AWARDS
We have been honored to receive awards for our genuine hospitality and environmental commitment. Here are just a few of them:
- 2010- Best of 417 Magazine- Best Appetizer (Chicken Livers), Best Brunch, Best Weekend Getaway
- Chicago Tribune- March 2010- Top Five Attractions (Dogwood Canyon Nature Park)
- 2010 Architecture and Design Award- Hospitality and Design Magazine
- Elite Certified Award-2009- Excellence in the areas of… Hospitality, Food, Beverage, Service and Amenities for Meetings and Incentive Travel
- Missouri’s Best- 2009 Readers’ Poll- Best in-State Off-Site Retreat Spot
- Best Corporate Retreat Venue (Day/Overnight) - The big Gold winner is Big Cedar a lavish lodge tucked in the rugged woods of the lower Ozarks with a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course, two spa locations, and a marina with 100 covered slips on Table Rock Lake.
- Best of Business Kansas City 2008
- 2008 Best Branson Resort- Springfield News Leader
- Great Menu Award - 2nd place (National Restaurant Association)
- 1996 State of Missouri Governor's Treescape Award
- 1997 Certified as Audubon International Signature Sanctuary
- Top of the Rock Restaurant - Best Outdoor Dining (417 Magazine)
- Connoisseur's Choice 2004 - Resorts and Great Hotels
- American Hotel and Lodging Association's Good Earthkeeping Property 2006
- Member of Preferred Resorts and Hotels
- "One of the Top 10 Resorts in the Country"
- Southern Living
- "Best of the Best"
- Wall Street Journal
- "Best Romantic Getaway"
- Springfield Newsleader
- 1998 American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award
- 1998 American Society of Landscape Architects Civic Award
- 1998 Landscape Management Magazine LM 100 Recognition
- National Arbor Day Foundation's Good Steward Award
- Audubon International's Best of Environmental Golf-Top 200 Courses
- "Dogwood Canyon is the prettiest place I've ever seen."
- Tim Tucker, Senior writer for Bassmaster Magazine
- Presented for Excellence-Southwestern Division US Army Corps of Engineers 2009