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Utah resort scoops awards
Westgate Park City Resort & Spa in Park City Utah swept the majority of the awards in the US hospitality and tourism industry category of the Best of State annual event.
The resort was cited for the outstanding quality of the its villas and other onsite amenities.
These include a free ski valet service, 30,000-square-foot world-class Serenity Spa by Westgate and ski-in, ski-out access to The Canyons’ 4,000-plus skiable acres.
Founded in 1982, Westgate Resorts employs 6,500 people and claims to be largest privately held corporation in the Central Florida area.
Starting with its original 16-unit resort at Westgate Vacation Villas, Westgate Resorts now has more than 10,000 guestrooms at 28 full-service resorts in destinations throughout the US, such as Orlando, Las Vegas, Gatlinburg in Tennessee, Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, and Park City, Utah.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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