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Awards

Montage Palmetto Bluff

MICHELIN Guide Two Key Hotel (2024)
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)
Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Awards (2023)
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)
USA TODAY Best Destination Resort: 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards (Ranked #7) (2021)
Golfweek Best 2021
• Top 100 Public Golf Courses in the U.S. (Ranked #52)
• Top 200 Resort Golf Courses in the U.S. (Ranked #40)
• The Best Courses You Can Play By State (Ranked #3)
Golf Digest Editors’ Choice Awards, Best Golf Resorts In The Americas (2021)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels (2021)
• Best USA Hotels (Ranked #35)
• Best USA Resorts (Ranked #17)
• Best Hilton Head Hotels (Ranked #2)
• Best Hilton Head Resorts (Ranked #2)
• Best South Carolina Hotels (Ranked #5)
• Best South Carolina Resorts (Ranked #3)
• Preferred Legend Collection Hotels (Ranked #11)
• Preferred Hotels & Resorts (Ranked #12)
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating (2021)
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)
Southern Living The South’s Best: The South’s Best Resorts (Ranked #10) (2020)
Golfweek Best 2020: Top 200 Resort Golf Courses: May River Golf Course (Ranked #36) (2020)
Condé Nast Traveler Gold List “The Best Hotels and Resorts in the U.S. and Canada” (2020)
Golfweek Best 2019: Top 100 Courses You Can Play: May River Golf Course (Ranked #47) (2019)
Condé Nast Traveler Readers Choice Awards: Top 20 Resorts in the South (Ranked #5) (2019)
GOLF Magazine Best Golf Resorts (2019)
• Top 100 Resorts in North America
• Top 25 Best Luxury Resorts
Golfweek Best 2019: Best Courses You Can Play: May River Golf Course (Ranked #3 in South Carolina) (2019)
Travel + Leisure Best Dog-friendly Hotels in the U.S. (2019)
The World of Fine Wine 3-Star Award, World’s Best Wine List (2018)
Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award Hotels & Resorts (2018)
Condé Nast Traveler Readers Choice Awards: Best Resorts in the American South (2016, 2017, 2018)
Forbes Travel Guide World’s Most Luxurious Spas (2018)
Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards Best of Award of Excellence (2018)
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Preferred Awards of Excellence: #ThePreferredLife Hotel of the Year (2018)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels in the USA (2018)
• Top Hotels in South Carolina (Ranked #6)
• Top Hotels in the Hilton Head region (Ranked #2)
Southern Living South’s Best Resorts (Ranked #2, 2018)
Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards: Best of Award of Excellence (2017)
Golf Digest Editor’s Choice Best Resorts: Best Golf Resorts in The Carolinas (2017)
U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels in the USA (2016)
• Top Hotels in South Carolina (Ranked #1)
• Top 10 Hotels in the USA (Ranked #6)
Robb Report Top 100 Resorts of the World (2014)
Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards (2013)
• Top Hotels & Resorts in the U.S. (Awarded #1)
• Top 20 Resorts in the South (Ranked #1)

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
Golfweek Best 2019: Best Courses You Can Play: May River Golf Course (Ranked #3 in South Carolina) (2019)
Golf Digest Editor’s Choice Best Resorts Best Golf Resorts in The Carolinas (2017)
South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel Best Courses in South Carolina (Ranked #2) (2014)
Links Magazine Top 25 Best Golf Resorts (2013)