Travel + Leisure Magazine’s 2011 World’s Best Travel Awards
The Wickaninnish Inn is pleased to announce it was selected as the #1 Top Resort in Canada, #1 overall top Accommodation property in Canada and the Inn’s Ancient Cedars Spa was also voted the #1 Best Hotel Spa in Canada and #3 Best Hotel Spa in the USA and Canada in the coveted 2011 Travel + Leisure Magazine’s World’s Best Awards.
Travel + Leisure Magazine, the leading publication for sophisticated, informed luxury travelers, has released the results of its yearly readers’ poll. The 2011 World’s Best Travel Awards ranks a range of travel experiences, including favorite hotels and resorts, spas, and cruise lines.
The Wickaninnish Inn, situated beachside on Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast, appears in the rankings for the 9th consecutive year, maintaining its place as Canada’s top-ranked luxury resort and accommodation property.
Questionnaires were available in Travel + Leisure Magazine and online at www.TLWorldsBest.com from December 2010 through March 2011, inviting the public to rate hotels on their rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants, food, and overall value. The complete 2011 World’s Best results will be featured in the cover story of the August issue (available on newsstands July 22nd) or online at www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest .
Although Travel + Leisure highlights the Inn’s year-round comfort with spectacular ocean views and in-room binoculars, an extensive early 2012 re-design of all 45 guest rooms in the original Pointe building will further emphasize the Inn’s commitment to excellence, its connection with nature and the spa-like ambiance. “The Inn’s appeal since its opening in 1996,”
according to Charles McDiarmid, Managing Director, “is due to the synergy between its unique oceanfront and forest-fringed location, the destination of Tofino, and a consistent level of personalized service from all team members. Our team is made up of many 10-years-and-counting senior staff who work alongside, often mentoring, new hospitality professionals who have earned a place on the Wickaninnish Inn team.”
About the Wickaninnish Inn: The Wickaninnish Inn, perched on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino, is a year-round destination exemplifying "Rustic Elegance on Nature's Edge". A Relais & Châteaux member property since 1997, the Inn is owned and managed by the McDiarmid family of Tofino, and is exclusively located on beautiful Chesterman Beach. Each of the 75 oceanfront guest rooms and suites welcomes guests with a gas fireplace, soaker tub, local art, an individual balcony and a beach or ocean viewscape. The Wickaninnish Inn is home to The Pointe Restaurant, boasting 240º Pacific Ocean views and an innovative culinary program, and the award-winning Ancient Cedars Spa.
To see more of this wonderful place or to book your special holiday
Wickannish
Posts
5 comments:
Excellent blog post, I have marked your site so ideally I’ll see much more on this subject in the foreseeable future!
We booked a room at the new Wickaninnish Inn for a stay in early August 2011. We had thought it was the same Inn that we stayed at 43 years earlier for our honeymoon. Unfortunately it was not! Oh the place was very nice but I guess we were kind of disappointed to find out it was not the same old place. In fact it is about 20 kms up the road towards Tofino from where we stayed back in 1968. The place we stayed at years ago was closed down in the early 70's to commercial visitors and made into a federal government compound, for ministerial and foreign dignitaries at first and then later as an administrative centre. It later burned down and was rebuilt into the restaurant it is today. We decided to have a meal there and found the food very good but we didn’t recognize too much of the old place. Of course we didn’t expect to see the old proprietor, Judge Webb or any of the old friends we met back then like Chief RCMP Superintendent, Frank Law. I am sure, they’re all long gone! But we did hope to see some of the original building but unfortunately, it is mostly all gone too. The landscape hasn’t changed very much so at least that was kind of nice. I guess in fairness, the new Wickaninnish Inn is quite nice. It is the perfect place to spend a relaxing time around nature’s unspoiled beaches. I would certainly recommend this place for anyone wanting to spend some time on the Canadian Pacific Coast in a most luxurious setting.
David
It's nice to read this one. Congrats to your spa for ranking #1 in Canada and I'm looking to pay visit to your spa someday.
It's nice to read this one. Congrats to your spa for ranking #1 in Canada and I'm looking to pay visit to your spa someday.
Wow that's a good thing to hear and I'm happy because I visit that place once and I'm happy in your achievements.
Post a Comment