Our Five-Star award was established in 1960 and remains the highest service accolade in the industry.

FORBES: Travel Guide's Six Most Elite Five-Star Winners

These exclusive hotels and resorts nabbed a Five-Star award for every category we rate: hotel, restaurant and spa.

FORBES: Travel Guide's Six Most Elite Five-Star Winners

The select group of hotels, restaurants and spas that achieve the highest marks earns the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award.

FORBES: Travel Guide's Six Most Elite Five-Star Winners

Of the 58 hotels, 28 restaurants and 23 spas in the U.S. that earned the prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award for 2013, just six properties achieved top honors across the board.

FORBES: Travel Guide's Six Most Elite Five-Star Winners

Our inspectors have a checklist of more than 500 attributes they look for when they visit a property, and service makes up a majority of the list, ensuring only those with superior, consistent performance earn the Five-Star award.

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To have overcome a very long walk of circumstances, stay in business and for my inspirations to have lead Naoe to become one of only 28 restaurants in the world to achieve the Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star award is surreal.

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This is the only restaurant in Ecuador to have received the five-star Diamond award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, reflecting its impeccable menu and service.

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Cone isn't necessarily the first name that comes to mind when dreaming on a young pitcher, but he was a Cy Young Award winner and five-time All-Star who at various times led the league in wins, strikeouts and innings, played for five World Series champions and had a better claim to being a Hall of Famer than he ever got credit for.

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So which five eateries made our list? (Hint: one Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Boston restaurant won for Outstanding Wine Program, and a Five-Star Chicago chef was given the Humanitarian of the Year award).

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