Three years ago, Southern Living launched their South’s Best Awards which allowed their readers to celebrate the people and places that they love the most in the South. From BBQ joints to beach towns, food cities, and more, readers across the country weighed in on their favorite places to visit, dine, and stay. Last year, in the 2nd edition of the Southern Living South’s Best Awards, our hometown of Aiken took home the title of “Best Small Town in the South” and The Willcox was listed as the #2 Hotel in the South. We were beyond honored to have received such an outstanding award alongside our hometown.
Our past-guests and our community of Aiken rallied around us this year, and through their voting efforts, they vaulted us to the top spot for 2019. We are pleased to announce that The Willcox was named the Best Hotel in the South!
“At Southern Living, we’re passionate about celebrating the extraordinary people and places that define Southern hospitality,” said Sid Evans, the Editor in Chief of Southern Living. “Our goal is to identify the destinations our readers are loving the most right now—places that represent the very best of the South. This year’s awards represent a unique mix of newcomers and longtime favorites.”
We are honored to be named Southern Living’s South’s Best Hotel for 2019, and we are joined on the list of Best Hotels in the South by some prestigious company in the hospitality industry:
1 – The Willcox, Aiken, SC
2 – The Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC
3 – The Peabody Memphis, Memphis, TN
4 – Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, LA
5 – The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, VA
6 – The Roosevelt, New Orleans, LA
7 – Belmond Charleston Place, Charleston, SC
8 – The Brown Hotel, Louisville, KY
9 – 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
10 – Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg, VA
Congratulations to all of our hotel and inn friends across the South, and a special thank you to all of our guests who voted for us! Your vote means the world to us, and to us, you are the South’s Best Guests!
If you haven’t had the opportunity to come and stay with us at The Willcox yet, we invite you to come experience why we were voted as the South’s Best Hotel this spring. Book your stay with us, make an appointment in our full-service Salon and Spa, enjoy fine dining in our restaurant, and explore all that our wonderful hometown of Aiken has to offer to you. We promise that you, like the readers of Southern Living, will be enchanted by our hotel and charmed by our small Southern town.
