AAA Travel Announces New Four and Five-Star Hotels, Restaurants

Image: Emeril Lagasse, of Emeril’s, New Orleans. (Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line Media)

by Donald Wood
Last updated: 8:55 AM ET, Tue April 30, 2024

AAA Travel announced that two hotels and four restaurants in the Dominican Republic, United States and Canada are the newest additions to the organization’s Five Diamonds list.

In April, several properties earned the prestigious AAA Five Diamond designation, the highest rating for offering ultimate luxury and leading-edge cuisine. AAA Inspectors verify the four Cs of AAA Diamonds: cleanliness, comfort, cuisine, and consistency.

AAA added the following restaurants and hotels to its Five Diamond list:

Emeril’s, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jungsik, New York, New York
Le Hatley Restaurant, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada
Mandarin Oriental Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Mugen, Honolulu, Hawaii
Raffles Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

With the newly added properties, there are currently around 140 Five-Diamond hotels and 60 Five-Diamond restaurants. AAA Travel also awards Four-Diamond Ratings, with 1,700 hotels and 500 restaurants on the list.

Eight hotels and one restaurant received the AAA Four Diamond designation this month:

Amar, Boston, Massachusetts
Dreams Flora Resort & Spa, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Hilton La Romana, Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
Hotel William Gray, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Manoir Hovey, Relais & Chateaux, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada
Margaritaville Island Reserve Resort Cap Cana Hammock, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Margaritaville Island Reserve Resort Cap Cana Wave, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
The Stavrand, Russian River Valley, Guerneville, California
The Wall Street Hotel, New York, New York