News
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort honored with industry's highest award
03/27/2008
For Immediate Release January 28, 2008 Contact: Matt Owen, PR Director Phone: 843-768-2912 Email: High-resolution photography available at Mobil Travel Guide honors The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort with coveted Five Star Award for first time South Carolina oceanfront hotel’s spa also gains top rating KIAWAH ISLAND, SC
– For the first time, the Mobil Travel Guide today bestowedThe Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort the coveted Mobil Five Star Award., it is one of only four new properties on the list of 41 NorthThe Sanctuary’s spa with its separate Five Star rating for hotelKiawah Island Golf Resort becomes the first property inGolf Digest (The Ocean Course).The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA, and The Hermitage Hotel in
Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report while readers of golf resort, second best hotel spa and fifth best hotel respectively. It is a member of Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Since its inception in 1958, the Mobil Travel Guide has used an objective set of criteria, unique among leading travel books, that sets national standards yet allows for regional and individual preferences. A carefully selected team of hospitality experts anonymously evaluates the establishments listed in the Guide. Properties must offer a level of experience appropriate to the cost, based on the quality of such items as décor, comfort, amenities, and services. For more information about The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, visit For more information about Mobil’s Five Star Awards, visit
upon
According to Mobil
American and Mexican hotels, resorts and inns that will hold the Five Star distinction for
2008.
Mobil also recognized
spas, making it only the third spa to achieve this designation. The Sanctuary is now one
of only two properties with separate hotel and spa Five Star ratings; the Mandarin
Oriental in New York is the other.
“It is an honor to receive these distinguished and coveted awards,” said Roger Warren,
president of Kiawah Island Golf Resort. “They are a tremendous credit to our staff who
have worked hard to make The Sanctuary one of the finest destinations in the world in a
very short space of time.”
With the new hotel designation,
North America to have a Mobil Five Star hotel (The Sanctuary), and a golf course rated
five stars by
The Sanctuary, which features 255 rooms and suites and opened in 2004, also joins its
sister properties
Nashville, TN, in achieving the coveted Mobil Five Star rating, creating an unrivalled
portfolio of independent hotels. All three properties also hold the AAA Five Diamond
rating, placing them on an elite list of 31 hotels, resorts and inns in North America and
Mexico to hold AAA’s and Mobil’s highest awards.
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort is an oceanfront hotel and spa and is part of
Kiawah Island Golf Resort, which features five championship golf courses, two tennis
centers, nine restaurants and a variety of recreation and nature programs. Travel authority
Return to News
