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Travel + Leisure's Top Golf Communities for 2009

Get your clubs re-gripped and spikes shined because Travel + Leisure Golf just released America's Top 25 Golf Communities for 2009. Ten of the twenty-five are new to the list this year which is a surprisingly large number. Each property was graded on the following six categories in order of importance: golf amenity; residential architecture and style; location, including natural setting and proximity to cultural activities; management, service and programming options; non-golf amenities, such as a full service spa, equestrian center or marina; and environmental stewardship. Searching for the best combination of qualities the editors selected the following as their top five:

Pronghorn in Bend, Oregon
Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina

Gallery: Travel + Leisure Golf's Top Golf Communities for 2009

The Cliffs Communities in Travelers Rest, SC

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Win Travel + Leisure's The World's Greatest Hotels, Resorts and Spas Book

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Whether you are dreaming of a European vacation or something a little closer to home, Travel + Leisure's The World's Greatest Hotels, Resorts and Spas book offers fuel for all your vacation fantasies. The book covers everything from Casa Morada in Islamorada, Florida to Delta Nature Resort along the Danube in Romania. This year's edition includes the usual assortment of gorgeous pictures along with reviews and Travel + Leisure's rankings that include information on prices, service, decor and more. We're giving away two hardcover copies of this beautiful book to two winners at random who tell us about their favorite summer place.

Some other important details:

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below telling us about your favorite summer place.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before Friday, June 13 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
* You may only enter once.
* Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
* Two winners will receive Travel+Leisure (value $34.95 each).
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.

See complete contest rules here.

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Oberoi Udaivilas Is The World's Best Hotel

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Travel + Leisure has released their World's Best Awards 2007 winners and the top hotel is the Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur, India. They were ranked the best hotel in the world with the highest overall score of 94.36. The palace hotel on the banks of Lake Pichola and is reached via boat. The resort includes fountains, pavilions, pools and balconies and is also home to a lavish luxury spa. The hotel includes 63 Premier rooms, 19 superior Premier rooms with a semi-private moated pool, and three luxury suites with a private infinity pools, tented dining pavilions and a view of the City Palace horizon. The most lavish suite is the Kohinoor Suite with 2,650 square feet of space includes fountained courtyards, a large private pool, sitting room with real fireplaces, and a master suite with its own wooden sauna.

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The "It List" has the Top 25 New Hotels

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If you're working on big vacation plans for this summer you may be debating over decisions on where to stay, and if you're looking for some help the staff at Travel and Leisure have done their research. Traveling the world, they've stayed at countless new hotels and resorts and have compiled their own "It List" of the top 25, reviewed conveniently in areas like style and design, service and amenities, and even things in need of improvement so you really go in knowing what to expect. And if you don't have time to read through the complete reviews of all 25 hotels they're also sorted into categories based on what type of experience you're looking for -- from "Modern Classics" to "Beachcombers" to "Wild Ones," they're all represented.

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Travel and Leisure's Top 500 Hotels

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If you are already planning where to spend your next holiday you may want to check out Travel + Leisure magazine's list of the 500 greatest hotels in the world which will appear in the January 2007 issue. This is the fifth year of the list and features 81 new properties to check out. While California has the most hotels on the list, Chicago has the highest rated hotels. And it's no surprise that the most expensive hotels on the list are in New York City, averaging a steep $740 per night. The most affordable city in Europe is Istanbul where the hotels average $436 a night, way up from 2003 when Istanbul hotels averaged $285 a night. The photo on the right is the view from T & L's best hotel on the west coast, the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur.

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