In 2009, Thailand took out 5 of AsiaSpa awards, including Asia Spa Capital.  AsiaSpa have just announced that they will be accepting nominations in the 2010 awards from 28th June – 29th August 2010.  With a total of 27 categories, these prestigious awards will be presented in Hongkong in November. For category details http://www.asiaspaawards.com/pdf/ASA2010_Categories_Description.pdf or just [...]

On 7th June, The Financial Chronicle, in New Delhi reported that the Indian spa industry, which is growing at around 20-30 per cent annually due to increased affluence of people and lifestyle related ailments, is still unregulated and lacks trained therapists, according to experts.  This is a partial exert of the article. An absence of a [...]

Thailand did very well in the recently announces Travelers Choice2010 Awards, taking out three of the Top 10 Relaxation & Spa Destinations in Asia http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cRelaxation-g2   Ubud, Indonesia Koh Samui, Thailand Maldives Miyakojima, Japan Seminyak, Indonesia Ko Lanta, Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand Ishijaki, Japan Boracay, Philippines Nusa Dua, Indonesia. In the same awards, Bangkok came in 9th in the Top 10 Food & Wine Destinations in [...]

Talk about ‘spa’ and invariably everyone today adds in ‘wellness’ somewhere into the conversation.  So is ‘wellness’ the new ‘spa’ or is it just the latest marketing pitch?   For a completely different slant on the world of wellness, there is now the World Wellness Project (WWP) with their inaugural event in November 2010.  For more [...]