Three Orlando hotels honored by Michelin's newest guide
Competition for excellence in hospitality got fiercer on April 24 when the Michelin Guide announced a new list based on new distinctions: Michelin Key Hotels.
Three Orlando hotels made the list, which is divided into three parts: one key, two keys and three keys. The Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes, Ette Hotel and Lake Nona Wave Hotel — Orlando’s contributions to the directory — each earned one key. A Michelin news release explained that a Michelin key is equivalent to the well-known Michelin star, but for hotels rather than restaurants.
The guide’s write-up on Ritz-Carlton includes descriptions of the spaces and services, as well as its take on Orlando’s identity as a city:
“For if Orlando isn’t exactly the town that Walt built, it’s his (and Disney’s) by annexation — and along with Disney World there’s SeaWorld and the Universal Orlando Resort. Presumably there’s also a proper city, where some kind of city business gets done ..."
