For Immediate Release
SCOTTSDALE RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER RECEIVES AWARD FOR THEIR INCENTIVE GOLF PROGRAM, MEETING FACILITIES AND OVERALL SERVICE
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – June 2008 – The Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center has been awarded Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine’s Greens of Distinction award - the seventh time they have been honored. The subscribers of Corporate & Incentive Travel, one of the hospitality industry’s top meetings trade publications, were asked to vote for the facilities that best served their needs with an incentive golf program in the past year. Award winners were selected based on meeting facilities, overall hospitality, golf staff assistance, course condition and design, and tournament arrangements. Award winners will be highlighted in the November issue of the publication and honored at a black-tie gala in New York.
Located in the heart of scenic McCormick Ranch, recognized for the splendor of its lakes, greenbelts and golf courses, the 326-room Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center provides convenient access to both the dramatic beauty of the Sonoran Desert and the lively shopping, restaurant, gallery, and club scene of Scottsdale. The resort borders the McCormick Ranch Golf Club offering private golf views from rooms, patios and restaurants. The Palm Court serves classic American cuisine with Continental service in a casual yet elegant environment. Both the Palm Court and the resort are AAA Four-Diamond Award winners.
Benchmark Hospitality International is a leader in the management and marketing of resorts, conference centers, hotels, and Personal Luxury Hotels™. The privately held company, launched in 1980, is a founding member of the International Association of Conference Centers. Benchmark is a worldwide organization operating over 30 properties representing major metropolitan and resort destinations. Benchmark's international headquarters is located in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston, with regional offices in New Jersey and Connecticut. International offices are located in Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. For locations of properties and additional information, visit www.benchmarkhospitality.com.
The resort is owned by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, Inc. ("Cornerstone"), a Registered Investment Advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It maintains regional offices in Chicago, Hartford, and Los Angeles, and a REIT securities office in New York City. As of December 31, 2002, Cornerstone managed over $3.5 billion of equity real estate assets located throughout the United States, with a limited number of real estate assets located in Canada. Cornerstone was established in 1994, as an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") of Springfield, Massachusetts.
The MassMutual Financial Group - with over $234 billion in assets under management - is a global, growth-oriented, diversified financial services organization whose companies offer a broad portfolio of asset management and insurance products and services. Our family of companies provide life insurance, annuities, disability income insurance, long term care insurance, retirement planning products, trust services, money management and other financial products and services. The MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its subsidiaries, which include: OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; David L. Babson & Company Inc.; Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, Inc.; MassMutual International, Inc.; MML Investors Services, Inc; Persumma Financial LLC; The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB; Antares Capital Corporation; MML Bay State Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company. MassMutual's web site is www.massmutual.com.
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Sally Cooper and Company
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