Housed in the impressive Time Warner Plaza, the new home of CNN, the hotel sits across from the entrance of Central Park at Columbus Circle. The hotel occupies 18 floors of one of the complex’s two 80-story glass towers. There’s an 1,970-seat Jazz concert hall and New York City’s only retail mall attached to the towers and the hotel.

An interesting place to hang out at the Cheeca is the Curt Gowdy lounge, named in honor of the legendary sports broadcaster who also regularly visited the resort with his sports fishing buddies - people like the late Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams, who liked Islamorada so much he bought a house here.

It sits in the green-carpeted valley like a tiara sits on emerald-colored velvet. At night, in the pitch black of the British Columbia wilderness, the hotel’s lights sparkle like a million diamonds.

Everything’s a highlight at the Banff Springs. The breathtaking views of the majestic Rockies and surrounding valleys one gets from rooms and outdoor terraces are worth the price of admission alone.

This is where many television shows have been filmed, including Hawaii 5-0 and Magnum PI. Jack Lord, the actor who played Steve McGarret on the wildly popular Hawaii 5-0 series, liked the hotel and area so much he bought a condo adjacent to the hotel and lived there until he died.

The hotel lends gear for snorkeling, bicycling, fishing, and other sports. Other complimentary activities include daily yoga and aqua-aerobics; lei making, ukulele, hula, or pandanus weaving classes; and guided garden walks.

Walking into the Mills House’s ancient lobby is like walking back in time - to when ladies in long, hoop skirts would expect men to bow at the waist when they entered a room. This is the Ole South preserved with love and appreciation for what the original owner set out to do – give Charleston a hotel it could be proud of.

Most people are attracted to Kiawah Island, just outside Charleston, because this is the home of five great golf courses, including the legendary Ocean Course, which, it says here, is the best resort course in North America.

This is a resort you like from the moment you walk into its stately foyer which is lined with cappuccino marble, brightly covered furnishings, warm wood trim and some of the nicest staff in the industry, all of whom wear nametags with their country of origin.

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