Awards
Montage Palmetto Bluff
Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards Best of Award of Excellence (2025)
Travel + Leisure World’s 500 Best Hotels List (2025)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating (2025)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Spa Rating (2025)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels (2025)
• Best USA Hotels (Ranked #12)
• Best USA Resorts (Ranked #8)
• Best Hilton Head Hotels (Ranked #1)
• Best Hilton Head Resorts (Ranked #1)
• Best South Carolina Hotels (Ranked #1)
• Best South Carolina Resorts (Ranked #1)
MICHELIN Guide Two Key Hotel (2024)
MICHELIN Guide Two Key Hotel (2025)
Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards Best of Award of Excellence (2024)
Modern Luxury Travel Awards Best Hospitality (2024)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating (2024)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Spa Rating (2024)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels (2024)
• Best USA Hotels (Ranked #21)
• Best USA Resorts (Ranked #11)
• Best Hilton Head Hotels (Ranked #1)
• Best Hilton Head Resorts (Ranked #1)
• Best South Carolina Hotels (Ranked #1)
• Best South Carolina Resorts (Ranked #1)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating (2023)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Spa Rating (2023)
Forbes Travel Guide’s 2023 Hospitality Stars Spa Employee of the Year: Nancy Russo, spa desk agent, Spa Montage Palmetto Bluff (2023)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels (2023)
• Best USA Hotels (Ranked #42)
• Best USA Resorts (Ranked #19)
• Best Hilton Head Hotels (Ranked #2)
• Best Hilton Head Resorts (Ranked #2)
• Best South Carolina Hotels (Ranked #4)
• Best South Carolina Resorts (Ranked #3)
AAA Five Diamond Awards: Five Diamond Hotel (2023)
AAA Four Diamond Awards: Four Diamond Restaurant, River House (2023)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating (2022)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Spa Rating (2022)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels (2022)
• Best USA Resorts (Ranked #21)
• Best Hilton Head Resorts (Ranked #2)
• Best South Carolina Resorts (Ranked #3)
AAA Five Diamond Awards: Five Diamond Hotel (2023)
AAA Four Diamond Awards: Four Diamond Restaurant, River House (2023)
World Spa Awards Hotel Spa in South Carolina (Ranked #1) (2022)
Golf Digest Golf Digest Editors’ Choice: Best Golf Resorts in The Carolina (2022)
May River Golf Club
Golfweek Best 2020
• Top Modern Courses (Ranked #150)
• Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play in the U.S. (Ranked #53)
• The Best Courses You Can Play By State (Ranked #4)
GOLF Magazine Best Golf Resorts (2019)
• Top 100 Resorts in North America
• Top 25 Best Luxury Resorts
