Cape Lodge wins Best Boutique Hotel in Australia

Cape Lodge has just been awarded the Best Boutique Hotel in Australia in the 2008 HM Awards for Hotels and Accommodation Excellence. This is the third award in 2008 for Western Australia’s premier small luxury hotel including being voted in the World’s Best 100 Hotels by Conde Nast Traveller and ranking in the Top Ten in the World for Food.

The HM Awards recognise the leading hotels in Australia, New Zealand the South Pacific. Over 600 properties were nominated and after a lengthy voting process by a key judging panel involving 50 industry professionals and travel media the winners were decided last Thursday.

Among the competition luminaries in the 2008 Best Boutique Hotel Category were Lilianfels, the Orient Express Hotel in the Blue Mountains, The Lyall Hotel and the Lindrum Hotel in Melbourne, The Islington in Tasmania and The Quay Grand Suites in Sydney.

Drew Bernhardt General Manger said-“To be recognised as Australia’s Best Boutique Hotel is truly fantastic. It is extremely gratifying and a great accolade for our owners and our amazing staff who work so incredibly hard with a commitment to be the best.”

Cape Lodge has certainly consolidated its place in 2008 as one of the World’s finest small luxury hotels being listed in the prestigious Conde Nast Traveller’s World’s Best 100 Hotels Gold List for the second time with the food once again rated in the Top Ten in The World . The hotel’s fabulous lakeside restaurant is now firmly established as one of the truly great culinary experiences in Australia.

The charming boutique hotel has its own vineyard in the majestic wine-growing region of Margaret River.

The lovely lakeside restaurant boasts a 14,000-bottle cellar. There are 22 luxury suites at the hotel, a two-bedroom cottage and a private luxury five-bedroom private residence in the grounds.

The Cape Dutch-style property features tennis courts, a new swimming pool, beautiful gardens, wine and gourmet tours, horse riding, fishing and bush eco-tours as a part of the exclusive experience.

For more information, log on to capelodge.com.au.