FOUR Seasons Hotel Cairo at the First Residence has scooped a trio of awards in the recently published Conde Nast Traveller Magazine's 2004 Gold List. In this, the magazine's tenth anniversary edition, over 32,000 readers voted for the 2004 poll which saw Four Seasons Cairo come first as the Best Hotel in Egypt.
The luxury hotel was also voted up in the Africa/Middle East region for both ‘The Best by Design’ and ‘The Best by Location’ categories. Since opening in May 2000, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at the First Residence has won an impressive cache of awards.
The property has been rated the ‘Best City Hotel in Africa’ and ‘One of the Top 100 Hotels in the World’ in the 2003 Conde Nast Traveller poll and ‘Best Hotel in the Middle East’ in Gallivanter's Guide 2003 who also ranked Four Seasons Cairo ‘Best New Hotel Discovery in the Middle East’ within its first year of opening. Other accolades include being voted ‘Number One Hotel in Cairo’ in both the 2001 and 2002 Zagat Survey.
“We are delighted to be the recipient of three Conde Nast Traveller awards in this year's poll, “ said Doug Housley, general manager Four Seasons Hotel Cairo. To hit the Golden List in the magazine's survey is a great achievement and underlines the efforts and dedication of my terrific team – for awards are a team effort.”