The Western New York region is home to amazing hotels and restaurants, including 18 recently announced by AAA Western and Central New York as having been awarded the distinction of Four Diamond status.

AAA Four Diamond hotels are refined and stylish, providing upscale physical attributes, extensive amenities and a high degree of hospitality, service and attention to detail. A Four Diamond restaurant provides distinctive fine-dining, creatively prepared and skillfully served, often with a wine steward, amid upscale ambience.

Collectively, Four Diamond hotels and restaurants represent just 3.9 percent of the nearly 59,000 AAA Approved and Diamond Rated establishments. New York State (including NYC) has 82 Four Diamond hotels, with WCNY being home to 17 of them. There are 42 Four Diamond restaurants in NYS, and one is at Turning Stone Resort Casino – Wildflowers.

Properties recognized in the AAA WCNY region include the following:

  • 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel
  • Aurora Inn
  • E.B. Morgan House
  • Lodge at Turning Stone Resort Casino
  • Rowland House
  • Wallcourt Hall (first year)
  • Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel
  • Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
  • The Mansion on Delaware Avenue
  • The Statler Hotel at Cornell University
  • The Tower Hotel at Turning Stone Resort Casino
  • Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel
  • Wildflowers Restaurant
  • 1795 Acorn Inn
  • Geneva-On-The-Lake
  • Mirbeau Inn & Spa
  • Morgan-Samuels Inn/BB & Spa
  • The Del Monte Lodge, A Renaissance Hotel & Spa

Four Diamond properties will be recognized by AAA WCNY at a private reception in March.

As Upstate New York’s largest member services organization, AAA provides nearly 860,000 members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive related services. Since its founding in 1900, AAA has been a leading advocate for the safety and security of all travelers.




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