Awards and Reviews

Resort

• Gold Badge in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels Rankings for "Best Hotels in South Carolina"
• #5 Resort in the South in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards, 2022
• 2022 Travel & Leisure 2022 World’s Best Awards – Named among the “10 Best Resorts in South Carolina”
• Ranked #6 in Southern Living' South's Best Resorts 2022
• Awarded the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels' Gold Badge
• Open Table Diner's Choice Award, Coastal Provisions, 2022
• Ranked #8 Best Beach Resorts in South Carolina by Travel + Leisure (2021)
• Ranked #9 Best Beach Resorts in South Carolina by Family Vacation Critic (2020)
• Wild Dunes Resort named the #10 Top Resort in the South by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards, 2019 
• Wild Dunes Resort awarded the “2019 Expert’s Choice Award” by TripExpert
• "World's Best for Family Travel" by Travel + Leisure magazine readers (2019)
• Wild Dunes Resort awarded "Best Beach Resort 2019" in the Southeast USA by the Hotel & Spa Awards 
• Wild Dunes Resort ranked a "Top Southern Resort in the U.S." by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards (2012-2019)
• Wild Dunes Resort named one of "The 20 Best Hotels in Charleston, SC" by Money Inc. (2019)
• Wild Dunes Resort ranked a "Top Southern Resort in the U.S." (#11) by Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards (2018)
• Open Table Diner's Choice Award, Coastal Provisions, February 2020
• Open Table Diner's Choice Award, Huey's Southern Eats, August 2018
• Winner, Reader's Choice Award by Convention South (2017)
• Wild Dunes Resort awarded TripAdvisor "Certificate of Excellence Award" (2012-2018) 
• The Boardwalk Inn, Four-Diamond Award by AAA (1998-2020)  

Tennis

• #2 Tennis Resort in the World by Tennis Resorts Online (2022) 
• #1 Tennis Resort in the World by Tennis Resorts Online (2019)
• Wild Dunes Resort named "#5 Tennis Resort in the World" by Tennis Resorts Online (2018)
• Top 5 Tennis Resorts in America- Smarter Travel (2017)
• Wild Dunes Resort named "#4 Tennis Resort in the World" by Tennis Resorts Online (2017) 

Golf

• 2022 Northstar Stella Award Winner - Silver Medal for the Best Golf Resort in the Southeast Region
• 2022 Named among the Top 10 Golf Courses in South Carolina by Travel + Leisure
• 2022 Named among the Golf Digest top 50 in “America’s 100 Greatest Courses”
• 2022 Named among the Golf Digest “Best Courses You Can Play in South Carolina”
• Links Course named among the 32 “Top Course You Can Play” by South Carolina Golf Course Ratings Panel (2018-2019)
• The Links Course at Wild Dunes, Named 2017 "Course of the Year" by Charleston Golf Course Owner's Association
• Wild Dunes Resort’s Links Course named to South Carolina’s Top 50 Golf Courses for 2018 (#35) by the South Carolina Golf Course Rating Panel
• Top 10 Best Courses in Charleston, SC- Golf Digest (2017-2018) 

Meetings & Weddings

• 2022 ConventionSouth Readers' Choice Awards Winner
• Named "Best Of Weddings" by The Knot (2020, 2021)
• Wild Dunes Resort was included in Brides “The 9 Best Elopement Packages of 2020”
• Named among the top meeting sites and destinations in the South in ConventionSouth's Annual Readers' Choice Awards (2021) 

Isle of Palms, SC

• Named “South Carolina’s Safest City” by Safewise (2021)
• Isle of Palms named among "9 Best Beaches in South Carolina" by Travel + Leisure (2020)
• Southern Living named Isle of Palms as one of “The South’s Best Beach Towns of 2020”
• Named among Best Small Beach Towns to Escape the Crowds by Travel + Leisure (2019)  
• Named among South's Best Beaches by Thrillist (2018)  
• Southern Living South's Best Awards - Named Among The South's Best Beaches (2018)

Charleston, SC 

• #1 City in the US via Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards (2012-2022)
• #2 Small City in the U.S. via Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards (2021)
• Named #1 Top City in the South by  Southern Living (2021)
• CHS Airport named among the top 10 in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler (2021)
• #1 City in the US via Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards (2012-2021)
• #1 Small City in the U.S. via Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards (2016-2020)
• A Top 25 Best Town of 2017 via Outside Magazine 
• Best City to Start a Business Right Now via Inc. Magazine (2017)
• #1 Friendliest City in the U.S. via Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers Choice Awards (2017)
• #27 Best Place to Live in the USA via U.S. News & World Report (2017)