| In the World War II flying epic "Flight of the | | | | Magazine. Inc. Magazine judges Phoenix the best spot |
| Phoenix," filmed in the 1950's, stars Jimmy Stewart | | | | to start and operate a business. All the area and |
| and Ernest Borgnine resurrect their Sahra desert | | | | suburb Hiltons host business meetings for executive |
| crashed aircraft just like the mythical bird, the | | | | from around the world. One of the top management |
| Phoenix that rises from the ashes, to fly again. | | | | schools in the world, Thunderbird School of |
| Flying into Phoenix, Arizona, is an easy adventure for | | | | Management, also shares it's campus here. |
| the leisure or business travel, far removed from the | | | | The Metro Phoenix area has over 26,000 hotel |
| movies, and the Hiltons in the area have you covered | | | | rooms, with none outmatching the Pointe Hilton |
| - tucking you in whether in the country's sixth largest | | | | resorts Tapotio Cliffs and Squaw Peak. Squaw Peak |
| city for fun or profit. | | | | was the first all suite resort in the United States. |
| The Spanish settled in the area in 1752, and today | | | | Tapotio is built reminiscent of a Tuscan, Italy hill town. |
| with over three million people in the Greater Phoenix | | | | Hilton also offers the Hilton Suites, also close to the |
| area, spread out over 2,000 square miles, it is no | | | | airport, for business travelers needing a quiet, |
| bewilderment why Phoenix Magazine readers voted | | | | relaxing, but convenience home away from home for |
| the Hilton Airport Phoenix the best hotel in town, and | | | | doing business in high tech and manufacturing, tourism |
| often rated one of the best business hotels in the | | | | and construction, the top Phoenix industries. |
| country; the hotel offers a free fitness and business | | | | Suburbs of Phoenix include Tempe, Carefree, Cave |
| center, and you down have to run to the airport | | | | Creek, Chandler, El Mirage, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, |
| with the free shuttle to your flight out of Sky Harbor | | | | Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Peoria, |
| Airport, ( serving 36 million passengers annually. | | | | Sun City, and Taliesen (cliffs or brow in Scottish). |
| (Airport parking Services are 602/683-3615; Ampco | | | | Taliesen is the winter home of famous architect |
| System 602/273-4545; info on airport construction | | | | Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| and garage closures: 602/273-0954.) Sky Harbour is | | | | There are 190 golf courses for the snowbirds in |
| five minutes from downtown Phoenix and the Hilton | | | | Phoenix. The annual PGA Phoenix open is held here |
| airport facility is only 1.5 miles from the landing lights. | | | | and the Standard Register Turquoise Classic LPGA |
| Phoenix means business and this regional center is | | | | and the Tradition Senior PGA make it their home as |
| home base for America West Airlines, and the hub | | | | well. The Tapotio Cliffs and Squaw Peak share the |
| for many others, including AeroMexico, Air Canada, | | | | facilities of the Hilton owned Lookout Mountain Golf |
| Air Jamaica, Alaska Air, America West, America West | | | | Club, one of the top ranked courses in the country. |
| Express (Mesa), American, American Trans Air, British | | | | There are seven Major League Baseball teams - part |
| Airways, Continental, Delta, Delta Connection | | | | of the Cactus League - offering spring training camps |
| (Skywest Airlines) Frontier, Lufthansa, Midwest | | | | in the area: the San Francisco Giants, Seattle |
| Express, Northwest, Scenic Air (Grand Canyon | | | | Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, San Diego |
| Flights), Shuttle by United, Southwest, Sun Country, | | | | Padres, Milwaukee Brewers and Anaheim Angels. The |
| United and USAirways. | | | | Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies and the |
| You, and the Phoenix Hiltons are in the American | | | | Chicago White Sox train in Tempe, a suburb. |
| portion of the Sonoran Desert, stretching all the way | | | | And the trivia question of the day: Which Phoenix |
| down into northern Mexico. Living in the desert | | | | pitcher is the only pitcher ever to hurl a perfect |
| means Phoenix, at an elevation of 1, 117 feet, only | | | | game in the World Series? Answer - Don Larsen, in |
| gets an average rainfall of 7.66 inches per year, with | | | | the late 1950's, pitching for the Phoenix Giants. |
| an annual high mean temperatures of 85 degree with | | | | THE POINT HILTON TAPATIO CLIFFS |
| 300 annual days of sunshine. | | | | My favorite Hilton in Phoenix is the 583-room/suite |
| If the Airport Hilton is voted one of the best hotels | | | | resort Tapatio Cliffs, with a close second, its nearby |
| in town, the town itself was selected the "Best Run | | | | colleague, The Pointes at Squaw Peak, sharing some |
| City in the World," by the Carl Bertelsmann | | | | management and staff services. The Tapatio Cliffs is |
| Foundation, and the Best Managed City by Governing | | | | a AAA 4 Diamonds, Mobil 4 Star Resort. |