Michelin Guide: 8 Colorado hotels receive One Key award

Brooke Williams
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DENVER (KDVR) — The Michelin Guide is known for acknowledging exceptional restaurants and chefs around the world, but now it also recognizes the best hotels in the world, including some in Colorado.

The Michelin Guide revealed a new list of one, two, and three key hotels in the U.S. for the first time on Wednesday. Colorado was among a handful of places that were eligible for the distinction.

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The Michelin key for hotels is like the Michelin star for restaurants. The award essentially highlights the most outstanding hotels, according to the Michelin Guide.

Over the last four years, the Michelin Guide team went through and selected over 5,000 hotels from around the world that were remarkable enough to be included in their overall collection.

For 2024, the Michelin Guide hotel section includes 11 Three Key hotels, 33 Two Key hotels, and 80 One Key hotels. The Michelin Guide defines the awards as follows:

  • One Key: A very special stay

  • Two Key: An exceptional stay

  • Three Key: An extraordinary stay

The guide said the Three Key hotels are some of the “most outstanding experiences in the world.”

Eight Colorado hotels received Michelin One Key awards:

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This was the first year the Michelin Guide has given awards for hotels. The criteria for which hotels receive awards include excellence in architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price and a significant contribution to the neighborhood or setting.

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