Categories
1. Hotel of the Year
A hotel or resort that is a home away from home. It is a getaway, where guests can relax and recharge, away from their usual routine.
2. Wellness Retreat of the Year
A destination retreat that offers a range of wellness programs, as well as an extensive spa menu, including signature treatments and packages. Equally dedicated to fitness, spa treatments, healthy dining, lifestyle consultations and lodging facilities, the retreat programs should take a well-rounded approach to wellness.
3. Urban Wellness Retreat of the Year
Located in an urban environment, an urban wellness retreat offers a range of wellness programs, as well as an extensive spa menu, including signature treatments and packages, catering to both its city clientele and tourists. Equally dedicated to fitness, spa treatments, healthy dining, and lifestyle consultations, it should provide an escape from city pressures.
4. New Hotel of the Year
A new hotel or resort that opened within the last 24 months; it can be located in a city or destination setting.
5. Urban Hotel of the Year
A hotel located in an urban environment that offers local city-dwellers, as well as guests an escape from the hectic pace.
6. Hotel Design of the Year
A hotel or resort with unique architectural and interior design.
7. Private Island of the Year
A hotel/resort set on a private island, which makes it an ideal destination getaway, where guests can relax and recharge in an exclusive setting.
8. Eco-Hotel of the Year
A hotel/resort devoted to the preservation of the environment, with environmentally-conscious facilities and possibly a conservation program. An eco-hotel demonstrates commitment to the environmental impact, economical and social development, energy efficiency, conservation, use of land and the staff, customers and community involvement.
9. Spa of the Year
A spa facility committed to wellness and beauty. A range of innovative therapies must be offered, including beauty and wellness programmes that are equally dedicated to fitness, spa treatments and lifestyle consultations.
10. Medi-Spa of the Year
A spa facility that offers a range of medical treatments within a spa-like setting; these can include invasive, traditional and complementary health therapies.
11. Eco-Spa of the Year
A spa and wellness facility devoted to the preservation of the environment, with environmentally-conscious facilities. An eco-spa offers an innovative wellness menu while also demonstrating a commitment to the environmental impact, economical and social development, energy efficiency, conservation, management, use of land and the staff, customers and community involvement.
12. New Spa of the Year
A new spa that opened within the last 24 months; it can be located in a city or destination setting.
13. Wellness Program of the Year
A well-thought-out wellness program that addresses mind, body and/or spirit. It should include fitness/movement, spa treatments, wellness cuisine, lifestyle consultations, and be highly transformational, as well as life-changing, with long-term results.
14. Spa Treatment of the Year
A specific treatment or therapy carried out in a spa facility. The treatment should possess innovative therapeutic qualities intended to improve the client’s health and/or wellbeing.
15. Medi-Spa Treatment of the Year
A results-driven treatment or therapy carried out in a spa facility. The treatment demonstrates unique and innovative qualities intended to improve the client’s beauty and/or health.
16. Holistic Treatment of the Year
An innovative treatment that aims to treat the person as a whole. The treatment attends to an individual’s physical, emotional, spiritual and mental wellbeing.
17. Wellness Cuisine of the Year
A spa or retreat that offers healthy cuisine to complement its emphasis on fitness and wellbeing.
18. Spa Skincare Brand of the Year
A spa skincare brand used in spa facilities that is both popular and results-oriented.
19. Natural Skincare Brand of the Year
A skincare brand dedicated to the use of organic products and natural ingredients.
20. Results-Oriented Skincare Brand of the Year
A skincare brand designed and proven to beautify and rejuvenate with visible results.
21. Anti-Aging Skincare Brand of the Year
A skincare brand designed and proven to decrease the effects of aging.
22. New Skincare Brand of the Year
A skincare brand that has launched within the last 24 months.
