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Arizona Grand Resort Earns 2011 Fodor's Choice Distinction From Fodor's Travel
Resort selected as a Fodor’s Choice property for the second consecutive year
PHOENIX (August 4, 2011) – Arizona Grand Resort® in Phoenix announced that the writers and editors of Fodor’s Travel have recognized the resort as a 2011 Fodor’s Choice selection. This recognition designates Arizona Grand Resort as a leader in its industry for service, quality and value in 2011.
The experts of Fodor’s have been selecting only the top 15 percent of their listed properties and activities as Fodor’s Choice award recipients since 1988. Every year, Fodor’s writers experience, examine and evaluate thousands of hotels, restaurants and attractions in their travels across the globe. Arizona Grand Resort was selected as a resort that offers a truly remarkable experience and one that has earned the Fodor’s Choice designation.
“We are honored that Fodor’s has selected our resort to receive this prestigious award as it represents our achievement in providing guests with top-notch vacation experiences,” stated Arizona Grand Resort Managing Director Richard Behr.
To learn more about the 2011 Fodor’s Choice awards, or to see winners and read hotel descriptions, visit: www.Fodors.com.
About Fodor’s
Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House, Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of travel information. Covering over 300 destinations worldwide, Fodor’s guidebooks and website, Fodors.com, have provided the most up-to-date, accurate information for travelers for seventy-five years. Written by a team of over 700 writers located around the globe, Fodor’s provides travelers with engagingly written, intelligently and accurately reported, and absolutely indispensable travel guidance. Visit www.Fodors.com.
About Arizona Grand Resort
Arizona Grand Resort is located on 164-beautifully landscaped acres at the base of the spectacular South Mountain Preserve and boasts 640 residential-style suites and 100 luxury Villa accommodations. The AAA Four Diamond rated property recently completed a $52-million redesign to enhance the property including all guest suites, main lobby, spa, golf course, and restaurants. A member of the Preferred Hotels® & Resorts Ultimate Luxury Collection, Arizona Grand Resort offers the 7-acre Oasis Water Park, a challenging 18-hole golf course, seven unique dining venues, the full service Arizona Grand Athletic Club & Spa and 117,000 square feet of meeting and function space, including a 20,000-square-foot exhibit pavilion. Arizona Grand Resort is managed by Classic Hotels & Resorts (CHR), an affiliate of Grossman Company Properties (GCP). GCP is one of the premier commercial and residential developers in the western United States. During the past 50 years, GCP has built, developed and managed more than 14 million square feet of high-quality properties, including Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Inn at Laguna Beach, Biltmore Fashion Park and the Phoenix Spectrum Mall. Additional information is available at www.ArizonaGrandResort.com, www.ClassicHotels.com and www.GrossmanCompany.com.
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For more information on the Arizona Grand Resort, or to arrange an interview or fact check a story, please contact:
Debbie Kellam Director of Marketing
8000 S. Arizona Grand Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85044
p: 602-659-6308
dkellam@arizonagrandresort.com


