Distinctive Inns of New England is proud that five of its members have once again received their AAA Four Diamond Award for the 2010 year!   Each year, 65 tourism editors evaluate over 58,000 hotels and restaurants.  Of those, only about 3% are awarded the coveted Four Diamond Award.   Join us in congratulating the following Distinctive Inns of New England members for receiving the AAA Four Diamond Award. 

Captain’s House Inn of Chatham, Massachusetts – 24 years for lodging – Located in the picturesque seaside village of Chatham on Cape Cod prides itself on its sixteen sumptuously appointed guestrooms housed in a Greek revival style sea captains home built in 1839 coupled with exceptional service, gourmet breakfasts, and authentic English afternoon tea. 

Rabbit Hill Inn of Lower Waterford, Vermont – 18 years for lodging and restaurant – Romantic Northern Vermont Bed and Breakfast Inn located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.  Rabbit Hill Inn is known for pampering their guests and always offers a special welcome hug from its owners, Brian and Leslie.

Inn at Thorn Hill in Jackson, New Hampshire – 12 years for lodging and 11 years for restaurant – 1895 Stanford White-inspired Inn is situated grandly on a knoll overlooking Jackson Village.  Enjoy their award winning wine cellar or a visit to the spa.

Cliffside Inn of Newport, Rhode Island – 7 years for lodging – A luxury bed and breakfast located in Newport, the Cliffside Inn was the first Newport bed and breakfast to ever be awarded AAA Four Diamond status in Rhode Island.

Manor on Golden Pond, Holderness, New Hampshire – 13 years for lodging and restaurant – A lovely New England manor house overlooking Squam Lake.  The Manor is an idyllic countryside getaway in southern New Hampshire.

Congratulations to everyone for a great job!

Rebecca, Quantum Hospitality

The Captains House Inn of Chatham, Massachusetts has received the coveted AAA Four Diamond award for the 23^rd consecutive year.  Each year, 65 full time tourism editors evaluate over 58,000 hotels and restaurants.  Of those, only about 3% are awarded the coveted four diamond award.  

The Captains House Inn, located in the picturesque seaside village of Chatham on Cape Cod prides itself on its sixteen sumptuously appointed guestrooms housed in a Greek revival style sea captains home built in 1839 coupled with exceptional service, gourmet breakfasts, and authentic English afternoon tea.  

The luxury Chatham MA bed and breakfast is one of five Distinctive Inns hotel or inn properties that are AAA Four Diamond rated. The others are Vermont’s Rabbit Hill Inn, New Hampshire’s Manor on Golden Pond and the Inn at Thorn Hill, and The Cliffside Inn in Newport, Rhode Island.

To experience the Captains House Inn’s four diamond facilities and service for yourself, click here to book online now.

by Jill & James, Captain’s House Inn

Calling all New Englanders suffering from cabin fever. Newport RI’s luxury bed and breakfast, Cliffside Inn, has just put together a spa treatment special that will revitalize and turn anyone’s New England weekend into a rejuvenating New England getaway weekend.

Guests save 25% on the indulgent, Signature Spa Treatment Weekend Package. Designed exclusively for the Cliffside Inn by leading organic skincare and spa specialist Brenda Brock, founder of Farmaesthetics Sustainable Beauty, the Newport spa deal includes 2-nights in a State Room, plus the inn’s signature couples in-room organic spa treatment, a Farmaesthetics Facial To Go gift set, and terry cotton spa slippers. Weekends are $650, weekdays are $550. The spa treatment deal is offered through February 8, 2009. Reservations by phone only, please call 401-847-1811.

The spa getaway is also available at Cliffside sister property, Abigail Stoneman Inn. Both inns are AAA Four Diamond B&Bs and members of the prestigious Legendary Inns of Newport luxury property group. Other Newport weekend packages and winter weekend getaways include: Grand Wine Tasting Weekend; Newport Getaway Weekend Package; Best of Newport Package; Newport Romantic Getaways. Check availability at all Legendary Inns of Newport

Distinctive Inns of New England founding member Cliffside Inn has received the prestigious AAA Four Diamond award for the fifth consecutive year. The luxury Newport RI bed and breakfast is one of five Distinctive Inns hotel or inn properties that are AAA Four Diamond rated, the others are Vermont’s Rabbit Hill Inn, New Hampshire’s Manor on Golden Pond and Inn at Thorn Hill, and The Captain’s House on Cape Cod.

The Cliffside Inn joins its sister Newport RI bed and breakfast Abigail Stoneman Inn with the AAA Four Diamond distinction. Owned and operated by the same family under the name Legendary Inns of Newport, the group is now in the unique position of running more than a quarter of all the AAA Four Diamond inns or hotels in Rhode Island.

The coveted Four Diamond award is given each year to only about three percent of the more than 32,000 AAA rated inns and hotels in America. Only seven Rhode Island bed and breakfasts, inns, or hotels have been honored with AAA Four Diamonds for 2008. Cliffside Inn was the first Newport RI bed and breakfast or inn to be awarded AAA Four Diamond status in Rhode Island. Check availability at Cliffside Inn. See all DINE inns.

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“Ten special inns whose warm hospitality is guaranteed to take the season’s chill out of the air, ” is how Travel+Leisure described its early Spring search for the 10 coziest inns in New England. The travel magazine named both Newport RI’s luxury bed and breakfast Cliffside Inn and New Hampshire’s small luxury hotel Manor On Golden Pond to its Top 10 Inns of New England list.

“Roosted above the Atlantic Ocean overlooking Newport’s Cliff Walk, this Victorian manor house and former home of painter Beatrice Turner channels the sort of joie de vivre stylings one might expect in an eccentric artist residence,” writes Adrien Glover about Cliffside Inn. “Enjoy afternoon tea surrounded by turn-of-the-century canvases in a living museum.” The magazine spotlighted the Governor’s Suite with grand king bed, 2 fireplaces, Victorian birdcage shower, whirlpool and iPod sound system.

“Katharine Hepburn and a doddering Henry Fonda may have made Golden Pond famous, but it’s this New Hampshire Lakes District inn that keeps Squam Lake (the pond’s real name) on the map, ” reports Ms. Glover on the Manor On Golden Pond. “Dinners are elaborate candlelit affairs; the kitchen swings in both directions, offering Chateaubriand for Two as well as special dishes for vegans.” Featured room blue-and-white Churchill Room with king bed, Jacuzzi tub, and fireplace.

Both properties are founding members of the Distinctive Inns of New England and both are AAA Four Diamond rated. Check availability for Cliffside Inn or Manor On Golden Pond. Travel+Leisure Top 10 Slide Show

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Escape to the romantic world of Newport RI’s luxury bed and breakfast Cliffside Inn the week of Valentine’s Day, and the bubbly’s on us. Enjoy a bottle of Italy’s red hot sparkler Domenico Prosecco as part of all one-night romantic getaways Feb. 10 to 14 — including Valentine’s Day — with our compliments. Cliffside Inn is Newport’s only luxury bed and breakfast named both America’s Top 10 Most Romantic Inn and Romantic Hideaway of the Year.

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For the fourth year in a row, the Legendary Inns of Newport RI has been honored as Rhode Island’s top AAA Four Diamond luxury lodging group. Both Cliffside Inn (a Distinctive Inns founder) and Abigail Stoneman Inn have again received the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award.

While just over three percent of the more than 32,000 AAA rated inns and hotels in America are given the coveted Four Diamond Award, the Legendary Inns of Newport owns and operates more than one-quarter of all the AAA Four Diamond hotels or inns in Rhode Island.

Only seven Rhode Island bed and breakfasts, inns, or hotels have been honored with AAA Four Diamonds for 2007. Two Rhode Island restaurants also received AAA Four Diamond Awards at the annual ceremony, held at The Westin Providence Hotel.

“This unprecedented AAA Four Diamond award in Rhode Island for our flagship Newport bed and breakfast inns – four years in a row – is truly gratifying, ” said Winthrop Baker, Group President of the Legendary Inns of Newport. “This AAA recognition speaks to what we’re all about: extraordinary guest experiences, warm hospitality, personal service and grand style, all set in luxuriously detailed, historic Newport, RI inns.”

Each year AAA inspects and rates lodging properties across America. According to AAA Southern New England President Mark Shaw, AAA only awards Four Diamonds to properties that consistently deliver first-class hotel experiences, superior personal service, deluxe amenities, and impressive surroundings.

Abigail Stoneman Inn became Rhode Island’s first luxury bed and breakfast inn awarded the Four Diamond rating in 2003. It was followed later that year by Cliffside Inn.

Named to the “Great Tea Rooms of America,” the luxury Newport, RI bed and breakfast inns also feature a unique array of personal service and deluxe amenities including pillow menus and bath butler soap bars, exotic bathing salons with whirlpools and steam baths, iPod sound systems, in-room spa services and artwork from renowned Newport artist Beatrice Turner.

In addition to Abigail Stoneman Inn and Cliffside Inn, this year’s Rhode Island AAA Four Diamond hotels, inns, and bed and breakfasts include: The Hotel Providence, The Westin Providence, Point Pleasant Inn & Resort, The Chanler at Cliff Walk, and Hydrangea House Inn. The top Rhode Island restaurants include L’Epicureo, and Spiced Pear Restaurant.

The Legendary Inns of Newport is a distinguished group of three luxury Inns. All set in historic, Victorian homes, they have been meticulously restored and seamlessly blended with the finest modern amenities to produce unique, luxury bed and breakfast Inns known for their refined elegance, grand style, warm hospitality and attentive service. The group includes Distcintive Inns member Cliffside Inn, plus Adele Tuner Inn and Abigail Stoneman Inn. Read the release. See all Spring Getaway Specials to Newport Rhode Island

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