awarded the 2015 TripAdvisor Readers Choice Award “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in the U.S.A” and “Top 25 Hotels Overall in the U.S.A.” Villas of Grand Cypress is just miles from the Orlando International airport, but seems worlds away from the ordinary. In addition to its 45-holes of Jack Nicklaus Signature-designed golf, the resort offers the award winning Grand Cypress Academy of Golf, Grand Cypress Racquet Club; in-suite spa services; Lake Windsong and marina; easy access to Orlando's famed attractions; on-site transportation services; two pools, and more.
Villas of Grand Cypress has been a continued recipient of the Gold Key Award from subscribers of Meetings and Conventions Magazine, receiving the award 18 times, most recently in 2014. In addition, Grand Cypress Academy of Golf rated as one of the "Top 25 Golf Schools in America". For more information, please visit http://www.grandcypress.com.
About Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels®
Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels® includes unique hand-picked properties in spectacular U.S. destinations coast to coast. Each hotel and resort delivers personal luxury in a spirit true to its own distinctive locale, yet in keeping with the collection’s shared mission. They represent a select portfolio of Benchmark Hospitality International®, which has been a leading US-based hospitality management company for over 30 years. Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels is the preferred choice of guests who yearn for transformation over accommodation, customization over conformity, and inspiration over predictability. With Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels, luxury is always personal. http://www.personalluxuryresortsandhotels.com. To become a fan on Facebook, visit http://www.facebook.com/PersonalLuxuryResortsandHotels, or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/PersLuxResorts.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor® is the world's largest travel site*, enabling travelers to plan and book the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools that check hundreds of websites to find the best hotel prices. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, reaching 315 million unique monthly visitors**, and more than 200 million reviews and opinions covering more than 4.4 million accommodations, restaurants and attractions. The sites operate in 45 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of monthly TripAdvisor visitors.
*Source: comScore Media Metrix for TripAdvisor Sites, worldwide, August 2014
**Source: Google Analytics, average monthly unique users, Q3 2014; does not include traffic to daodao.com
Rebecca Kollaras, Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels, http://www.benchmarkhospitality.com, +1 (305) 439-5314, [email protected]
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