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King Pacific Lodge wins best resort in Canada and fourth best of the best in the world in Condé Nast Traveler's 21st Annual Reader's Choice Awards
October 2008
PRINCESS ROYAL ISLAND, GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST, BC, CANADA - The readers of Condé Nast Traveler have named King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort, a winner as Best Resort in Canada and the Fourth Best of the Best among all resorts, hotels and cruise lines in the world in the magazine‘s 21st Annual Readers‘ Choice Awards. The awards are derived from the Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Survey, the largest independent poll of consumers' preferences. Over 32,000 readers voted this year.
King Pacific Lodge is anchored in Barnard Harbor along the shores of Princess Royal Island in British Columbia, Canada; about 261 miles north of Vancouver. The island has no permanent inhabitants or structures and this highly sensitive environment is in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, the world's largest remaining tract of temperate rainforest. The floating luxury wilderness lodge is built of native pine, fir, cedar and stone and offers only 17 guest-rooms and suites, a wrap-around deck with spectacular views along with award winning cuisine and spa.
"King Pacific Lodge has long been noted for its luxury and quality to be sure. But, we have paid particular attention to our role in creating social equity and conservation. More and more, the travelers of today want more and more: more knowledge, more connection to the places they visit, more authenticity and more opportunities to see a world they could have easily missed. King Pacific's essential mission as a triple bottom line company naturally creates a rich texture in its relationship with Hartley Bay and summons us to our obligations as co-stewards in maintaining the integrity of the Gitga'at Territory. It is something that imbues all that we do," said Michael Uehara, president of King Pacific Lodge.
Uehara continued, "I believe that this vision, combined with our unique brand of service, has captured the imagination of our guests. The opportunity to see a true expression of tourism's role in delivering public goods provides our guests a context not just for unique experiences but to bear witness to and be a small part of the transformation of both an industry and their own role in it. Yes, I think our guests understand that we must be as aware of fish counts as we are of thread counts, and that a 10,000 year old culture can give them a new way of looking at the world. I truly believe that many of our guests may start off with a list of things they must see and end up with an experience they must feel. They too adopt a proprietary connection to the land as distant, honorary citizens of the Gitga'at."
"These awards celebrate the destinations, lodgings, and modes of transportation that manage to exceed our expectations," said Condé Nast Traveler Editor in Chief Klara Glowczewska. "The Readers' Choice Awards, with over 32,000 readers voting, are a credit to the worldly expertise of our readers-passionate travelers for whom no island is too remote, no city too challenging, and no hotel too untested."
The complete results of the awards can be found in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler, on newsstands October 21st or on the magazine's website at cntraveler.com. The Readers Choice Awards gala took place on Wednesday, October 15th in New York City at the New York Public Library. Photos and video from the event are available upon request.
About Condé Nast Traveler
Truth in Travel: Many travel publications accept free travel and accommodations. Condé Nast Traveler does not, and its correspondents, as far as possible, travel anonymously. They experience travel the way consumers do, both the good and the bad, and report on it fairly and honestly. In 2008, Condé Nast Traveler was named one of the top 10 magazines in the U.S. by both Adweek and Advertising Age- one of only three magazines in the U.S. to be named on both lists. Condé Nast Traveler has an audience of 3.1 million and is published by Condé Nast Publications, Inc. Online at cntraveler.com.
