Ringing In The New Year At Number One

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco Celebrates Leading National Accolades Hotel Named #1 in San Francisco by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure Magazine

San Francisco - The New Year is here, and the results are in. Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco is, once again, the top choice for travelers to San Francisco in 2006.

In Condé Nast Traveler magazine's 2006 Gold List and Travel + Leisure magazine's Top 500 List, the hotel was awarded the number one spot for San Francisco for the third year in a row and second year in a row respectively.

Condé Nast Traveler rated the hotel's location and "consistently excellent" staff as the top two aspects of the rating, while Travel + Leisure noted the cultural aspect of the hotel's extensive modern art collection as a top selling point. Both lists, compiled independently of one another, polled readers on everything from arrival to room service.

"It is an honor to continue to receive these leading accolades," said David Akin, Director of Marketing at Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco. "Four Seasons strives to be the best hotel in every location where we operate, and to have that reflected through guests viewpoints is a of the level of service we strive to provide each day."

Consistently delivering Five-Star service is a rigorous and challenging process. In the four-year history of Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, challenges have been abundant. The hotel opened within weeks of September 11, and was immediately faced one of the most difficult times known to the industry. Nonetheless, the dedicated staff of Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco created an atmosphere and level of service, which enabled them to earn the Mobil Five-Star top ranking in the hotel's first year of operation.

The 2006 awards crown another year of hotel honors including:

• 2006 Mobil Travel Guide's Five-Star Award
  
• 2005 Zagat Hotel Survey Top 50 Hotels in the U.S.
  
• 2005 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards #1 Hotel in San Francisco
  
• 2006 Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 World's Best Hotels Award
  
• 2005 Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report Top 20 U.S. City Hotels
  
• 2005 Departures Magazine Readers' Favorites Survey Top 10 Big City Hotels

SOURCE: Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco