The Dining Room in the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel also received its first Five Diamond Award.

Approximately 40,000 lodgings and restaurants are listed in the year 2001 AAA TourBook guides, but fewer than .5% of them have received the Five Diamond Award. The Four Seasons is the only San Diego County inn to receive this award.

Others in Southern California include: the Peninsula Beverly Hills; The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey; the Four Seasons Hotel, Newport Beach; and the Simpson House Inn, Santa B

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