Woodlands Resort & Inn heralded #2 Hotel in the Continental US and Canada Travel + Leisure Magazine, 12th Annual Readers Survey

The highly acclaimed Woodlands Resort & Inn has received some of the most prestigious awards in the travel industry. Travel + Leisure magazine has bestowed upon the intimate 19-room hideaway another distinction naming it among the “World’s Best Hotels ” in its 12th annual reader survey. Woodlands Resort & Inn was ranked #2 in the Continental U.S.and Canada.

Each year Travel + Leisure asks its subscribers to determine and define excellence in travel by rating their recent experiences at hotels, on cruise lines, with outfitters, and more. The August issue of Travel + Leisure magazine lists the rankings based on reader evaluations collected in the 2007 World's Best Awards survey.

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Featured in the September Dining Guide "Chef du Jour " Charleston magazine, September 2007

"Go from can't boil water to Cordon Bleu by spending a day in the kitchen of Woodlands Resort & Inn"

"I'm no chef, but I did stay at Woodlands Resort & Inn last night to experience its new Chef du Jour cooking class, which places home cooks in the kitchen to help prepare the day's meals for the state's only Mobil Five-Star restaurant. The one-on-one class runs $600, meets from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., includes a three-course lunch paired with wine, and sends you home with a chef's jacket and printed recipes. ~ Bryan Hunter "

Featured in "King of the Kitchen " SouthCarolina magazine, July/August 2007

"Tarver King seems too young and fresh-faced to have worked in such superb restaurants as Inn at Little Washington and The French Laundry. At 28, he’s reached his latest culinary milestone as the executive chef at Woodlands Resort & Inn Dining Room, an establishment which boasts both a Mobil Five-Star rating and AAA Five Diamond rating for dining."

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Featured in "City of Diamonds - When it comes to Five-Diamond Hotels Charleston has a record amount of bling. " GO magazine, July 2007

"Woodlands Resort & Inn, a restored 1906 classical revival mansion, is Charleston's most-celebrated property. Both the inn and its restaurant are members of Relais Chateaux, recipients of the 2007 Mobil Five-Star Awards for lodging and dining, and bearers of the AAA Five Diamond Awards for hotel and culinary excellence."

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The Dining Room at Woodlands has been awarded Relais Gourmand by Relais & Châteaux - their highest culinary designation.

Since 1954, fine hospitality has been the hallmark of the members of Relais & Châteaux.   Under the Gourmand label you will find the most celebrated restaurants in the gastronomic world today such as Le Bernardin, Gary Danko, The French Laundry, and the Inn at Little Washington. Woodlands has been a member of Relais & Châteaux since 1997.   Relais & Châteaux brings together more than four hundred inns, manors, country houses and restaurants over the world, united not only by quality, but also by the famous "5 Cs" - "Courtesy, Charm, Character, Calm and Cuisine."

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Woodlands Resort & Inn is one of only 3 properties in the U.S. to earn Mobil Five-Star Awards for both dining and lodging .

Recipient of the 2007 Mobil Five-Star Awards for both dining and lodging (one of only three hotels in the U.S. to earn both distinctions).  "The Mobil Five-Star Award indicates that an establishment is one of the best in the country - a leader in the hospitality industry - and is able to provide a consistently superlative level of service, quality, and ambience."  Kenneth P. Cohen, Vice President, Public Affairs, Exxon Mobil Corporation.

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Woodlands Resort & Inn is the only property in South Carolina to earn AAA Five Diamond Awards for both dining and lodging.

AAA Five Diamond Award for hotel excellence in 1998 - present. AAA Five Diamond Culinary Award for the Dining Room (the only property in South Carolina to be awarded this distinction) in 1996 - present.

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Wine Spectator "Best of Award of Excellence since 2000"

"Created to give special recognition to restaurants that clearly exceed the requirements of the Award of Excellence; many are close to the Grand Award level. These lists display either vintage depth, with vertical offerings of several top producers from major regions, or excellent breadth spread over several winegrowing regions. These wine lists typically offer 500 or more selections, along with superior presentation." ~ Wine Spectator

"Woodlands mixes world-class dining with down-home hospitality." Wine Spectator, November 2006

"This stately manor home outside Charleston, S.C. has been renovated and reborn as Woodlands Resort & Inn, one of the more ambitious small hotels in the state. It offers guests tennis courts of red clay, pheasant hunting, spa services, gourmet dining and a wine cellar with more than 900 selections."

"Travelers are beginning to realize that the quality of the accommodations, food and wine service at a regional destination can compete on an international level. Woodlands is hardly in the middle of nowhere. Charleston, one of America's most picturesque and historic cities, is a mere 22 miles southeast of Summerville."

The Dining Room at Woodlands -"The only perfect food score in North America"                    Conde Nast Traveler, 2002

2003 - "The Best by Food", United States
2002 - "Among the top ten hotels and only perfect food score in North America"

"If I could go back to only one, I'd choose Woodlands Resort & Inn" Dana Adkins Campbell, Southern Living Magazine, August 2002

South Carolina Inns: The Spot To Splurge
Charleston lies within reach of these hidden inns, but with their fabulous feasts and rooms, who needs to see the city?

Believe it or not, we're sending you near Charleston, but not to Charleston. I recently snuck away to three inns beyond the city that fed and pampered me so well, I never made it to town. (You don't have to stay overnight to dine, but it sure makes an evening more relaxing.)

If I could go back to only one, I'd choose Woodlands Resort & Inn, 40 minutes from downtown.

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# 20 in the "Top 20 U.S. Hideaways " September, 2007 Reader Survey

The Hideaway Report survey serves as a steady and consistent gauge in accurately pinpointing the current hotel and destination preferences of upscale travelers.