WORLD LUXURY SPA AWARDS - July 2015 View this email in your browser 2016 WORLD LUXURY SPA AWARDS GALA EVENT We are proud to announce that the first World Luxury Spa Awards Gala Event will be held in 2016. This prestigious night will celebrate spas around the world that exceeded expectations and delivered excellent service. As of now our team is in the process of reaching final decisions and once our location is confirmed, a newsletter containing all of the relevant information will be circulated. World Luxury Spa Awards will launch a formal campaign that will encourage all participants to attend the gala ceremony at the hosting property. Over 500 of the world’s top hotels and spas participate in the awards yearly. Please contact us at [email protected] if your property is interested in hosting this prestigious event and we will email the relevant information. Re-registration We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our 2015 participating spas for their continued and loyal support. After a highly successful 2015 World Luxury Spa Awards’ season, we are delighted to inform our 2015 participants of the exclusive opportunity to re-register, in order to participate in the 2016 World Luxury Spa Awards.
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WORLD LUXURY SPA AWARDS - July 2015 View this email in your browser
2016 WORLD LUXURY SPA AWARDSGALA EVENT
We are proud to announce that the first WorldLuxury Spa Awards Gala Event will be held in2016. This prestigious night will celebrate spasaround the world that exceeded expectationsand delivered excellent service. As of now ourteam is in the process of reaching finaldecisions and once our location is confirmed, anewsletter containing all of the relevantinformation will be circulated.World Luxury Spa Awards will launch a formal campaign that will encourage allparticipants to attend the gala ceremony at the hosting property. Over 500 of theworld’s top hotels and spas participate in the awards yearly. Please contact us at [email protected] if your property is interested inhosting this prestigious event and we will email the relevant information.
Re-registrationWe would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our 2015 participating spas fortheir continued and loyal support. After a highly successful 2015 World LuxurySpa Awards’ season, we are delighted to inform our 2015 participants ofthe exclusive opportunity to re-register, in order to participate in the 2016World Luxury Spa Awards.
We are taking in re-registrations up until the 31stJuly 2015 thus you don’t need to be nominatedagain, you can automatically register.
Please proceed with registration in order to receive the 2016 Nominee logoimmediately and start promoting the nomination as soon as possible prior to the2016 voting process that will take place during March/ April 2016.
In the global quest for the authentic and indigenous, thewellness traditions from Islamic worlds, and food and beautyingredients from regions like the Middle East and Africa takeon new forms.
Medicinal plants, spices, ancient grains and fruits are becoming the buzzed-about “superfoods” – with ingredients like freekeh, fenugreek, teff, turmericand harissa already topping multiple global 2015 food trends forecasts.Ingredients are used for both food, medicine AND beauty.
The Baobab tree, one of the weirdest-looking trees on Earth, bears fruit thattrend-spotters like the Specialty Food Association say will explode on thescene in 2015. It grows in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and the mango-sized fruit tasting like grapefruit/pear/vanilla opens to a powdery, nutrient-packed center. Baobab earns the name “super-fruit’: Africans have used it forcenturies as a cure-all, and it has six times the Vitamin C of oranges, six timesthe potassium of bananas, twice the calcium of milk, exceptional fiber, andtons of B vitamins, iron, magnesium and anti-oxidants.
At Amani Bushtops - Alongside the bliss-inducing attentions oftheir fully trained Spa staff, sensory perfection is achieved usingTerres d’Afrique organic skincare products. These combineadvanced phyto-technology with inspiration from the traditionaluse of African plants.
The LIGHT FACIAL CREAM WITH MARULA, MANKETTI & BAOBAB is a complex,fast absorbing formulation that hydrates, restructures and regenerates skin, whilefighting free radicals and boosting skin elasticity. A blend of 5 omega-rich oils(jojoba, marula, Kalahari melon, yangu and manketti) in combination with vitamins Aand B from baobab pulp extract help hydrate, restructure and regenerate skin.Vitamin C, copper and zinc found in boabab, rooibos and Aloe ferox improve skinelasticity. IMPROVES ELASTICITY: Vitamin C, copper and zinc found in boabab,rooibos and Aloe ferox improve skin elasticity by stimulating collagen and elastinproduction by fibroblasts. https://bushtopscamps.com/mara/spa/
Local cultural/wellness immersion is happening at GondwanaGame Reserve
CONSERVATION OF SOUTH AFRICA’S THREATENED ANDENDANGERED WILDLIFE AND VEGETATION
The Gondwana Conservation Foundation (GCF) has been established as a non profit organisation tocontribute to the conservation of South Africa’s threatened and endangered wildlife and vegetationrelevant to the Southern Cape of South Africa through active management, training and skillsdevelopment of the local people.
The Southern Cape of South Africa is home to one of the most critically endangered vegetation types onearth (Fynbos) and has a high unemployment rate within the region.
The foundation’s ultimate mission is to use management, education, training and community involvementto create employment for the local community while actively protecting the endangered wildlife andvegetation within the region.
Gondwana Game Reserve provides an authentic safari experience close to Cape Town. Less than a four-hour drive away, along South Africa’s popular Garden Route, the 11,000-hectare (26,000 acre) privategame reserve offers a distinctive and luxurious malaria-free safari with free roaming Big 5 Game. Herds ofwildlife including eland, giraffe, hippo, gemsbok, cheetah and zebra can be spotted on the majesticlandscape with awe inspiring views of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Mountains wherever you look.Indigenous Fynbos vegetation cloaks the undulating valleys, adding vivid colour and interest to a Big FiveSafari and wilderness experience. This exclusive game reserve offers guests attentive service, deliciouscuisine, inspiring interiors, expert game rangers, and an array of activities including game drives, cycling,Africology Spa treatments, and the popular Junior Ranger program. http://www.gondwanagr.co.za
In this spirit of the indigenous andauthentic…Peninsula Hot Springs launched a new rangeof treatments and private bathing experiences –‘Peninsula Senses’ Local, raw ingredientswith healing propertiesare sourced from theMornington Peninsula.The use of localingredients areembraced and integratedinto body treatments andprivate bathingexperiences. Ingredientsinclude Jelly Bush honey,
Lemon Myrtle and Shirazgrape skins.
Manuka honey from Pure PeninsulaHoney, a local farm in Moorooduc hashealing properties for the skin making itideal for dry skin disorders. Shirazgrapes from Red Hill is used for thePeninsula vine massage. The red winegrapes are known to slow down theageing process and replenish the skinwith nutrients. Spa treatments thatincorporate wine grapes offer anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benefits.www.peninsulahotsprings.com
JULY GIVE-AWAY
Have a look at our Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/worldluxuryspaawardsfor the details of our competition and give yourskin the nourishment that it needs.
WITH BEST LUXURY SPA WISHES
Marna LourensExecutive Manager - World Luxury Spa Awards
