Talk:AAA Five Diamond Award

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As an employee of AAA, I review the Wikipedia listings regarding AAA and its services. I was glad to find this page called Five Diamond award, but I noticed some factual errors that I hope to correct and also hope to provide more information. The name of the award is "AAA Five Diamond Award" and it is a proper noun as well as a registered trademark. Below is the suggested edited copy in quotes with sources provided as links in brackets []. None of the information below is copyrighted, however the links do lead to copyrighted material.

"The AAA Five Diamond Award® is the highest level of the AAA Diamond Ratings System® [1] for restaurants and lodgings administered by AAA (formerly known as the American Automobile Association).

For 2008, AAA Five Diamond properties total 160 (100 hotels [2] and 60 restaurants) [3] or only 0.27 percent of the 60,000 AAA Diamond Rated® lodgings and restaurants throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

All properties must first meet AAA’s basic requirements before being evaluated by one of AAA’s 65 full-time inspectors. [4] Once evaluated, a rating of One to Five Diamonds is assigned, based on lodging [5]and restaurant [6] published guidelines for facilities, amenities and service. Ratings are listed in the AAA TourBook® guides both in print and online, and can also be found online in the AAA TripTik® Travel Planner.

AAA began in 1902 as a federation of independent motor clubs. In 1937, the first AAA representatives were hired to inspect lodgings and restaurants, and in 1963, AAA began assigning ratings from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’. In 1977 – AAA’s 75th (diamond) anniversary – the ratings became known as the AAA Diamond Ratings System for lodgings. Restaurants began earning Diamonds in 1989. [7]

The AAA Five Diamond Award has been featured in the 2007 film Ocean's Thirteen. The fictional hotel and casino, The Bank, is expected to win the award. The owner, Willy Bank (Played by Al Pacino), claims that all of his hotels have won the award. He also shows the awards as necklaces containing five large diamonds." Jgraziani (talk) 19:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ocean's Thirteen[edit]

Having seen the movie, I know that necklaces are purchased by the hotel owner for his wife. They represent the previous awards but are not given by a sanctioning body. Like class rings they are not issued but bought independently for vanity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.242.242.250 (talk) 11:57, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]