Awards & Recognition
Salamander manages properties that continuously achieve top ratings from a variety of sources.
Salamander Collection
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards
- 2023, 25 Favorite Hotel Brands - #12
- 2022, 25 Favorite Hotel Brands - #25
- Washington Business Journal
- 2022 Power 100 List, Sheila Johnson
- 2022, CEO of the Year, Sheila Johnson
- USA Today
- 2022, Best Luxury Travel Hotel Brand, #4
Salamander DC
- Forbes
- Best Spa & Wellness Hotel In Washington, D.C, 2023
- Washington Business Journal
- 2023 Best Real Estate Deal Awards
Salamander Middleburg
- Virginia Living Magazine
- 2023 - Best Luxury Resort, Best Spa
- 2022 - Best Spa
- Elle
- Best Spas in 2023
- Northern Virginia
- 2022 Top 50 Best Restaurants Harriman's
- ESSENCE
- 2022, 2023 - Best in Black Travel Awards, "Best and Black Owned"
- Travel Noire
- 2023 Awards: Favorite Luxe Stay
- Smart Meetings
- 2023 Smart Stars Awards - Best Executive Retreat
- Forbes Travel Guide
- 2023-2019 Star Awards: Five-Star Hotel Award
- 2023-2022 Star Awards: Five-Star Spa Award
- Conde Nast Traveler
- 2023, 2022, The Best Spas for a Weekend Getaway
- Modern Luxury Media
- 2023, Top 10 Most Luxurious Pet-Friendly Hotels
- AAA
- 2022 Five Diamond Award
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2022 #1 Best Virginia Resort;
- 2021 #2 Best Hotel in Virginia
- HGTV
- 2021 25 Best Resorts in the U.S.
- Travel + Leisure
- 2022 #12 Best Resort Hotels in the South
- 2021 #10 Best Resort Hotels in the South
- Conde Nast Traveler
- 2021 Reader’s Choice Awards: Top 30 Destination Spas in the U.S.; 2020, 2018, 2017
- Good Housekeeping
- 2022, 25 Best Spa Weekend Getaways
- Northern Virginia
- 2021: #7 Best Restaurant in Northern Virginia: Harrimans
- Smart Meetings
- 2023 Smart Stars Awards- Best Executive Retreat
- Meetings Today
- 2021: Best meeting Planner Properties in the South
Half Moon
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Hotel Award (Highest Rated in Jamaica)
- Caribbean Journal
- Caribbean Hotel of the Year in 2022
- Eclipse was named New Hotel of the Year in 2021
- Travel + Leisure
- 2023, Best Family-Friendly Caribbean Beach Resorts
- 2023, 17 of the Best Beach Resorts for Families
- 2023, 29 Best Tropical Vacations Around the World
- T+L 500 in 2022
- It List (Eclipse) in 2021
- Top 25 Resort Hotels in the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Bahamas in 2021
- Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards
- #18 Top 25 Resorts in the Caribbean, 2022
- #17 of Top 50 Resorts in the Caribbean, 2021
- #3 in Jamaica in 2021
- #6 of Top 50 Resorts in the Caribbean
- #1 in Jamaica in 2020
- Forbes
- 2023, 10 Best Jamaican Resorts
- Golf World
- Top 100 Best Golf Resorts in the World in 2021
- Caribbean Journal
- 2023 Caribbean Travel Awards, Caribbean Hotelier of the Year - Shernette Crichton
- Esquire
- 2022, Best New Hotels in N. America & The Caribbean
- TripAdvisor
- 2023, Readers' Choice Best of the Best Hotels
- The Knot
- 2022-2023, The Best Places to Elope; The Best Honeymoon Destinations
- U.S. News & World Report
- Best Jamaica Hotels
- Best Jamaica Resorts
- Best Caribbean Hotels
- Best Caribbean Resorts
- Norma Shirley Award for Restaurant of the Year for Delmare in 2021 and Sugar Mill from 2014-2019
- Solomon Gardner Award for Outstanding Service at Delmare in 2021 and Sugar Mill in 2019
- Trip Advisor
- Traveler's Choice Award Winner in 2019, 2020, and 2021
- Preferred Hotels and Resorts
- Member's Choice Award in 2020 and 2021
Hotel Bennett
- Travel + Leisure
- Recognized as one of the Top 500 Hotels in the World, 2022, 2021
- No. 2 in top 15 hotels in Charleston in 2021, (#9 in 2022; #7 in 2023)
- No. 8 in top 15 city hotels in Charleston in 2020
- No. 1 city in the U.S. and Canada by 2019 World's Best Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide
- Four-star rating in 2019-2023
- Best New Hotels in the World-Hot List in 2019
- Best Luxury Hotel in Charleston, 2023
- Condé Nast Traveler
- #2 - 20 Best Hotels in Charleston 2022
- No. 1 U.S. City by 2019 Readers' Choice Awards (also 2020 & 2022 Inclusions)
- The Independent
- Best Hotels In Charleston, Best for Luxury, 2023
- Hotels Above Par
- USA's Most Over-The-Top Bars, Camellias, 2023
- USA Today
- No 1. Best Boutique Hotel in 2022
- No. 1 in Best Luxury Hotels in 2021
- No. 2 in Best Hotel Bars in 2020
- U.S. News & World Report
- 50 Best Hotels in the USA in 2021
- No. 2 in Charleston in 2021 (#3 in 2022 rankings)
- No. 4 in South Carolina in 2021
- No. 33 in the USA in 2021
- Upscale Magazine
- 10 Most Romantic Hotels, 2023
- Southern Living
- The Best Southern Destinations For A Mother-Daughter Weekend Away, 2023
- Esquire
- 6 Best New(ish) Hotels in Charleston, 2023
- Food Network
- Best Afternoon Tea Spots Around the US - 2022
- Charleston City Paper
- 2022, Best of Charleston - Best Hotel (runner-up 2023)
- OpenTable
- 2022, Charleston's Best Outdoor Dining Spots
- Spas of America
- 2022, America's Favorite Spas of 2022
Innisbrook Resort
- Host of the Annual PGA TOUR Valspar Championship
- 2022 Golf Digest Editor's Choice Awards
- Best in Resorts-America's Winner
- Top 100 Greatest Public Courses
- Golfweek
- Best Courses You Can Play in Florida (Top 10)
- Golf Magazine
- 2019 Best Courses for Buddies
- Smart Meetings
- Smart Stars Award, Florida
- Corporate & Incentive Travel
- Greens of Distinction and Award of Excellence
Aspen Meadows
- Travel + Leisure:
- 9 Stunning Aspen Hotels
- AAA,
- Four Diamond Rating 2023
- On the Snow
- The Best Resorts in Aspen 2023
- AARP
- Most Eco Friendly Hotels
- The Points Guy
- 2023 10 Best Dog-Friendly Destinations
- 2021 9 of the Best Places to Stay in Aspen
- Rocky Mountain Bride
- 2021 18 Best Honeymoon Destinations in Colorado
- Haute Living
- 2021 Some of the World's Best Sculpture Gardens
- The Denver Post
- Quick Summer Getaways in Aspen