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Spa Places in the News 2008
Star Diamond Awards from The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences  The
American Academy of Hospitality Sciences is renowned worldwide for awarding excellence
in the global travel and luxury services sector. Each year the American Academy
bestows its coveted INTERNATIONAL
STAR DIAMOND AWARD exclusively on five star establishments that are deemed
to be of pinnacle quality. AAHS, is based in New York City, and is governed by
an International Board of Trustees. Valuable sources around the globe routinely
submit nominations of five star establishments for review. The Board then refines
the selection to those who qualify for the ultimate evaluation. Among those recognized
worldwide by the American Academy are five star quality hotels, resorts, spas,
airlines, cruise lines, automobiles, products, restaurants and chefs. Evaluations
of establishments are based primarily on hospitality, gastronomy, attitude, quality,
cleanliness and above all service. The decisions of the American Academy are based
on whether the establishment demonstrates a commitment to excellence within its
category and classification. Properties with spas follow:
HOTELS,
RESORTS, INNS & SPAS The Americas & Caribbean
- Florida
MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, Palm Beach
THE COLONY BEACH & TENNIS
RESORT, Longboat Key - New Jersey
TRUMP
MARINA HOTEL CASINO, Atlantic City
TRUMP
PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO, Atlantic City
TRUMP
TAJ MAHAL CASINO RESORT, Atlantic City - New York
THE
CARLYLE NEW YORK, New York
TRUMP
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER, New York
CORNELIA
DAY RESORT, New York
***Read
Julie Register's Review of Cornelia Day Resort*** - Pennsylvania
THE
RITTENHOUSE, Philadelphia - Mexico
GRAND
VELAS, Nuevo Vallarta
LAS
VENTANAS AL PARAISO, Los Cabos
ONE&ONLY
PALMILLA, Los Cabos
ROYAL
HIDEAWAY, Playa del Carmen
PARADISUS
RIVIERA, Cancun
***Read
Julie Register's Review of Paradisus Riviera***
SOUTH
AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA CARIBBEAN
Europe, Middle
East, & Africa EUROPE - Austria
THURNERS
ALPENHOF, Arlberg
HARISCH
HOTEL, WEISSES ROSSL, Kitzbuhel
- Belgium
CONRAD,
Brussels - Croatia
LE
MERIDIEN LAV, Split
THE
REGENT ESPLANADE ZAGREB HOTEL
RIXOS
LIBERTAS DUBROVNIK - England
THE
DORCHESTER, London
- France
HOTEL
MARTINEZ, Cannes
HOTEL
MEURICE, Paris
HOTEL
PLAZA ATHÉNÉE, Paris
- Germany
HOTEL
ADLON, Berlin
RESIDENZ
HEINZ WINKLER, Aschau
SULLBERG,
Hamburg
VICTOR'S
RESIDENZ-HOTEL, Schlossberg
DERAG
HOTEL KANZLER BONN, Bonn
- Greece
GRAND
RESORT LAGONISSI, Athens
ALDEMAR
HOTELS & SPA, Crete
CAPSIS
ELITE RESORT, OUT OF THE BLUE, Crete
ELOUNDA
BAY PALACE, Crete
ELOUNDA
BEACH HOTEL & VILLAS, Crete
NAFPLIA
PALACE HOTEL & HOTEL, Nafplion
- Hungary
CORINTHIA
GRAND HOTEL ROYAL, Budapest
- Italy
VILLA
EDEN, Merano
GRAND HOTEL
VESUVIO, Napoli
ROME
CAVALIERI HILTON, Rome
- Spain
ALMENARA
GOLF-HOTEL & SPA, Sotogrande
HOTEL
ARTS BARCELONA/RITZ-CARLTON, Barcelona
LAS
DUNAS BEACH HOTEL & SPA, Estepona, Malaga
ALVA
PARK Resort & Spa, Costa Brava
- Switzerland
HOTEL
PRESIDENT WILSON, Geneva
SWISS
DIAMOND HOTEL, Morcote
- Turkey
RIXOS
HOTEL PREMIUM BLELEK, Antalya
THE
MARMARA BODRUM, Bodrum
RUSSIA
LE
ROYAL MERIDIEN NATIONAL, Moscow
SWISSOTEL
KRASNYE HOLMY, Moscow
AFRICA MIDDLE EAST
Asia Pacific
CHINA
SHERATON
GRAN TAI PING YANG HOTEL, Shanghai
BEIJING
HOTEL CHINA, Beijing
GRAND
HYATT, Shanghai
PORTMAN
RITZ-CARLTON, Shanghai
PUDONG
SHANGRI-LA, Shanghai
SHANGRI-LA
HOTEL, Dalian
YIN
DU HOTEL, Xinjiang
INDIA
LE
MERIDIEN COCHIN, Kerala
LE
MERIDIEN MUMBAI, Mumbai
INDONESIA
HOTEL
MULIA SENAYAN, Jakarta
SHANGRI-LA
HOTEL, Jakarta
JAPAN
PARK
HYATT TOKYO, Tokyo
RITZ-CARLTON,
Osaka
MANDARIN
ORIENTAL, Tokyo
KOREA
THE
RITZ-CARLTON, Seoul
MALAYSIA
CAMERON
HIGHLANDS RESORT
PANGKOR
LAUT RESORT, Kuala Lumpur
TANJONG
JARA RESORT, Terranganu
THAILAND
THE
ORIENTAL, Bangkok
***Read
Julie Register's Review of The Oriental***
SANTIBURI
RESORT, Samui
The complete list of all award
winners can be found HERE.
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In The Grand Spas of Central Europe, historian David Clay Large follows the grand spa story from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present, focusing especially on the years between the French Revolution and World War II, a period in which the major Central European Kurorte (literally, “cure-towns”) reached their peak of influence and then slipped into decline.
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at 1000 Islands Harbor Hotel
in Clayton, NY
April 22-24, 2016
Join authors Liz Price-Kellogg and Kristen Taylor, for a weekend of yoga, meditation, cooking instruction paired with mindful eating practices and more $376 for single occupancy and $519 for double occupancy includes:
2 nights’ accommodations,
an autographed copy of their book, For the Love of Food and Yoga: A Celebration of Mindful Eating and Being, a personal journal, and
all meals and activities (excluding spa services.)
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