Awards & Accolades - WaterColor Inn & Resort, Santa Rosa Beach, FL

2010

• 2010-2007 WaterColor Inn awarded the coveted Four Diamond rating by AAA
• 2010-2007 Fish Out of Water awarded the coveted Four Diamond rating by AAA
• 2010-09 Conde Nast Traveler’s “Gold List”
• 2010-2009 Travel + Leisure’s Top 500 “World’s Best Hotels”

2009:

• 2009  WaterColor Inn & Resort ranked 23rd in the “Top 75 Mainland U.S. Resorts” in Conde Nast Traveler’s  “Reader’s Choice Award”
• 2009 - 2005 Wine Spectator’s “Best Award of Excellence” – Fish Out of Water
• 2009  Maintained “Two Palm” designation from the Florida Green Lodging Program

2008:

• 2008 Conde Nast Traveler's "Gold List"
• 2008 Travel + Leisure's "Top 500 List"
• 2008 & 2007 WaterColor Inn awarded the coveted Four Diamond rating by AAA
• 2008 Two Palm designation from the Florida DEP's Green Lodging Program
• 2008 National Geographic Traveler's "Stay List"
• 2008 Preferred Hotel Group "Certificate of Excellence" for Environmental Stewardship
• 2008 & 2006 -2004 Rated in Zagat’s “Top US Hotels, Resorts & Spas” guide

2007:

• 2007 WaterColor Inn ranked 37th in the “Top 50 Mainland U.S. Resorts” poll in Condé Nast Traveler’s “Top 100 Readers’ Choice Awards”
• 2007 WaterColor Inn named “Best Hotel in Florida” by readers of Travel + Leisure
• 2007 WaterColor named one of the “10 Must-Visit Hotels & Resorts” by EcityofTravel.com 
• 2007 & 2008 One of “America’s Top Golf Courses” by Zagat for Camp Creek
• 2007 Rated “Best Family Friendly Golf Resort” by Golf for Women Magazine
• 2007 Camp Creek awarded “14th Best Golf Course in Florida” by GolfWeek
• 2007, 2006 & 2005 Wine Spectator's “Best of Award of Excellence” – Fish Out of Water

2006 & 2005:

• 2006 ForbesTraveler.com “World’s 400 Best Hotels & Resorts”
• 2006 “Best of Northwest Florida” Florida Golf Journal 
• 2006 WaterColor Inn and Resort ranked first in the Travel + Leisure Family reader survey of the 50 best family-friendly resorts in the United States and Canada
• 2007 & 2006  “World’s Best” Awards” in Travel + Leisure magazine
• 2006 Recognized by the Atlanta Journal Constitution as one of the “Top Ten Destinations in Florida”
• 2006 Grand Award Winner of Andrew Harper's Q-Club 
• 2006 Condé Nast Johansens Hotels & Inns & Resorts-Nominated for Award for Excellence – Most Excellent Resort
• 2006 Margit's Beach TV “Top 5 Romantic Restaurants” – Fish Out of Water
• 2006 Zagat Survey - America's - “Top Golf Course” – Camp Creek
• 2006 ConventionsSouth Readers Choice Awards – “Best of the Best”
• 2006 & 2005 Florida Trend “Top 400 Restaurants” – Fish Out of Water
• 2006 & 2005 Rogers Cox's Tennis Resorts Online - Selected as one of the “World's Top Tennis Resorts”
• 2006, 2005 & 2004 MeetingsSouth voted WaterColor Inn as an "Outstanding Meeting Facility Providing
  Excellence in Service"
• 2005 Camp Creek ranked number 30 in the “Best in State Rankings” by Golf Digest 
• 2005 Rated “Top Golf Resort” by The Golf Insider 
• 2005 Resorts & Great Hotels “Connoisseur's Choice”
• 2005 “Best Weekend Getaway” as voted by the readers of Tallahassee Magazine
• 2005 “Best Weekend Getaway” as voted by the readers of Emerald Coast Magazine 
• 2005 Southern Accents magazine - The WaterColor Inn and Resort has been selected by more than
  13,000 readers as their third favorite resort destination
• 2005 Delta Sky magazine “Top Eight Romantic Restaurants” – Fish Out of Water