In a press release (.pdf) from earlier this week, Concord Hospitality Enterprises announced that their flagship hotel, The Renaissance Hotel at North Hills, was offered the Four Diamond award by AAA. The hotel was also named a Marriott International, Inc. 2010 Hotel of the Year.

Each year AAA awards Four and Five Diamond ratings to the finest hotels in the nation. The Resnaissance joins this list of Four Diamond hotels in North Carolina:

• ASHEVILLE:  1900 Inn on Montford (2009), Albemarle Inn (2003), Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville (2009), Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park (2010), Inn on Biltmore Estate (2001), The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa (2001),
• BOONE – Lovill House Inn (1997),
• CASHIERS – Innisfree Inn By-The-Lake (1994)
• CHAPEL HILL – Carolina Inn (1997), The Siena Hotel (1996)
• CHARLOTTE – Hilton Charlotte Center City (2007), Marriott Charlotte SouthPark (1989), Omni Charlotte Hotel (2001), The Ballantyne, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Charlotte (2003), The Duke Mansion Historic Inn & Meeting Place (2005), The Westin Charlotte (2004)
• DURHAM – Arrowhead Inn Bed and Breakfast (2003), Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club (2000)
• GREENSBORO – Grandover Resort & Conference Center Golf & Spa (1999), O. Henry Hotel – (1999), Proximity Hotel (2008)
• HIGHLANDS – Old Edwards Inn and Spa (2005)
• LAKE TOXAWAY – Greystone Inn (1986)
• PINEHURST – Holly Inn (2002), The Carolina Hotel (1982)
• WILMINGTON – Graystone Inn (1999), The Verandas (2002)

The state has three Five Diamond Award winners:

• CARY – The Umstead Hotel and Spa (2007)
• CHARLOTTE – The Ritz-Carlton (2010)
• FEARRINGTON VILLAGE – The Fearrington House Inn (1994)