{"id":1597,"date":"2009-10-23T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T13:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:44:20","slug":"kamalaya-koh-samui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/kamalaya-koh-samui\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamalaya Koh Samui wins six 2009 Spafinder readers&#8217; choice awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/kamalaya-koh-samui.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1598\" title=\"Kamalaya Koh Samui\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/kamalaya-koh-samui.jpg\" alt=\"Kamalaya Koh Samui\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a>Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary &amp; Holistic Spa on Koh Samui has been honoured as a multiple winner in the 2009 SpaFinder Readers&#8217; Choice Award competition, including the coveted &#8220;Crystal&#8221; Award for spa-goers&#8217; favorite spa in Asia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on over 360,000 votes &#8211; a record for the awards program &#8211; submitted by readers of SpaFinder publications (including Spafinder.com), the awards represent the most complete consumer assessment of the global spa market.<\/p>\n<p>Kamalaya also won the award for Favorite Spa in Thailand and was named as one of the top ten spas in the world in each of the Best for Mind-Body-Spirit, Best Medical Program, Best for Weight Loss and Best for Yoga categories.<\/p>\n<p>The Crystal Award represents SpaFinder&#8217;s most prestigious Readers&#8217; Choice distinction, as it&#8217;s exclusively reserved for only one, top vote-getting spa in each of the six habitable continents around the globe. This marks the seventh year that the Readers&#8217; Choice Awards have been conducted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After seven years of enthusiastic consumer participation, our Readers&#8217; Choice Awards have become firmly established as the industry&#8217;s premier awards program &#8211; the spa world&#8217;s answer to the Academy Awards,&#8221; said SpaFinder, Inc. President Susie Ellis. &#8220;And with roughly 15,000 hotel, resort and destination spas operating worldwide today, for Kamalaya to be singled out as the top spa in Asia, represents an extraordinary, historic achievement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so grateful to our guests for their overwhelming support,&#8221; said Kamalaya co-founder John Stewart, &#8220;This is a wonderful affirmation that people around the world are increasingly viewing health and wellbeing from a holistic perspective &#8211; one which we at Kamalaya embrace wholeheartedly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These awards are a fantastic example of what can happen when we follow our hearts in our work,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As a team at Kamalaya we chose to implement innovations we felt could best help our guests to build their foundations for longer, healthier and more vital lives, and we&#8217;re delighted that this decision has now become its own reward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kamalaya opened four years ago, and since then John and Karina Stewart have remained committed to the original vision of creating a place that benefits the employees as much as it does the guests.<\/p>\n<p>Together with their business partners and team, the Stewarts dedicate themselves to educating people about the principles of living a holistic lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thailand has already established a strong reputation as a health tourism destination, and Kamalaya is an innovative contributor to the holistic wellness segment,&#8221; says Executive Director and business partner Nash Purswani. &#8220;The fact that Kamalaya won these awards &#8211; and the Crystal Award in particular &#8211; supports the Thai Government&#8217;s vision for tourism in this country, further enhancing Thailand&#8217;s position as a premier destination for wellness travel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today Kamalaya&#8217;s integral wellness approach draws upon a synergy of healing therapies from East and West. 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