The Balboa Bay Club and Resort was the only Newport hotel to be so named, but spokeswoman for the Newport Beach Conference & Visitor's Bureau expects more to be added to next year's list.
The First Cabin at the Balboa Bay Club, the Ritz Restaurant and Garden, and the Pavilion at the new Island Hotel, Newport Beach, were also on the list.
The Newport Beach hospital's orthopedic care, joint replacement and gastrointestinal care programs were among the elite 5%.
Hoag's stroke care, critical care and general surgery units were in the top 10%.
The six areas were further honored by the company's Specialty Excellence Awards.
Sixteen other specialty areas were given five-star ratings — which means procedures and diagnoses in the fields are better than the company expected — solidifying the hospital's reputation among similar hospitals.
NOTABLE QUOTABLES
"I know two years ago, when I ran against John Heffernan, Greenlight was kind of a bad word, but it isn't the same feeling anymore. People don't want to keep the City Council, they don't want to keep the appointment process, and they don't want the traffic…. It is time for the residents to have a turn."
— Dolores Otting, Newport Beach council candidate, on receiving one of two endorsements from the Greenlight group, which seeks to limit growth in the city
"It makes me proud to live in Costa Mesa."
— Nino Pozgaj, who has lived in Costa Mesa with his family for six years, on the reopening of TeWinkle Park sports facilities, which include three softball fields, one baseball field, a snack bar, bleachers, new lighting and more
"The trips really are meaningless. It's how fast can I get from point A to point B."
— Steve Rosansky, Newport Beach councilman and a Measure V supporter, on the projected number of car trips per day under the existing general plan versus the proposed new plan
"You can come to Newport Beach to enjoy the sand, enjoy the bay and the ocean, but when it's all over, we have a little over 400 restaurants that are without a doubt the best of the best — probably in the whole country — in a city with a population of under 75,000."
— Dan Marcheano, Newport Beach Restaurant Assn. president and owner of the Arches restaurant, on the importance of Newport Beach as a dining destination.
"I feel doubly blessed to be back here because I'm a cancer survivor. Two years ago, I wasn't sure I'd ever be here again."
Peggy Ogden, former resident of Crystal Cove, on her return for a stay at cottage No. 39, where she and her husband lived for eight years; Ogden spent two and a half hours on the phone to secure a reservation at one of the 13 restored cottages
