WHY: AAA Texas presents AAA Four Diamond Awards to fourteen hotels and eight restaurants in the Greater Houston/Galveston area. WHEN: Thursday, January 10, 2008 @ 11:30 AM (central). WHERE: The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center 1601 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, Texas WHO: Fourteen lodgings and eight restaurants will receive the prestigious 2008 AAA Four Diamond Award® for the Greater Houston/Galveston region. The establishments are listed below with the consecutive years that they have earned the award. LODGINGS Lodging Name Years City Hilton Americas-Houston 3 HOUSTON Hotel Icon 3 HOUSTON Hilton Houston Post Oak 3 HOUSTON InterContinental Houston 5 HOUSTON Omni Houston Hotel 2 HOUSTON Omni Houston Westside 2 HOUSTON Renaissance Houston Hotel Greenway Plaza 6 HOUSTON The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa 13 HOUSTON The Westin Galleria, Houston 5 HOUSTON The Westin Oaks, Houston 5 HOUSTON Hotel Galvez-A Wyndham Historic Hotel 4 GALVESTON Moody Gardens Hotel & Spa 4 GALVESTON The San Luis Resort Spa & Conference Center 8 GALVESTON The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & 4 THE WOODLANDS Convention Center RESTAURANTS Restaurant Name Years City Bank Jean-Georges 3 HOUSTON Quattro 6 HOUSTON Shearn's Restaurant 4 GALVESTON The Steakhouse 5 GALVESTON Brennan's of Houston 6 HOUSTON Noe' Restaurant & Bar 3 HOUSTON The Remington Restaurant 6 HOUSTON Tony's 6 HOUSTONAbout the AAA Four Diamond Award: The Diamond ratings are included in each lodging and restaurant listing in the 2008 AAA Texas TourBook® guide, in print and on AAA's Web site at www.aaa.com. AAA's more than 50 million members depend on TourBook guides to assist them with their travel-related decisions. An establishment's AAA Diamond rating is often the deciding factor when members choose a lodging or restaurant. AAA's 65 AAA/CAA tourism editors visit nearly 60,000 lodgings and restaurants each year throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Tourism editors conduct unannounced evaluations of lodgings and restaurants, scrutinizing such areas as cleanliness, ambiance, amenities, and service. AAA Texas, a member of the American Automobile Association federation of motor clubs, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. Information about these products and services is available on AAA Texas' web site at www.aaa.com. Note: This event is not open to the public.
Contact Information: Contact: Rose Rougeau 713.284.6552 (direct) 1.800.888.5521 (ext. 6552)