Awards, Reviews, & Recognition for Trout Point Lodge of Nova Scotia, Relais & Chateaux

Founded in France in 1954, Relais & Châteaux is the world's most prestigious hotel group. Relais & Châteaux has stringent criteria for becoming a member. Following an invitation to apply, a candidate property forwards its official dossier to the group's head office in Paris. If the application meets a set of formal conditions, suitability is evaluated during an initial property inspection. After these preliminary efforts, the establishment is visited anonymously (several times in the year following application) to determine whether its services comply with the Relais & Châteaux Quality Charter. These inspection reports are examined by the board of directors which approves the acceptance of new members. Regular anonymous inspections occur thereafter.

In addition, Trout Point Lodge is annually inspected and approved by Conde Nast Johansens, the sole international luxury travel guide from the "most trusted name in travel publishing," Conde Nast Pubications. The Lodge is the only hotel in Atlantic Canada recommended by Johansens. Trout Point is also inspected & recommended by AAA/CAA, and inspected biennially by Canada Select, with a consistent 4 1/2 star rating for 13 years. Canada Select last inspected in 2011.

Travelers' Reviews for Trout Point Lodge of Nova Scotia

	In 2011, Departures--the sister magazine of Food & Wine and Travel & Leisure--selected Trout Point Lodge among the top 10 foodie getaways worldwide, as reported by the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.
	In its May, 2011 issue Men's Journal magazine listed the Lodge among the top 10 North American destination for backwoods luxury.
	The Globe & Mail--Canada's national newspaper--named Trout Point among Canada's top ecolodges in 2010!
	In mid 2009, the National Geographic Society announced that Trout Point was among 10 worldwide finalists in the Geotourism Challenge: Power of Place. The Lodge was the only accommodation among the finalists. A distinguished panel of judges - Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement; Keith Bellows, editor of National Geographic Traveler magazine; Erika Harms, executive director of Sustainable Development, United Nations Foundation; Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet; Ben Keene, founder of Tribewanted; and Dr. Yang Yuming, vice president of Southwest Forestry University, China - reviewed the entries and selected Trout Point Lodge for revitalizing backwoods area of Acadian Forest through place-based immersion experiences and the Nova Scotia Seafood Cooking School. In 2010, the Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations presented a Certificate of Excellence to the Lodge.
	A property with Five Green Keys "exemplifies the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility throughout all areas of operations. The hotel employs cutting edge technologies, policies, and programs that set the international standard for sustainable hotel operations," according to the Hotel Association of Canada. Trout Point counts among just a handful of properties in North America with this highest rating.
	Trout Point received recognition from its peers and awarded the inaugural Green Restaurant Award from the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia in November, 2009.
	Trout Point has garnered an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator for its 130+ selection wine list since 2009.
	ForbesTraveler recognized Trout Point Lodge on 2 different Top 10 lists: the world's best wilderness resorts and the world's best cooking vacations.
	The Lodge won the inaugural Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award in 2007, in part based on a demonstrated commitment to excellence and the encouragement of an appreciation of and respect for, our natural, cultural and aesthetic heritage along with a striving to  achieve tourism development in a manner which harmonizes economic objectives with the protection and enhancement of our natural and cultural heritage
	Conde Nast Johansens is the one of the most comprehensive hotel guides with an illustrated reference to annually inspected, independently owned prestigious accommodation and meetings venues throughout the world. Trout Point is proud to have been a recommended property since 2008. Trout Point was a finalist for Most Excellent Lodge in Conde Nast's 2010 Awards for Excellence.
	Trout Point Lodge is annually inspected and recommended with an Award of Excellence by AAA/CAA.
	Savvy, affluent travelers recognize that luxury hotels recommended by Five Star Alliance are without question the best hotels in the world, with inclusion in the collection chosen solely by editorial discretion. Trout Point has been a Five Star Alliance selected property since 2007.