SpaAsia announced the 2007 SpaAsia Crystal Awards

SpaAsia Crystal Awards is the highlight of the SpaAsia Wellness Summit, an annual event organized by SpaAsia to honour and give due recognition to the crème de la crème of the spa and wellness industry. Awarding properties and individuals in various categories, the Awards, through a collective voice of leaders and experts in the industry, endorses the contributions that these properties and individuals have made that enhance the industry, spearhead trends, and change as well as exert an overall definition for the future direction of the industry.

Major destination winners include:

BEST HOTEL SPA - Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, and The Mandarin Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

BEST RESORT SPA - The Barai at Hyatt Regency Hua Hin, Thailand

BEST WELLNESS RETREAT - COMO Shambhala Estate at Begawan Giri, Indonesia

BEST DESTINATION SPA - The Dheva Spa and Holistic Center, Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Industry winners include:

BEST IN SPA EDUCATION PROGRAMME - ESPA International

BEST SPA CONSULTANT/COMPANY - ESPA International

BEST SPA ACADEMY - Chiva-Som Academy

BEST HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAMME - Six Senses Resort & Spas

BEST WELLNESS AND SPA GROUP - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

Special award recipients are:

MOST DISTINGUISHED INDUSTRY LEADER - Samantha Foster

PUBLISHER CHOICE AWARD - Spa Village Group

Other winners are:

BEST SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE - Giraavaru Sacred Water Ritual - The Spa & Ayurvedic Retreat, Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

BEST DAY SPA - LI'TYA Spa Dreaming St Kilda Sea Baths (AUS)

BEST COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE  MEDICINE CENTRE - COMO Shambhala Estate at Begawan Giri (INDO)

BEST PRODUCT - SIGNATURE BODY TREATMENT - KERSTIN FLORIAN Krauter Kur;

BEST PRODUCT - SIGNATURE FACIAL EXPERIENCE - ELEMIS Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing Facial

Past recipients of the SpaAsia Crystal Awards include the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, JW Marriott Resort and Spa Phuket, Conrad Bali Resort & Spa, Spa Village Pangkor Laut Resort, Chiva-Som International Health Resort, The Farm at San Benito, The Sentosa Resort & Spa and Six Senses Resorts & Spas.