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Silver Award: Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Colonial Williamsburg honored with silver award in the Place for Family Fun category. 2005.
Best Historic Site: "Southern Living" magazine readers choice award for the South. Seventh consecutive year. 1997-2003.
Educational
Program/Electronic Field Trips
Electronic Field Trips series.
- Best Practices in Programming Award, Gold level: United States Distance Learning Association. 2005.
“Think Like A Historian” CD-ROM (Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6)
- Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Family!: Learning Magazine. 2006.
- Portfolio Award: Media & Methods Magazine. Social Studies category. 2005.
- Award of Excellence: Technology and Learning Magazine. 2005.
“Jefferson and Adams. A Stage Play” 2005
- Gold Award: Houston International Film Festival. Biography category. 2006.
- Emmy Award Nominee: Arts/Entertainment Category. 2005.
“The Industrious Tradesmen” 2005
- Gold Award: History category. Houston International Film Festival. 2006.
- Emmy Award Nominee: Program/Special for Youths Category. 2005.
“No Master Over Me” 2005
- Platinum Award: History category. Houston International Film Festival. 2006.
- Film & Video Finalist: New York Film Festival. 2006.
- Emmy Award Winner: Interactivity category. 2005.
- Special Recognition MUSE Award: American Association of Museums. Two-way Communication and Telecollaboration category. 2005.
“The Rare Breeds” 2004
- Telly Award Winner (Silver Telly). 2005.
- Emmy Award Nominee - Children’s Programming. 2005.
- Certificate of Merit – Chicago International Television Festival (Hugos) . 2005.
“A Publick Education” 2004
- Emmy Award Nominee: Children’s Programming category. 2005.
- Telly Award Finalist (Bronze Telly). 2005.
“Degrees of Latitude” 2004
- Telly Award Finalist (Bronze Telly). 2005.
- Best of Category Winner: Educational Television/Children category (Platinum Remi). Worldfest/Houston International Television and Film Festival. 2005.
“Hostages of Two Worlds” 2001
- Certificate of Merit: Chicago International Television Festival (Hugos). 2005.
Outstanding Achievement: Kids Zone, www.history.org/kids, Interactive Media
Council, 2007.
Outstanding Achievement: Coins & Currency in Colonial
America, www.history.org/history/museums/coinExhibit/, Interactive Media
Council, 2007.
Silver Award: Coins & Currency in Colonial America,
www.history.org/history/museums/coinExhibit/, W³ Awards competition.
2007.
Silver Award: Tour the Town,
www.history.org/visit/TourTheTown/, W³ Awards competition. 2007.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Website, www.history.org, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2007.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: The Kids Zone, www.history.org/kids, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2007.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: Tour the Town, www.history.org/visit/TourTheTown/, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2007.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: Colonial Williamsburg: Past & Present, www.history.org/Media/podcasts.cfm/, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2007.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: Coins & Currency in Colonial America,
www.history.org/history/museums/coinExhibit/, Web Marketing Association WebAward
Competition. 2007.
Gold Award: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Website, www.history.org, W³ Awards competition. 2006.
Gold Award: The Kids Zone, www.history.org/kids, W³ Awards competition. 2006.
Gold Award: Tour the Town,
www.history.org/visit/TourTheTown/, W³ Awards competition. 2006.
Gold Award: Mapping Colonial America, www.history.org/maps, W³ Awards competition. 2006.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Website, www.history.org, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2006.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: Tour the Town, www.history.org/visit/TourTheTown/, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2006.
Official Honoree of Annual Webby Awards: Mapping Colonial America. Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, 2006.
Top 100 Educational Web Sites of the Year: Homeschool.com recognized Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trip website. 2005.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Website, www.history.org, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2005.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: Mapping Colonial America, www.history.org/maps, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2005.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: The Kids Zone, www.history.org/kids, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition. 2005.
Hotels
Dining Hall of Fame: Regency Dining Room. Nation’s Restaurant News. 2006, 2007.
Reader’s Choice Gold Award: Daily Press awarded the Williamsburg Inn a Gold Award in the Hotels category. 2006.
Four Stars: Seventh consecutive, Mobil Travel Guide recognition awarded to the Williamsburg Inn for outstanding achievement in service, elegance, and quality.
Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) Award: Williamsburg Inn Regency Room included among best dining experiences in North America along with 9 other Virginia restaurants for seventh consecutive year.
Portfolio “Crystal Stem Five Glass Award”: Williamsburg Inn Regency Room. 2005.
Travel & Leisure 500 Great Hotels in the World: The Williamsburg Inn was one of seven Virginia hotels on the list for third consecutive year.
Leading Small Hotels of the World: The Williamsburg Inn for fourth consecutive year.
Historic Hotels of America: The Williamsburg Inn was selected for membership in National Trust of Historic Preservation for 12 consecutive years.
Historic Hotels of America: The Colonial Houses: Historic Lodging was selected for membership in National Trust of Historic Preservation for seventh consecutive year.
American Automobile Association Four Diamond Rating: 16th award for the Williamsburg Inn and Regency Room.
"Condé Nast Traveler" Gold List: Discriminating traveler's guide to the best-of-the-best lists the Williamsburg Inn for the 14th year.
Silver Award. Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Williamsburg Inn honored with silver award in the Fine Dining category. 2005.
Golf
Zagat Survey America's Top Golf Courses: Gold and Green Courses highly recognized. 2003, 2006, 2007.
Condé Nast Traveler 2006 Annual Golf Poll - Reader's Pick: Top 100 golf resorts in the world. Williamsburg Inn/Golden Horseshoe. 2006.
Golf Magazine Gold Medal: Williamsburg Inn and Golden Horseshoe Golf Club is one of eight resorts nationally to receive annual Gold Medal. 1988-2000, 2004, 2005.
Best Golf Teacher: The Golden Horseshoe Golf Club golf professional Del Snyder was named on a list of the best golf teachers in the state of Virginia by Golf Digest. 2005.
Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary: The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System honored the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club for its commitment to its environmental program. 2005.
Silver Award. Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Golden Horseshoe Golf Club honored with silver award in the Golf Course category. 2005.
Golf Magazine Top 500 Golf Holes in the World: Golden Horseshoe Gold Course, 16th. 2004.
Golf Digest Best of the Best Design: Recognized the Gold Course as one of Robert Trent Jones Sr's top six designs worldwide. 2000, 2004.
Golf Digest Five Star Course: Golden Horseshoe Gold Course one of 16 nationally. 2004.
Golf Digest Four ½ Stars: Awarded to the Green Course, “Best Places to Play” in 2002. Gold Course received four stars in 2000.
Golfweek America's Top 100 Public Access Courses: 2003, 2004.
Golfstyles Washington The Best Courses of the Mid Altantic: Golden Horseshoe Gold Course rated 9th out of 50. 2004.
Top 100 You Can Play: "GOLF" Magazine named the Golden Horseshoe one of the nation’s finest public access courses (45th). 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004.
America’s Top 75 Golf Resorts: The Williamsburg Inn/Golden Horseshoe placed 28th in the nation. "Golf Digest." 2002, 2004.
Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 Golf Resorts Around the World - Reader's Pick: Williamsburg Inn/Golden Horseshoe. 2004, 2005.
Conference Services
Gold Tee Award: Golden Horseshoe Golf Club was awarded the Gold Tee for overall excellence by "Meetings and Conventions" magazine for the eighth consecutive year.
Planners’ Best Bets Award: Meetings South readers, including national meeting planners throughout North America, recognized winners for best facilities, service elements and activities. 2005.
Planners’ Choice: Awarded to the Williamsburg Inn and Williamsburg Lodge by "MeetingNews" magazine. 2000, 2002, 2004.
Gold Key Award: "Meetings and Conventions" readers recognized the Williamsburg Inn as a top meeting destination. 1996-2001, 2004.
Award of Excellence: Readers of "Corporate and Incentive Travel", made up of more than 40,000 meeting and incentive travel planners and key executives responsible for meeting decisions, selected the Williamsburg Inn as one of the facilities that best served their corporate meetings and/or incentive travel programs. 2000-2002, 2004.
Pinnacle Award: "Successful Meetings" magazine presented the Williamsburg Inn with the prestigious Pinnacle Award for 13 consecutive years. Colonial Williamsburg has received the Pinnacle award every year since its inception in 1988 and thus was inducted into the publication’s first ever Bronze Circle, one of only 14 properties to achieve this status. 1988-2004.
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