MAUI, Hawaii, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea has been voted "#1 Resort in Hawaii" by Conde Nast Traveler's readers worldwide for 2007. The results, which will be listed in the November 2007 issue, were derived from the largest independent poll of consumers' preferences, the Readers' Choice Survey, second in size only to the U.S Census. A record number of travelers, over 28,000, voted this year and Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hawaii's first and only AAA Five Diamond and Mobil Five-Star resort, topped the list for Hawaiian resorts.

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"The opinions of our guests and their continued support are very important to us," said Thomas Steinhauer, Regional Vice President and General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. "This highly prestigious and coveted honor from the readers of Conde Nast Traveler reinforces our guests' confidence in our services and facilities, and is great encouragement to our entire staff who work extremely hard to provide the highest standards of service."

Newly renovated and situated on 15 oceanfront acres of Maui's sunny southern coastline, Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea is home to one of the nation's top-rated spas and to three of Hawaii's most acclaimed restaurants -- romantic Italian favorite Ferraro's Bar e Ristorante, award-winning Wolfgang Puck's Spago Maui and DUO Steak and Seafood, the hottest new restaurant in Maui. A new museum quality Hawaiian art collection graces the richly renovated guestrooms and public areas while three authentically constructed outdoor Hawaiian "hale" were recently added to the award-winning spa. For information, please call the Resort directly at 808-874-8000, or Four Seasons Central Reservations at 800-332-3442, or visit http://www.fourseasons.com/maui.

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U.S. Mainland Contact: Hawaii Contact: Quinn Doan/Charlotte Novom Yvonne Biegel Novom Marketing Inc. Biegel Communications Four Seasons Resort Maui PH: (808) 875-8466 PH: (323) 882-8333 Cellular: (808) 276-6452 Fax: (323) 882-8310 Fax: (808) 875-8499 Cellular: (323) 678-2725 yvonnebiegel@hawaii.rr.comqdoan@novom.com

CONTACT: U.S. Mainland, Quinn Doan|Charlotte Novom of Novom Marketing
Inc., +1-323-882-8333, cell, +1-323-678-2725, fax, +1-323-882-8310,
qdoan@novom.com; or Hawaii, Yvonne Biegel of Biegel Communications,
+1-808-875-8466, cell, +1-808-276-6452, fax, +1-808-875-8499,
yvonnebiegel@hawaii.rr.com, all for Four Seasons Resort Maui

Web site: http://www.fourseasons.com/maui