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Within only a few short months of opening, Grande Roche was named as a Worldwide Suburban Retreat in Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report 1996 (considered to be the 'World Connoisseurs' guide to 'peaceful and unspoiled places') as well as being selected one of the author's Favourite International Destinations for 1996.
General Manager of the Grande Roche was named Businessman of the Year by the Paarl Sakekamer in 1996, in recognition of the contribution Grande Roche made in placing Paarl on the world tourism map.
The Grande Roche Hotel is the only one in the Cape Winelands to be selected by America's top network of travel agents, Virtuoso, in 1999 and named the 'Best of the Best' in their exclusive selection of the top hotels they represent.
Grande Roche was ranked among the 10 top wine country hotels of the world in America's Food and Wine magazine (October 1998) as an ideal wine getaway - and was described as 'South Africa's most hedonistic property'.
In the 2004 'World's Best Awards' Grande Roche was ranked in the Top 50 Hotels.
In 2005 Grande Roche was selected as one of the '100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World'.
In the June 2005 edition of Travel and Leisure, Grande Roche was designated one of the top 10 properties in Africa and the Middle East in the World's Best Service Award.
In the Conde Nast Traveller Reader's Choice Awards 2005 - Top 10 Hotels Africa and Middle East - Grande Roche was rated 3rd with 91 points.
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