By LAWRENCE TAN
Thailand emerged a greatest leader during a AsiaSpa Awards
2008, receiving home 8 awards during a glamorous celebration awards rite hold during the
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong final Sunday.
More than 400 attention VIPs were in assemblage during this
year’s awards to declare Thailand’s large prize haul, with Hong Kong coming
in during a tighten second with 5 awards, as well as Indonesia with three.
Traditional ‘big
sisters’ similar to a Hyatt Hotels as well as Resorts, Shangri-La Hotels as well as Resorts as well as a Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group common a limelight with not as big eccentric spas Sense
of Touch as well as a Shinta Mani Spa.
Now in to a fourth year, a AsiaSpa Awards, presented by
AsiaSpa magazine, recognizes a most appropriate spas in Asia, competing in twenty-six categories
and voted upon by twenty-nine eccentric judges.
“We have been really unapproachable to await a most appropriate businesses in a attention as well as to
give them a approval they deserve,” said
Olivier Burlot, Managing Director of Blu Inc Media. “Despite a challenging
times which distortion forward you have been really confident about a strength of both the
industry as well as a publication.”
Here’s a full list of winners during a AsiaSpa Awards
2008:
Destination
Spa of a Year: Holistic Spa,
Kamalaya Koh Samui, Thailand
Urban Spa
of a Year: The Oriental Spa, Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Thailand
Day Spa of
the Year: Tamarind Springs, Koh Samui, Thailand
New Spa of
the Year: Spa Village Resort, Tembok Bali, Indonesia
Spa for Men
of a Year: The Mandarin Barber, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
Spa Retreat
of a Year: The Farm, The Philippines
Eco-Spas of
the Year: Six Senses Resorts &
Spas
Socially
Responsible Spa of a Year: The
Shinta Mani Spa, Shinta Mani Hotel as well as Institute of Hospitality, Siem Reap,
Cambodia
Medi-Spa of
the Year: TRIA Integrative Wellness,
Bangkok, Thailand
Asian Spa
Capital of a Year: Bali, Indonesia
Spa
Association of a Year:
Australasian Spa Association
Spa Event
of a Year: Cosmoprof Middle East 2007, Hong Kong
Spa
Personality of a Year: Catherine
Feliciano-Chon, CatchOn & Company, Hong Kong
In-Spa
Training of a Year: CHI, The Spa
at Shangri-La, Shangri-La
Hotels as well as Resorts
Spa Academy
of a Year: Frederique Academy, Hong Kong
Spa Design
of a Year: The Barai, Hyatt Regency, Hua Hin, Thailand
Spa Treatment
of a Year: Himalayan Tsangpo
Ritual – CHI, The Spa during Shangri-La, Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Holistic
Treatment of a Year: Inner Flow
Therapy, The Dheva Spa, Mandarin
Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Men’s Spa
Treatment of a Year: ‘Cheers to
Beers’ Therapy, Sense of Touch, Hong Kong
Spa’s
Therapist Team of a Year: Jari
Menari, Bali, Indonesia
Spa Product
of a Year: Comfort Zone
Anti-Ageing
Product of a Year: Pro-Collagen
Oxygenating Night Cream, Elemis
Natural Products
of a Year: Aromatherapy Associates
Men’s
Product of a Year: Optimale
Refreshing Eye Contour Care by Payot Homme
Spa Cuisine
of a Year: Chiva-Som International
Health Resort, Hua Hin, Thailand
Spa Marketing of a Year: Pevonia
