At Travel Weekly, we love a good awards ceremony.
But if there’s one thing we love more, it’s adding all the wicked winners to our never ending bucket list, and trust us, it’s a big list.
So when we heard about the inaugural World Spa Awards, we could barely contain our excitement, imagining all the relaxing and rejuvenating treatments we could indulge ourselves with.
World Spa Awards managing director Gina Reynolds said, “What a fantastic evening and congratulations to all our winners.
“Each and every one of you truly deserve the recognition you have received from our voters around the world.“With such a wonderful inauguration, the World Spa Awards will return next year, bigger and better than ever.”
The event was launched by the World Travel Awards, currently celebrating its 22nd anniversary, which already successfully runs the World Ski Awards and the World Golf Awards.
World Spa Awards was developed in reaction to overwhelming demand from the spa industry for a programme that was fair and transparent; a programme with a mission to serve as the definitive benchmark of excellence, and to help foster a new era of growth in spa tourism.
We won’t keep you in suspense any longer – here are your winners, crowns and all:
World Spa Awards 2015
World’s Best Airline Lounge Spa: Etihad Six Senses Spa
World’s Best Countryside Hotel Spa: The Spa at Fonteverde Tuscan Resport & Spa, Italy
World’s Best Cruise Spa: Mandara Spa at Norwegian Cruise Line
World’s Best Day Spa: Gaia Retreat & Spa, Australia (below)
World’s Best Desert Spa: Anantara Spa at Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara
World’s Best Eco Spa: Six Senses at Con Dao, Vietnam
World’s Best Female Spa: Al Faisaliah Spa by ESPA at Al Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh
World’s Best Hotel Spa Brand: Talise by Jumeirah
World’s Best Male Spa: All-men’s Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre
World’s Best Medical Spa: Lanserhof Tegernsee
World’s Best Hotel Spa: Emirates Palace Spa, Abu Dhabi (below)
World’s Best Mineral & Hot Springs Spa: Six Senses Spa at Evason Ma’in Hot Springs
World’s Best Nail Studio Brand: PEDI:MANI:CURE Studio by Bastien Gonzalez
World’s Best New Hotel Spa: HARNN Heritage Spa at InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
World’s Best Private Island Spa: Anantara Spa at Banana Island Resort Doha, Qatar
World’s Best Spa Brand: QMS MediCosmetics
World’s Best Spa Design: Al Faisaliah Spa by ESPA at Al Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh
World’s Best Spa Destination: Thailand
World’s Best Spa Signature Treatment: 24 Carat Gold Radiance Facial at Emirates Palace Spa (below)
World’s Best Thermal Grotto Spa: The Thermal Grotta at Grotta Giusti Resort, Golf & Spa, Italy
World’s Best Wellness Spa: Forte Village Resort, Italy
World’s Best Casino Hotel Spa: Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, Monaco
And while you can’t really beat the title of ‘World’s Best Day Spa’, Australia also pulled rank in the national titles with these awards:
Australia’s Best Hotel Spa: One&Only Spa at One&Only Hayman Island (below)
Australia’s Best Wellness Spa: Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
