• July 2008 ~ The Wine Spectator
  The Colony Dining Room Receives The Wine Spectator Award of Excelence
  

• July 2008 ~ The Longboat Key Observer:
  "Colony Celebration"
  
  
• May 29, 2008 ~ Child Magazine Names The Colony
  "The #5 Family Resort in the US"
  

• May 28, 2008 ~ Coastal Living Names The Colony's Stone Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival as the "#1 Seafood and Wine Festival in the US"

• May 18, 2008 ~ The Orlando Sentinel: "Gastronomy is Alive &
  Well on the Gulf Coast"

• May 2008 ~ Sarasota Magazine: "Why We Love Sarasota"

• April 29, 1008 ~ Florida Trend Magazine Recognizes The Colony Restaurants with the "Golden Spoon Award" for the Twelfth Consecutive Year

• March 27, 2008 ~ Business Week Magazine: The Colony's Novel Affair with Stephen King's Duma Key Package
• January 2008 ~ CBS Watch! Magazine: "Rooms with a View"
  Prime Sunshine State Resorts
  

• December 30, 2007 ~ The New York Times Sunday Travel: "36 Hours in Sarasota"

• December 2007 ~ Sarasota Magazine "On the Waterfront: Where to Find Sarasota's Best Waterfront Views"