Marco Beach Ocean Resort Ranked #16 on Travel + Leisure's 2013 World's Best Awards List
Marco Island/Naples, FL - July 11, 2013 - The Marco Beach Ocean Resort has been ranked #16 on the Travel + Leisure 2013 World's Best Awards List of Top Resorts in the Continental U.S.
Located on Marco Island, Florida, just minutes from downtown Naples, The Marco Beach Ocean Resort is a 98-suite boutique resort featuring elegantly appointed one and two bedroom suites with full kitchens overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. With accolades including the AAA Four-Diamond designation and a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the Resort strives to consistently accommodate guests' personal tastes while exceeding expectations.
Opening in 2001, Marco Beach Ocean Resort is the vision of Aubrey J. Ferrao, President of the Gulf Bay Group of Companies, whose other Naples, Florida developments include 16 completed gulf front high-rise condominiums in the ultra luxury developments of Pelican Bay and Park Shore, and the master-planned community of Fiddler's Creek, with an estimated 6,000 planned homes on 4,000 +/- acres, currently scheduled for completion in 2020.
In their 18th annual poll, Travel & Leisure Magazine asked their discerning readers to cast their votes for the hotels, resorts, spas, airlines, cruise lines, tour operators, rental-car agencies, and more that define the very best in travel. Travel + Leisure announced the awards on July 2, 2013.
"I am very proud of the entire Marco Beach Ocean Resort team for what they have accomplished,” says Marco Beach Ocean Resort General Manager Robert Fesik. “As a property, we have strived to provide our guests with a genuine and memorable experience and an unsurpassed level of service. This award, as voted by the travelers themselves, is very special and lets us know that we are achieving our goal.”
The awards will be published in the August 2013 issue of Travel + Leisure Magazine, and can currently be viewed online at www.travelandleisure.com.
For more information about Marco Beach Ocean Resort, please visit www.marcoresort.com or phone 1-800-715-8517.
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