Sponsored by Successful Meetings magazine, the Pinnacle Award is given only to those hotels who represent the highest standards of excellence within the hotel industry. The publication's 75,000 readers, who are corporate and associate meeting planners, base their selection on the following criteria: overall service, meeting rooms and equipment, recreation facilities, quality of food and beverage, exhibit space, accessibility and social consciousness.

In addition to this year's Pinnacle Award, The Rosen Centre Hotel has received several other coveted awards including the Gold Key Award, recognizing the top domestic and international hotels and resorts that provide the finest service and quality in the meetings industry, Medical Meetings magazine's Merit and Distinction Award, and the Royal Doulton Style Award.

"It's very rewarding for us to receive these coveted awards," said the hotel's Director of Sales and Marketing, Linda Vandegrift.

The Rosen Centre's sophisticated meeting space includes a 35,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom and 33 distinctive meeting rooms. The hotel also features 1,334 deluxe guest rooms with remote-control color cable TVs, in-room safes, computerized card key locks, voice mail and data ports. Two restaurants and a deli, a fitness club and spa, lighted tennis courts and a large swimming grotto including a pool, whirlpool and wading pool are also offered at the hotel.