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6th Best Overall Value for Visitors according to the Hotwire® Travel Value Index, January 2006
Top 6 Travel Destinations to keep on your radar for 2006 by SmarterTravel.com and reported in USAToday.com , January 2006
No. 1 of the Best Places for Business and Careers Survey by Forbes Magazine, May 2006
Consistently a top 25 art destination, American Style Magazine, Summer 2006
Top 25 bargain destinations for hotels and meal rates, Expo Magazine, July/August 2006
2006 Gold Tee Award awarded to Twin Warriors Golf Club from Meetings and Conventions Magazine, May 2006
One of "America's 75 Best Golf Resorts" is the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort's Twin Warriors' Golf Club by GOLF Magazine , March 2006
No. 21 of "America's 50 Hottest Cities" by Expansion Management magazine, February 2006
Third-best place to bike in the U.S. by Bicycling Magazine , January 2006
Albuquerque Tricentennial Celebration ranked #1 on Top 100 Events in North America by the American Bus Association
2005 Albuquerque Rankings
"A Rising Star" by Yahoo! HotJobs among cities and metropolitan areas that provide the foundation for good work and life balance, October.
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100 Best Communities for Young People by America's Promise Alliance, September.
5th Best Real Estate Market, Expansion Management, August.
Top 25 Bargain Destinations for Hotels and Meal Rates by Expo magazine, July/August.
A Five-Star Knowledge Worker Metro by National magazine, May.
11th Best City for Relocating Families, Employee Relocation Council, May.
Best City to Start a Business or Career, MSN, May.
5th Best Metro Overall and 5th Lowest Cost City for Doing Business by Forbes magazine, May.
"Super City of the Future" for Educated "Knowledge Workers," Expansion Management, May.
2nd in poll of favorite Art Destinations by Business Weekly, April.
11th Best Midsize City for Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur Magazine, 2005
Albuquerque International Sunport voted one of the Top 5 U.S. Airports for Wireless Access , Microsoft Small Business Center, February.
10th fittest city by Men's Fitness magazine, January.
7th on America's Hottest Cities List by Expansion Management, January.
5th best Real Estate Market and the 4th lowest city for purchase cost by Expansion Management.
Sandia Golf Club at Sandia Resort and Casino, has been named Development of the Year by Golf Inc. magazine.
2005 New Mexico Rankings
3rd Best State for Cost of Labor, Business Facilities, July.
5th Best State for Manufacturing Growth, Business Facilities, July.
3rd on Top 10 Small Tech Hot Spots List for the third consecutive year, Small Times magazine, March.
2004 Albuquerque Rankings
Albuquerque Metro ranks 20th on list of Best Performing Cities, Milken Institute, November.
One of the top Real Estate Markets, Expansion Management, October.
Top 10 City for Hispanics by HISPANIC magazine, June.
12th for the top 40 Hispanic markets by Hispanic Business Network, March.
11th on the list of Top 25 Art Destinations, AmericanStyle magazine, Summer.
12th Best Place for Business and Careers in the country among 150 cites by Forbes magazine, May.
No. 1 in local manufacturing productivity by Area Development magazine, May.
One of the best cities in the country for new and expanding business by Inc. Magazine, May.
New Mexico's Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort named "America's 75 Best Golf Resorts" by Golf Magazine, March.
Santa Ana Golf Course named "One of America's three best true links-style golf courses" by The New York Times, March.
2003 Albuquerque Rankings
One of the Top 40 Hottest Real Estate Markets in U.S. by Expansion Management magazine, August.
10th for Lowest Suburban Office Rents by Expansion Management Magazine, August.
2nd in the Top Cities In Which To Start A Business by Money Magazine, July.
Top 10 Cities for Hispanics by Hispanic Magazine, July.
39th on the list among the country's 296 largest metropolitan areas by Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities Index , June.
One of Best in Nation for Job Growth by Manpower Employment Outlook Survey , June.
One of Nation's Top 25 Arts Destinations by American Style Magazine, Summer.
28th out of 149 Large Metro Areas as a top places for business and careers . In individual categories, Albuquerque ranked 8th on "cost to do business;" 39th on "educational attainment;" and 60th on job growth, Forbes magazine, May.