World Spa & Wellness Awards 2019 shortlist revealed
The finalists in the 2019 World Spa & Wellness Awards can now be announced. Find out below which international spas made the cut.
Across the coming months, a mystery shopper will be visiting every spa and resort that has been shortlisted, and scoring each property based on a wide variety of business criteria.
The winners will be announced on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at a glamourous awards ceremony in London, where the winners of the UK Professional Beauty Awrads 2019 will also be revealed. The shorlist for the PB Awards will be announced later this week.
The finalists in the 11 categories of the 2019 World Spas & Wellness Awards are:
Hotel Spa of the Year: North & South America
Sponsored by Gharieni
Awili Salon and Spa, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, Wailea, USA
Entre Cielos Luxury Wine Hotel & Spa, Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
Nizuc Spa by Espa, Cancun, Mexico
Remède Spa, The St. Regis Aspen Resort, Aspen, USA
Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, USA
Resort Spa of the Year: North & South America
Sponsored by Elemis
Âme Spa & Wellness Collective, Turnberry Isle Miami, Miami, USA
Grande Spa, Jewel Grande Montego Bay Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Life in Balance Spa, Miraval Arizona, Tucson, USA
SE SPA, Grand Velas Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Sense Spa, Rosewood Bermuda, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda
Sense, A Rosewood Spa, Rosewood Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Hotel Spa of the Year: Western Europe & Scandinavia
Bagni di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Bulgari Spa, Bulgari Hotel London, London, UK
Gaia Spa, Boringdon Hall Hotel & Spa, Plymouth, UK
GOCO Spa Venice, Venice, Italy
Rudding Park, Yorkshire, UK
T Spa at Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Lake Como, Lake Como, Italy
Resort Spa of the Year: Western Europe & Scandinavia
Almablu Wellness & Spa, Almar Jesolo Resort & Spa Venice, Italy
Grotta Giusti, Pistoia, Italy
Palace Wellness, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Sequoia Spa at The Grove, Worcester, UK
The Spa at Galgorm, Ballymena, UK
Thermal Spa; Tamina Therme, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Bad-Ragaz, Switzerland
Hotel Spa of the Year: Eastern Europe
Grand Hotel Lviv 5*, Oblast, Ukraine
Mandara Spa, Lotte Hotel Mosco, Moscow, Russia
Soma Spa, Domes Noruz, Crete, Greece
Vytautas Mineral SPA, SPA Birštonas Ltd, Birštonas, Lithuania
Willow Stream Spa, Fairmont Quasar Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Resort Spa of the Year: Eastern Europe
Anazoe Spa, Costa Navarino, Costa Navarino, Greece
Eagles Spa, Eagles Resort, Ouranoupolis, Greece
Soma Spa, Domes of Elounda Elounda, Greece
SPA "SIBO", Radisson Blu Paradise Resort & Spa, Sochi, Sochi, Russia
Wellness Spa Centre, Thermana Laško, Laško, Slovenia
Hotel Spa of the Year: Asia & Australasia
Asaya, Rosewood Phuket, Phuket, Thailand
The Barai Spa at Hyatt Regency Hua Hin, Hua Hin, Thailand
COMO Shambhala Urban Escape, COMO The Treasury, Perth, Australia
Crown Spa Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Resort Spa of the Year: Asia & Australasia
Aman Spa, Amanoi, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Aman Spa, Amanpulo, Palawan, Philipines
Amanemu, Shima, Japan
COMO Shambhala, COMO Maalifushi, Maldives
Crown Spa Perth, Perth, Australia
One&Only Spa, One&Only Reethi Rah Maldives, Malé, Maldives
Hotel Spa of the Year: Middle East & Africa
Sponsored by Biologique Recherche
Anantara Spa Eastern Mangroves, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nikki Spa, Nikki Beach Resort & Spa Dubai, Dubai, UAE
Remède Spa, The St. Regis Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Saxon Spa, Saxon Hotel Villas and Spa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Talise Assawan, Burj Al Arab Burj Al Arab, UAE
The Pearl Spa, Four Seasons Resort Dubai Dubai, UAE
Resort Spa of the Year: Middle East & Africa
Sponsored by Elemis
Anantara Spa, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort, Nizwa, Oman
Anantara Spa, Anantara The Palm Dubai Resort, Dubai, UAE
Four Seasons Resort Seychelles, Seychelles
Sense, A Rosewood Spa, Rosewood Abu Dhabi, UAE
Willow Stream Spa, Fairmont The Palm Dubai, UAE
Zil Spa, Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, Beau Champ, Mauritius
Worldwide Health & Wellness Destination of the Year
Sponsored by Lemi
Canyon Ranch Tucson, Tucson, USA
COMO Shambhala, COMO Shambhala Estate,Bali, Indonesia
Fonteverde, Tuscany, Italy
Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary & Holistic SpaKoh Samui, Thailand
Lefay SPA, Lombardy, Italy