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Chicago's Peninsula, Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton hotels snagged three of the top 10 spots in the Zagat Survey's 2005 guide to ``Top U.S. Hotels, Resorts & Spas,'' released this month.

Also on the top-10 list were the Beverly Hills Peninsula, Miami's Mandarin Oriental, New Orleans' Windsor Court, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas and three other Four Seasons hotels, in New York, Philadelphia and Las Vegas.

Hawaii was a big winner on Zagat's list of best resorts, with the Four Seasons Hualalai on the Big Island, the Four Seasons at Wailea on Maui and the Lodge at Loele in Lanai among the top 10.

Also winning top honors were two California resorts -- the Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach and the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad -- as well as the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla.; the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Fla.; the Stein Eriksen Lodge in Park City, Utah; the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.; and the Royal Palms in Phoenix.

The five best small hotels were: the Lodge at Sea Island in Georgia; Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tenn.; Canoe Bay in Chetek, Wisc.; Twin Farms in Barnard, Vt.; and the Woodlands Resort in Summerville, S.C.