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Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort - Awards, News and Reviews
The Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort continues to the raise the bar when it comes to all-inclusive luxury and excellent service in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico.Our commitment and dedication to world-class hospitality, innovative dining, exceptional lodging and state-of-the-art resort facilities has garnered us many prestigious awards and designations over the years, as well as rave reviews from our satisfied guests.
Awards & Recognition.
Grand Velas Resorts have been recognized as one of Mexico's top luxury hotels by some of the most regarded names in the travel industry. AAA, Conde Nast Traveler, Leading Hotels of the World and more, have honored Grand Velas Resorts for its all-inclusive luxury, superior service, spa facilities, innovative gourmet dining, and state-of-the-art resort facilities.
Grand Velas Honors & Awards
- AAA Five Diamond designation, an honor only 3 percent of hotels and restaurants receive.
- “Most Excellent Spa Hotel” Conde Nast Johansens, the leading worldwide guide for independently owned hotels
- Leading Hotels of the World’s Leading Spa designation as a top luxury spa hotel
- Conde Nast Traveler named us one of the top 15 hotels in Mexico and Central America in Conde Nast’s annual top list
- Five-Star Diamond Award from New York-based American Academy of Hospitality Sciences
- Mexico Tourism Ministry’s Distintivo H certification as an outstanding gourmet hotel
- 2006 Traveler’s Choice Award Best Luxury Hotel from TripAdvisor, with more than 5 million real unbiased traveler reviews annually [Top]
AAA Five Diamond.
Grand Velas is the only family friendly all-inclusive resort in North America to receive the prestigious Five Diamond Award. Every year tourism editors of the American Automobile Association (AAA) visit more 70,000 lodgings, campgrounds, restaurants and attractions throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean looking for luxury establishments to conduct unannounced evaluations. Less than one third of one percent of the more than 32,000 properties approved by AAA achieve this distinction.Leading Hotels of the World Leading Spa.
Grand Velas has been recognized by the Leading Hotels of the World as a Leading Spa Hotel since 2005. To earn this designation, a spa must pass inspection in more than 1,500 categories and offer truly outstanding service and a luxurious environment. The Leading Spa designation is a true benchmark for luxury standards. [Top]Conde Nast Johansens.
For the past four years, Grand Velas Resorts have been honored in Conde Nast Johansens Excellence Awards and have been recommended since 2003. Grand Velas was recognized as 2008 Most Excellent Spa Hotel, 2007 Most Excellent Spa Hotel, 2006 Most Excellent Spa Hotel, and 2005 Most Outstanding Resort. For more than 25 years, Conde Nast Johansens has been the leading worldwide guide for independently owned luxury hotels. The guides have attracted a loyal readership by guaranteeing that each Recommended property undergoes a rigorous annual inspection process to ensure exceptional quality is maintained.
Conde Nast Traveler.
In 2007, Grand Velas ranked as one of the top 15 hotels in Central America/Mexico by the leading luxury travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler. In the 2007 top list, we ranked 12th for hotels in Mexico and Central America.The magazines popular annual list ranks hotels based on outstanding service, world-class facilities, luxury spa and gourmet dining. [Top]
Five Star Diamond.
For the past several years, our resorts have been awarded the Five Star Diamond from the independently operated American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. Grand Velas was honored in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Members of the renowned American Academy of Hospitality Sciences monitor the standards in the luxury services sector. Based on their experiences and taking guest comments into consideration, the Academy awarded Grand Velas the Five Star Diamond Award. This honor acknowledges our commitment to maintaining the highest standards in the industry.Mexico Tourism Ministrys Distintivo H.
Since 2004 Grand Velas resorts have been honored with the Mexico Tourism Ministrys Distintivo H certificate. This program was instituted by the Ministry to promote outstanding quality culinary standards in leading hotels. Grand Velas is proud to be recognized for our innovative gourmet dining experiences.Best Luxury Hotel TripAdvisor.
Grand Velas is proud to have earned the 2006 TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Award as Best Luxury Hotel. Millions of travelers vote for their favorite hotels based on outstanding service and value. The TripAdvisor Travelers Choice awards are now five-years-old and are recognized for their unbiased reviews and opinions of the worlds best hotels. More than 5 million people in the TripAdvisor community offer opinions on more than 220,000 hotels and attractions worldwide. [Top]Press Releases
- Winners of 2008 Awards for Excellence in the Americas, Atlantic, Caribbean & Pacific Islands
- Condé Nast Johansens luxury hotel guide announces
- Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort provides world-class convention center: variety of room sizes, technologically advanced, five-star hospitality
- Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort awarded AAA five-diamond award
- Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort named best luxury hotel in the 2006 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards
- Grand Velas All Suites & Spa resort celebrates new $15 million tower with spa suites, receipt of aaa five-diamond award, new gourmet french restaurant and more [Top]
