{"id":20491,"date":"2013-11-22T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/a-glittering-celebration-for-the-spa-and-wellness-industry-as-the-9th-annual-asiaspa-awards-honour-the-2013-winners-2\/"},"modified":"2013-11-22T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T10:23:00","slug":"a-glittering-celebration-for-the-spa-and-wellness-industry-as-the-9th-annual-asiaspa-awards-honour-the-2013-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/11\/a-glittering-celebration-for-the-spa-and-wellness-industry-as-the-9th-annual-asiaspa-awards-honour-the-2013-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A glittering celebration for the spa and wellness industry as the 9th annual AsiaSpa Awards honour the 2013 winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night on November 14, the W Hong Kong was transformed into an oriental palace of shimmer and gold with the ninth annual AsiaSpa Awards.<\/span><\/span>

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Nominees, industry insiders and honoured guests alike all fancied up according to the \u2018Maharajas & Maharanis\u2019 theme for the much-anticipated evening.<\/span><\/div>\n

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In recognition of the industry\u2019s finest in 21 categories, awards voted on by a panel of 18 expert judges were presented to spas, hotels and resorts, retreats, academies, personalities and products that have exhibited outstanding achievements in not only luxury standards, but also innovation and ecological awareness in the wellness fields.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The splendid evening saw over 350 leading spa professionals gathering to pay tribute to the winners who have advanced the quality for spas in the region. The big winners of the night included ESPA at Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Krabi, Thailand, which took home \u2018Spa of the Year (Southeast Asia & the Pacific)\u2019, while \u2018Spa of the Year (North & West Asia)\u2019 went to Ananda Spa at Ananda in the Himalayas in India. Aromatherapy Associates was awarded Spa Product Line of the Year, and Banyan Tree Spa Shanghai On The Bund at Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund in China was recognised as \u2018Urban Spa of the Year\u2019, and Cocoon Medical Spa in Bali, Indonesia received \u2018Medi-Spa of the Year\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201c2013 has been an exceptionally interesting year, with many new spas and products entering the ninth AsiaSpa Awards,\u201d says Vivienne Tang, Editor-in-Chief of AsiaSpa<\/em>magazine. \u201cIt was extremely refreshing to see that some of these newcomers walked away with an award.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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The exquisite trophies were provided by Baccarat with additional event sponsorship by W Hong Kong, ila, Bodywize and Kaprice. AsiaSpa would like to extend a special thank you to the W Hong Kong for hosting this year\u2019s AsiaSpa Awards.<\/span><\/div>\n

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AsiaSpa is thrilled to share with you the winners of the 2013 AsiaSpa Awards:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Spa of the Year (Southeast Asia & the Pacific):<\/strong> ESPA at Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Krabi, Thailand<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa of the Year (North & West Asia):<\/strong> Ananda Spa, Ananda in the Himalayas, India<\/span><\/div>\n

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Urban Spa of the Year:<\/strong> Banyan Tree Spa Shanghai On The Bund, Banyan Tree Shanghai On The Bund, Shanghai, China<\/span><\/div>\n

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Day Spa of the Year:<\/strong> Divana Massage & Spa, Bangkok, Thailand<\/span><\/div>\n

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New Spa of the Year:<\/strong> The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, China<\/span><\/div>\n

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Men’s Spa of the Year:<\/strong> Jiwa Spa, Conrad Bali, Indonesia<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa Retreat of the Year:<\/strong> Fivelements, Puri Ahimsa \u2013 Bali, Indonesia<\/span><\/div>\n

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Eco-Spa of the Year:<\/strong> Six Senses Spa Ninh Van Bay, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam<\/span><\/div>\n

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Medi-Spa of the Year:<\/strong> Cocoon Medical Spa, Bali, Indonesia<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa Association of the Year:<\/strong> Spa & Wellness Association Singapore (SWAS), Singapore<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa Personality of the Year:<\/strong> Rob Buckley, The Giving Touch<\/span><\/div>\n

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In-Spa Training of the Year:<\/strong> Chiva-Som International Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa Design of the Year:<\/strong> ESPA at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Spa Treatment of the Year:<\/strong> \u2018\u20181-6-8\u2019 (\u2018yi-liu-ba\u2019)\u2019, The Spa at Encore, Wynn Macau, Macau

Men’s Spa Treatment of the Year:<\/strong> \u2018Bukit Gantang Warrior Treatment\u2019, Spa Village Pangkor Laut, YTL Hotels, Malaysia

Medi-Spa Treatment of the Year:<\/strong> \u2018Ultimate Skin Tightening and Lifting Program\u2019, Sense of Touch Medi Spa, Central, Hong Kong<\/span><\/div>\n

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Spa Product Line of the Year:<\/strong> Aromatherapy Associates

Anti-Ageing Product Line of the Year:<\/strong> Comfort Zone – Skin Regimen

Natural Product Line of the Year:<\/strong> ila

Men’s Product Line of the Year:<\/strong> Pevonia Botanica – Pevonia Botanica Spa Care for Him

Spa Cuisine of the Year:<\/strong> COMO Shambhala Estate, COMO Hotels and Resorts, Bali, Indonesia<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night on November 14, the W Hong Kong was transformed into an oriental palace of shimmer and gold with the ninth annual AsiaSpa Awards. Nominees, industry insiders and honoured guests alike all fancied up according to the \u2018Maharajas & Maharanis\u2019 theme for the much-anticipated evening. In recognition of the industry\u2019s finest in 21 categories, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}