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Published: Mar/Apr 2002

With its Four Diamond Award, AAA has once again shined a light on the most radiant hotels and restaurants across the country.

Each year, AAA’s full-time professional field representatives conduct unannounced visits and evaluate accommodations and restaurants throughout North America. Those facilities that qualify are assigned an overall rating of one to five diamonds.

Four Diamond lodgings offer a variety of upscale facilities and extensive services. Guest rooms are spacious and well-appointed, with superior furnishings and amenities.

Likewise, Four Diamond-rated restaurants feature creative cuisine, refined service and upscale ambiance that combine to create a memorable dining experience. Menus typically reflect a high degree of creativity and complexity, and a professional staff demonstrate a profound desire to exceed guest expectations.

Only an estimated 3 percent of the nearly 28,000 AAA-rated properties and 4 percent of the more than 13,000 AAA-approved restaurants achieve this status.

AAA is proud to salute the following 2002 Four Diamond Award recipients in our area:

Arkansas
  • Eureka Springs hotel: Angel at Rose Hall.
  • Little Rock hotels: The Capital Hotel; The Empress of Little Rock Bed & Breakfast.
  • Eureka Springs restaurant: Chez Charles of Eureka Springs.
  • Little Rock restaurants: Ashley’s at The Capital.
  • Johnson restaurant: James at the Mill.

Louisiana

  • New Orleans hotels: Le Meridien Hotel New Orleans; Le Pavillon; Omni Royal Orleans; Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans; W New Orleans; Windsor Court Hotel; Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place.
  • New Orleans restaurants: Begue’s; The Grill Room; Emeril’s Delmonico Restaurant & Bar; Victor’s; Zoe Bistrot.
  • Shreveport restaurant: Monsieur Patou, Your French Restaurant.

Mississippi

  • Jackson hotels: Fairview Inn; Millsaps Buie House.
  • Natchez hotel: Monmouth Plantation.
  • Cleveland restaurant: K.C.’s.

To find other AAA Four Diamond properties across the country, visit the Web site www.aaa.com and click on the TourBook section.

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