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Best of the Road: Rand McNally Road Atlas names Colonial Williamsburg’s “Revolutionary City®” daily two-hour interactive dramatic presentation as Best of the Road™ Editor’s Pick, 2008.
Silver Award: Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Colonial Williamsburg honored with silver award in the Place for Family Fun category; 2005.
Best Historic Site: Southern Living magazine readers choice award for the South, seventh consecutive year; 1997-2003.
Top 10 Patriotic Attractions in the United States: TripAdvisor®, based on travelers and editors; 2008.
Production, Publications and Learning Ventures
“From Ear to Ear: the Passage of African Music through American Slavery”
Silver Award of Distinction,
Communicator Awards; Music Recording category, 2008.
“Betwixt Folly and Fate”
Gold MUSE Award: American Association of Museums; Games
category, 2008.
California History Social Science Textbook Series
(Written and produced in partnership with Pearson Scott Foresman)
Golden Lantern Award, finalist;
Distinguished Achievement
Award, finalist: Association of Educational Publishers; 2007.
Electronic Field Trips series
Gold Award, Online Technology
Pre-K – 12 category, United States
Distance Learning Association; 2008
14th Annual Teachers Choice Awards for the Classroom: Learning
Magazine; 2008, for 2006 – 2007 EFT series.
Approval Rating: Parents Choice Foundation, for 2006 – 2007
EFT series; and 2007 – 2008 EFT series.
Best Practices in Programming Award, Gold level: United
States Distance Learning
Association; 2005.
“Founders or Traitors?” 2007
Emmy Award Nominee: Informational/Instructional – Feature/Segment
category; 2008.
“The Slave Trade” 2007
Emmy Award Nominee: Informational/Instructional – Feature/Segment
category; 2008.
Telly Award Winner (Silver Telly): 2007
“Jamestown Unearthed” 2007
Emmy Award Nominee: Interactivity
category; 2008.
Telly Award Winner (Silver Telly): 2007
“Emissaries of Peace” and “Founders or Traitors” 2007
Telly Award Winner for Trailers
(Bronze Telly): 2007
“Emissaries of Peace”
Emmy Award Nominee: Audio
Post Production category; 2008.
Honorable Mention: MUSE
Award, American Association of Museums; Teaching and Outreach category,
2008.
“Yorktown” 2006
Emmy Award Nominee: Program/Special
for Youths category; 2007.
Gold Award: Aurora Awards international
film and video competition; 2007.
Gold Remi Award: Houston International
Film Festival; 2007.
Telly Award Winner (Bronze Telly): 2007.
Chris Award Honorable Mention: Film Council of Greater
Columbus; 2007.
“In Pursuit of Science” 2006
Emmy Award Nominee: Program/Special
for Youths Category; 2007.
“Remember the Ladies” 2006
Honorable Mention: MUSE Awards,
American Association of Museums; 2007.
“Think Like a Historian” CD-ROM (Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6)
Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Family: Learning
Magazine; 2006.
Portfolio Award: Media & Methods Magazine, Social
Studies category; 2005.
Award of Excellence: Technology and Learning Magazine;
2005.
“Jefferson and Adams. A Stage Play” 2005
Gold Award: Houston International Film Festival, Biography
category; 2006.
Emmy Award Nominee: Arts/Entertainment category; 2005.
“The Industrious Tradesmen” 2005
Gold Award: History
category, Houston International Film Festival; 2006.
Emmy Award Nominee: Program/Special for Youths category;
2005.
“No Master Over Me” 2005
Platinum Award: History
category, Houston International Film Festival; 2006.
Film & Video Finalist: New York Film Festival; 2006.
Emmy Award Winner: National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter
Interactivity category; 2005.
Special Recognition MUSE Award: American Association of
Museums, Two-way Communication and Telecollaboration category; 2005.
“The Rare Breeds” 2004
Telly Award Winner (Silver Telly): 2005.
Emmy Award Nominee: Children’s Programming; 2005.
Certificate of Merit: Chicago International Television
Festival, (Hugos); 2005.
“A Publick Education” 2004
Emmy Award Nominee: Children’s
Programming category; 2005.
Telly Award Finalist (Bronze Telly): 2005.
“Degrees of Latitude” 2004
Telly Award Finalist (Bronze
Telly): 2005.
Best of Category Winner: Educational Television/Children
category, (Platinum Remi). Worldfest/Houston International Television and
Film Festival; 2005.
“Hostages of Two Worlds” 2001
Certificate of Merit: Chicago
International Television Festival, (Hugos); 2005.
Web site
Outstanding Achievement Award: www.iCitizenForum.com blog; Interactive Media Award, 2008.
Silver Awards of Distinction: “Kids Zone,” www.history.org/kids; and “Colonial Williamsburg: Past & Present,” www.history.org/media/podcasts.cfm; Communicator Awards; Interactive category, 2008.
Gold Awards for Creativity: “Mapping Colonial America,” www.history.org/maps; “Kids Zone,” www.history.org/kids; “Tour the Town,” www.history.org/maps; and Web site home page, www.history.org; International Academy of Visual Arts, W3 Awards Competition; 2006.
Silver Awards for Creativity: “Coins & Currency in Colonial America,” www.history.org/history/museums/coinExhibit/; “Tour the Town,” www.history.org/maps; International Academy of Visual Arts, W3 Awards Competition; 2007.
Outstanding Achievement Award: “Kids Zone,” www.history.org/kids; Interactive Media Award, 2007.
Official Honoree of Webby Awards: “Mapping Colonial America,” www.history.org/maps, International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences; 2006.
Top 100 Educational Web Sites of the Year: Colonial Williamsburg’s Electronic Field Trip Web site, www.history.org/history/teaching/eft.cfm; Homeschool.com; 2005.
Outstanding Web site WebAward: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Web site, www.history.org, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition; 2005, 2006, 2007; “Tour the Town,” www.history.org/visit/tourTheTown, 2006; “Mapping Colonial America,” www.history.org/maps; 2005.
Standard of Excellence WebAward: “Kids Zone,” www.history.org/kids, Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition; 2005.
Standards of Excellence Awards: “Coins & Currency in Colonial America,” www.history.org/history/museums/coinExhibit; “Tour the Town,” www.history.org/visit/tourTheTown; “Colonial Williamsburg: Past & Present,” www.history.org/media/podcasts.cfm; and “Kids Zone,” www.history.org/kids; Web Marketing Association nonprofit category, 2007.
Museums
Richard Martin Award for Excellence: DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, “The Language of Clothing” exhibition; Costume Society of America, Exhibition of Costume category; 2004.
Hotels
Award of Excellence: Williamsburg Inn Regency Room, Wine Spectator; 2006, 2007, 2008.
Fine Dining Hall of Fame: Regency Dining Room. Nation’s Restaurant News; 2006.
Leading Hotels of the World Commitment to Quality Award: Williamsburg Inn named one of only two hotels in North America; 2007.
Reader’s Choice Gold Award: Williamsburg Inn, “Hotels” category, Daily Press; 2006, 2007.
Four Stars: Seventh consecutive, Mobil Travel Guide recognition awarded to the Williamsburg Inn for outstanding achievement in service, elegance, and quality.
Distinguished Restaurants of North America (DiRoNA) Award: Williamsburg Inn Regency Room included among best dining experiences in North America since 1992.
Portfolio Crystal Stem Five Glass Award: Williamsburg Inn Regency Room; 2005.
Travel & Leisure 500 Great Hotels in the World: The Williamsburg Inn named one of seven Virginia hotels on the list for third consecutive year.
Leading Small Hotels of the World: The Williamsburg Inn selecteed for fifth consecutive year.
Historic Hotels of America: The Williamsburg Inn elected for membership in National Trust of Historic Preservation for 14 consecutive years.
Historic Hotels of America: Colonial Houses – Historic Lodging selected for membership in National Trust of Historic Preservation for ninth consecutive year.
American Automobile Association Four Diamond Rating: 16th award for the Williamsburg Inn and Regency Room.
Condé Nast Traveler Gold List: Discriminating traveler’s guide to the best-of-the-best lists the Williamsburg Inn for the 14th year.
Silver Award: Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Williamsburg Inn honored with silver award in the Fine Dining category; 2005.
Spa
Condé Nast Traveler Hot List: Selected as one of 76 new spas wordwide and nine in the United States, 2008.
Golf Course
Top 100 You Can Play: Gold course, Golf Magazine; 1996 – 2006
America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses: Gold course, Golf Digest; 2003 – 2007.
State-by-State Public Access Courses – Virginia: Gold course, Golfweek Magazine; 2003 – 2007.
Top Short Courses in America: Spotswood course, Golf Range Magazine; 2007.
America’s Top Golf Courses: Gold and Green courses, Zagat Survey®; 2003 – 2007.
Best of the Best Design: Gold course one of Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s top six designs worldwide; Golf Digest; 2004.
Top 500 Golf Holes in the World: Golden Horseshoe Gold course 16th; Golf Magazine; 2004.
Four and ½ Stars: Gold and Green course, Best Places to Play; Golf Digest, 2006.
Five Stars: Gold course one of 16 nationally; Golf Digest; 2004.
Middle Atlantic’s 100 Must-play Courses: Gold and Green courses; Golfstyles Washington, 2007.
World’s Best: Gold course, Readers Survey, Travel+Leisure Golf; 2003.
Top 500 Golf Holes in the World: Gold course, 16th and 17th holes; Golf Magazine; 2000.
Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary: Commitment to environment; 2001 – 2007.
Best Golf Teacher: Golden Horseshoe Golf Club golf professional Del Snyder named as one of the best golf teachers in the state of Virginia, Golf Digest; 2005.
Silver Award: Virginian-Pilot Reader’s Choice Award. Golden Horseshoe Golf Club honored with silver award in the Golf Course category; 2005.
Golf Resort
Gold Medal Resort Award: Golf Magazine; 2004, 2006.
Platinum Places: The World’s Best Golf Destinations; “Best Resorts for Family Foursomes,” Golf Odyssey; 2007 – 2008.
75 Best Golf Resorts in America: Golf Digest; 2002 – 2006.
Top 40 Golf Resorts: Golfweek Magazine; 2001, 2002.
Gold Medal Resort Award: Golf Magazine; 2006.
Top 100 Golf Resorts in the World: Condé Nast Traveler Magazine; 2003 – 2006.
Top 50 Golf Destinations in the World: Golf Digest (Greater Williamsburg summary);2000.
Gold List World’s Best 700 Places to Stay: Condé Nast Traveler Magazine; 2003-2005, 1995-2001.
500 Greatest Hotels in the World: The Williamsburg Inn, Travel + Leisure; 2003.
ACE Golf Meetings Award: Successful Meetings Magazine, 1999, 2001.
Apex Award: National Association of Golf Tournament Directors; 1999.
Conference Services
Gold Tee Award: Golden Horseshoe Golf Club was awarded the Gold Tee for overall excellence by Meetings and Conventions magazine for the eighth consecutive year.
Planners Best Bets Award: Meetings South readers, including national meeting planners throughout North America, recognized winners for best facilities, service elements and activities; 2005.
Planners’ Choice: Awarded to the Williamsburg Inn and Williamsburg Lodge by Meeting News magazine; 2000, 2002, 2004.
Gold Key Award: Meetings and Conventions readers poll recognized the Williamsburg Inn as a top meeting destination; 1996-2001, 2004, 2006.
Award of Excellence: Readers of Corporate and Incentive Travel magazine, made up of more than 40,000 meeting and incentive travel planners and key executives responsible for meeting decisions, selected the Williamsburg Inn as one of the facilities that best served their corporate meetings and/or incentive travel programs; 2000-2002, 2004.
Pinnacle Award: Successful Meetings magazine presented the Williamsburg Inn with the prestigious Pinnacle Award for 16 consecutive years. Colonial Williamsburg received the Pinnacle award every year since its inception in 1988 and thus was inducted into the publication’s first ever Bronze Circle, one of only 14 properties to achieve this status; 1988-2004.
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