AWARD WINNING HISTORY OF CASA DE SIERRA NEVADA & SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE
In addition to receiving accolades in numerous leading publications, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, and the Robb Report, Casa de Sierra Nevada and the Colonial city of San Miguel de Allende have also been honored with the following recognition:
Condé Nast Traveler
"Gold List 721 World's Best Places to Stay" - Top Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (2008)
“World’s Best Awards” Top 10 Mexico and Central and South America (2004, 2005)
Condé Nast Gold List (2006)
Condé Nast Top 100 The Best in the World - Top 10 Central America/Mexico Hotels
San Miguel de Allende - Top 10 The Americas Cities
In Condé Nast Travelers’ World’s Best Awards, Casa de Sierra Nevada ranked as one of the top 10 hotels in all of Mexico and Central and South America and was also honored in the coveted Condé Nast Gold List in January of 2006. Condé Nast Traveler, whose credo is “Truth in Travel”, is a monthly publication that caters to the experienced, discerning and frequent traveler, with a circulation of over 800,000 readers.
In addition to the hotel being recognized, the destination of San Miguel De Allende took an impressive second place ranking as one of the “top cities – the America’s” in the magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards, with only Vancouver ranking higher.
Travel + Leisure
World's Best Awards, Top 25 Hotels in Mexico and Central and South America (2006)
T + L 500 World's Best Hotels (2006, 2007)
World’s Best Survey, Top 25 Hotels in Mexico and South America, Top (2005)
In the January 2006 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine, Casa De Sierra Nevada was selected as one of The T+L 500. Each year Travel + Leisure magazine publishes their T+L 500, a compendium of the greatest hotels around the globe as chosen by their readers in the annual World’s Best Survey, which honored Casa De Sierra Nevada as one of the Top 25 Hotels in Mexico and South America. For over a decade, Travel + Leisure readers have identified their favorite hotels, cities, islands, airlines and more. “The World’s Best Awards is the ultimate travel planner: our rankings identify the cream of the crop around the globe”, said Nathan Lump, Travel + Leisure editor. Travel + Leisure is the authority, setting trends and motivating readers, and is a leading source of information on travel, hotels, resorts, dining and entertainment. The magazine reaches the sophisticated travelers with a circulation of nearly one million.
The magazine also honored the city of San Miguel De Allende by ranking it at # 3 in the Top 5 cities in Mexico, Central and South America.
Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report
Recommended Hotel
Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report is the ultimate travel guide seeking candid reviews of enchanting luxury hotels, resorts and hideaways in the United States and around the world. To assure wholly independent observations, noted travel authority Andrew Harper travels incognito - booking into hotels and paying his own way as would any typical guest. Hotels don't know his real name, or what he looks like because he refuses to introduce himself during inspections. So, while you may have seen Hideaway Report favorably mentioned in Forbes, Fortune, Mirabella, Vogue, The New York Times and other such publications, his identity has never been revealed.
AAHS - American Academy of Hospitality Science
International Five Star Diamond Award (2008)
The American Academy of Hospitality Science (AAHS) is renowned worldwide for awarding excellence in the global travel and luxury services sector. The Five Star Diamond Award is the most prestigious emblem of achievement and true quality in the hospitality industry today, and is the only award program that recognizes excellence on a global level.
Fifty of the best restaurants were selected from throughout Mexico as recipients for this year’s awards. The Academy began to award restaurants in Mexico in 1998. The Academy’s International Board of Trustees, made up of respected leaders in the industry, bestows this honor on Five Star establishments that are deemed to be of pinnacle quality.
AAA Awards
Four Diamond (1986 - 2008)
The Four Diamond Award is AAA's second-highest award level, behind the Five Diamond Award. AAA bases hotel ratings on the quality of the surroundings, service and food. AAA inspectors conduct unannounced checks of each hotel and restaurant that receive the award. Travelers rely on Diamond ratings in the AAA TourBooks to guide them in choosing an establishment.
Four Diamond properties offer luxurious accommodations as well as above-average staff and housekeeping and other quality amenities. AAA's Diamond rating program is the only hotel and restaurant review system in the nation that uses specially trained, full-time field representatives. Inspections of Four- and Five-Diamond hotels include at least two unannounced overnight visits each year. Inspectors review and rate exterior grounds, public areas, guest-room decor and ambience, bathrooms, housekeeping and maintenance. Once the inspection process is complete, the properties that meet all requirements are awarded a rating of one to five Diamonds.
ZAGAT’S 2006 TOP INTERNATIONAL HOTELS, RESORTS & SPAS SURVEY
Zagat’s said of Casa de Sierra Nevada, “Wow!” – what a “treat”; “by far the best hotel” “right in the centro” of an historic mountain town; “European-style inn”, comprised of five renovated Colonial houses, is a “favorite” for “luxury galore and endless pampering” by a “warm staff” ‘ fireplaces in several of its “lovely” rooms stoke many an evening’s “romance”, “and wait till you see the breakfast” put out by the “divine restaurant” the next morning. The results of this survey are created from the shared experiences of nearly 12,000 people and are based on roughly 380,000 nights at hotels per year. On average, to be included in the survey one or more surveyors per night, every night, all year long. Considered the candid, no punches-pulled guide to where to stay and eat, Zagat Surveys have been called “a necessity second only to a valid credit card” by the New York Times. Zagat rates room, service, dining and public/spaces/facilities.
