Aquidneck Island receives Condé Nast Traveler award

A SCENE FROM AQUIDNECK ISLAND. The island was named 10th best in the U.S. in the 29th annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. / COURTESY CONDE NAST TRAVELER/GETTY
A SCENE FROM AQUIDNECK ISLAND. The island was named 10th best in the U.S. in the 29th annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. / COURTESY CONDE NAST TRAVELER/GETTY

NEWPORT – The 29th annual Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards named Aquidneck Island the 10th best island in the nation in its 2016 “Top 10 Islands in the U.S.” ranking.

Evan Smith, Discover Newport president and CEO, said in a prepared statement released Thursday that residents of the island, which includes the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport, should be proud to be included among the top destinations in the country.

“While we’re always grateful to have our fine destination recognized, it is especially meaningful when it’s a publication’s readers that make their voice heard,” he added.
It was the only island in the Northeast to be recognized.

The award’s website included a caption for Aquidneck Island, that states:
“The largest island in Narragansett Bay is where you’ll find Newport, lined with elegant Gilded Age mansions straight out of an Edith Wharton novel. The City by the Sea is also a center for sailing. Pro tip: The Newport Jazz Festival, held in August each year, has played host to countless musical greats—Duke Ellington, Nina Simone and John Coltrane, to name just a few. Pay a visit during the summer to see the next big thing in jazz. Getting there: Drive to Aquidneck Island from Providence, only about 40 minutes away.”

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Other honorees in the category included Longboat Key, Fla. (no. 9); Big Island, Hawaii (no. 8), Kiawah Island, S.C. (no. 7); Kauai, Hawaii (no. 6); Sea Island, Ga. (no. 5); Amelia Island, Fla.(no. 4); Hilton Head Island, S.C. (no. 3); Oahu, Hawaii (no. 2) and Maui, Hawaii (no. 1).

A record-breaking 300,00 Condé Nast Traveler readers, nearly double the number of respondents to the 2015 survey, cast votes in the publication’s annual travel awards, highlighting 7,394 hotels, 606 cities, 500 cruise ships and 236 islands throughout the world.
This year’s results from the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, the longest-running travel industry awards, will be published in the November issue which will be on newsstands this week.

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