For Immediate Release
Both the Resort and its Palm Court restaurant are honored with Four Diamonds from AAA
SCOTTSDALE – (November 2007) – The Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center has received one of the travel industry’s most distinctive accolades: the 2008 Four Diamond Award from the Automobile Association of America (AAA.) Palm Court, the property’s fine dining restaurant, has also been honored, receiving AAA’s Four Diamond designation for both its cuisine and its impeccable service.
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 intimate and elegant environment. At Palm Court, fine dining is elevated to an art form with unforgettable tableside au flambé preparation and innovative menus set against its dramatic views of Camelback Mountain.
Benchmark Hospitality International, an independent hospitality management company based in The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, operates the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center and other resorts, conference centers, hotels and condominium resorts both domestically and internationally. For locations of Benchmark Hospitality properties and for additional information, visit Benchmark's Website at 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.
