{"id":1505,"date":"2012-08-17T15:42:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2013-04-23T13:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T17:32:47","slug":"whats-the-best-starwood-hotel-who-won-3000-spg-points-spglife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/08\/17\/whats-the-best-starwood-hotel-who-won-3000-spg-points-spglife\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Best Starwood Hotel &amp; Who Won 3,000 SPG points?  #SPGLife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The readers spoke and there seems to be some agreement on the <a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/08\/13\/the-best-and-worst-starwood-hotels-enter-to-win-3000-spg-points-traveltuesday-spglife-starwoodbuzz\/\" target=\"_blank\">best &amp; worst Starwood hotel<\/a>s. \u00a0Ironically, a few people also voted the best hotel as the worst hotel. I guess it&#8217;s all a matter of experience and opinion in the end.<\/p>\n<p>So what were the reader&#8217;s favorites?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1420\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/08\/phonecian.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1420\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1420\" src=\"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2012\/08\/phonecian-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Phoenician Scottsdale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While there were a lot of great hotels listed, the ones with three or more comments were the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>St Regis Princeville with 6 votes<\/li>\n<li>The Phoenician Scottsdale with 5 votes<\/li>\n<li>The W Koh Samui 3 votes<\/li>\n<li>The W Washington DC\u00a03 votes<\/li>\n<li>Westin San Francisco\u00a03 votes<\/li>\n<li>The Le Parker Meridien\u00a03 votes<\/li>\n<li>The Le Meridien Bangkok\u00a03 votes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Do you agree with this list?<\/div>\n<div>And now, the answer you&#8217;re all waiting for&#8230;who won the 3,000 Starpoints? \u00a0Post #68 from Lauren who voted for the Le Meridien San Francisco. \u00a0While it wasn&#8217;t one of the top vote getters, it sure is a nice hotel! \u00a0Please contact VeryGoodPoints@Gmail.com to claim your prize! 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