Benchmark Hospitality International has announced that five of its properties have achieved the Conde Nast Traveler Readers Choice “Best in the World” list for 2011. Four properties are part of the company’s recently launched Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels, the hospitality industry’s newest brand.

“We are very pleased with this honor and thrilled that readers of Conde Nast Traveler have chosen five of our hotels as the ‘Best in the World’,” said Burt Cabanas. “To have a third of our new collection of Personal Luxury Resorts & Hotels achieve a place on this highly respected list is extremely rewarding as well.”

“One of the experiences we strive for daily is that we ‘walk the talk’ of superior, memorable customer service for each of our guests,” said Greg Champion, Benchmark’s chief operating officer. "Achievements like Conde Nast Traveler’s Best in the World list help us know, tangibly, that we are succeeding, and that this success must be repeated every day.”

The hotels and resorts that placed on Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers Choice Awards “Best in the World” list were sifted from more than 8 million votes cast in the magazine’s annual Readers' Choice Awards survey. The awards reflect the combined opinions of 28,876 Conde Nast Traveler readers, rating the hotels, cities, and islands they visited in the past year.

Benchmark Hospitality’s Conde Nast Traveler Best in the World hotels and resorts for 2011 are:

Top 200 US Hotels List:
- Bardessono, Yountville, Napa Valley, California (#17)
- Hotel 1000, Seattle, Washington (#14)
- Hotel Contessa, San Antonio, Texas (#60)

Top 150 Mainland US Resorts List:
- Costa d'Este Beach Resort, Vero Beach, Florida (#66)
- Willows Lodge, Woodinville, Washington (#83)