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Five Star Alliance features the Hay-Adams Monuments By Night Package in their Informed Traveler Blog. Click here to read the article.

Chosen as one of the world's top 1% of hotels by Expedia® Insiders' Select™, 2008

Awarded most excellent service in The Americas by Condé Nast Johansens, 2008.

Hay-Adams awarded Best Service in the U.S. in the 2008 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards

HotelInteractive.com awards the Lafayette Room at the Hay-Adams with the best hotel restaurant service in the U.S. for 2007

Ranked #1 Hotel in Washington, DC in Travel + Leisure's 2007 World's Best 500 Hotels

Ranked #1 Hotel in Washington, DC in Conde Nast Traveler's 2007 Top 700 Hotels in US and Canada

Wall Street Journal of October 20, 2007, issue listed breakfast in the Lafayette Room of the Hay-Adams as one of the nation's top four Power Breakfast spots.

Selected by Five Star Alliance, the online luxury travel agency, as one of the World's Best Luxury Hotels for 2007

Named one of the Top 100 hotels in the Continental United States and Canada by Travel + Leisure Magazine in its World's Best Hotels 2007 Awards.

"Most Excellent Hotel in North America and Canada" – Condé Nast Johansens – February 2007

"Luxury Hotels Upgrade, Expand, Receive Awards - More of DC's Accommodation Caters to Traveling Elite" Washington Business Journal, January/February, 2006

Continuing to impress guests with its strong heritage and renowned views of the White House and Washington Monument, the Hay-Adams was awarded the AAA Four Diamond Award in 2005 for the last 19 consecutive years, and was named one of Condé Nast Traveler's Top 75 North American Hotels. Rich with history, the hotel has also done its part to keep up with the needs of today's travelers. The hotel recently spent $450,000 to refurbish the Concorde and Windsor rooms, and global travelers benefit from the newly-renovated, 24-hour business center, equipped with wireless internet.

"Gold List - World's Best 700+ Places to Stay" Condé Nast Traveler, January 2006

District of Columbia - This Italian Renaissance property is "across from the White House - how can you beat that?" Rooms have ornamental fireplaces, carved plaster ceilings, and in some cases private balconies. "Staff are discreet, with no attitude." Breakfast is served in the Lafayette Room "amid the tinkle of crystal and the whispers of Capitol VIPs."