NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH PRESTIGIOUS
HONORS FOR The Lodge at Torrey Pines®
Remains the only Five Diamond hotel property in San Diego; praised by
Robb Report, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, ZagatSurvey

LA JOLLA, California (January 2008) - As the new year begins, The Lodge at Torrey Pines® celebrates an impressive array of prestigious awards that affirm its position among the world's premier luxury resort destinations.

The coveted AAA Five Diamond Award, one of the travel industry's most prestigious honors, has been conferred upon The Lodge for the sixth consecutive year. The Lodge remains among the top tier hotel properties in North America, sharing the Five Diamond category with outstanding properties including The Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel, The St. Regis in New York, and The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas.

A. R. Valentien was listed in the 2008 Zagat Survey of America's Top Restaurants among the top five restaurants in the San Diego region. The restaurant was also praised in the 2007 Zagat Survey, making it the second year in a row A.R. Valentien was listed. The restaurant received "high marks" and was praised as a "great getaway" with "superb" Californian cuisine and service that is "attentive from the moment you drive up.

The Lodge's most recent acclaim comes from the January issues of two important travel industry publications that included The Lodge at Torrey Pines® on their lists of the world's best hotels for the second year in a row. In 2007 and 2008 The Lodge was named among Travel + Leisure Magazine's international "T + L 500 World's Best Hotels" list. Also in 2007, the hotel was listed among the Top 100 Hotels in the Continental US and Canada; hailed as "an architectural gem" by the magazine's editors and reporters. Condé Nast Traveler honored The Lodge with a position in 2007 and 2008 on their Annual Gold List of the World's Best Places to Stay. Compiled from a survey of the magazine's subscribers, the listing particularly noted the resort's "appealing setting."

In November 2007, The Lodge ranked among Condé Nast Traveler's TOP 50 Mainland U.S. Resorts in The Best in the World Readers' Choice Awards. It is a great honor for The Lodge to have the distinction of being positioned alongside some of the most established and time-honored resorts in North America.

These honors echo warm accolades received in the preceding year. The Summer 2006 issue of The Robb Report listed The Lodge at Torrey Pines® as one of 100 Best Places to Stay in 2006, citing the resort's "classic Craftsman ambience." "If time is the only true luxury," enthused Carol Brodie - who, as Chief Luxury Officer for the Robb Report's parent company, knows a thing or two about good living - "then the time spent at this heavenly oasis was the most luxurious of all!"

The Lodge at Torrey Pines® is a tribute to the California Craftsman Movement and is modeled after Greene & Greene's famed Gamble and Blacker houses in Pasadena, California, two of the finest examples of early 1900s Craftsman-style architecture. The Lodge features 170 spacious guest rooms, including nine suites, more than 13,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, and a 9,500 square-foot spa. The Lodge is adjacent to the Torrey Pines Golf Course and is within walking distance of Torrey Pines State Reserve.

The Lodge at Torrey Pines® is owned and operated by Evans Hotels, San Diego. For reservations call 888-826-0224, or for further information contact Steve Pelzer at (858) 777-6706, spelzer@lodgetorreypines.com or visit www.lodgetorreypines.com.

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