Anantara Spa named in Top 10 Best Spa Brands
Enhancing Anantara Spa’s impressive award collection, this international brand is celebrating yet another prestigious industry accolade, presented at the Second Development Summit of Chinese Beauty Industry. Held on 18th July 2012 at the InterContinental Shenzhen, the summit was sponsored by Chinese Beauty & Life Magazine - China’s only cultural magazine focusing on high end spa experiences. At this elite event, Anantara Spa was recognised in the Top 10 Best Spa Brands award category, and MSpa International’s General Manager was invited to be a key guest speaker.
500 illustrious spa experts gathered for this year’s annual summit, which acts as a platform to share industry news and celebrate leaders in the spa world. As a beacon for the spa industry, the summit facilitates an academic forum and encourages continuous exploration, as well as pinpointing market trends and the hottest current issues.
Anantara Spa operates under the umbrella of MSpa International - Asia’s leading spa management company. Amongst the summit’s noteworthy experts, MSpa International’s General Manager, Lee David Stephens, was a guest speaker for the “International Spa Brands Penetration of the Chinese Market” presentation. A respected spa and beauty industry leader with 19 years’ experience, Mr Stephens is an enthusiastic and determined professional who realises the balance between the finance and business aspects of a wellness and spa organisation, alongside the need to reach out to clients on a spiritual and emotional level.
In addition to his highly topical talk, Mr Stephens proudly received Anantara Spa’s Top 10 Best Spa Brands award at the event’s prize giving ceremony, which recognises outstanding achievements.
Located in some of the world’s most alluring destinations, each unique Anantara Spa sanctuary embraces the indigenous roots of its locale through an exotic, passionate integration of architecture, ambience, treatments and service. This distinctive brand offers a blend of ancient eastern wellness traditions and advanced western therapies, to provide discerning guests with an extensive choice of the most sought after treatments. Anantara Spa therapists are trained to the highest international standards, and are renowned for their personalised approach and heartfelt hospitality. Luxurious spa experiences are further accentuated by a line of signature products, so that guests can enjoy indulgence at home, or wherever their journey may take them.
Perfectly embodying the luxury brand’s indigenous focus, Anantara Spas in China invite guests to escape the ordinary world and to step into a tranquil haven of oriental romance. Treatment menus offer destination inspired spa journeys that reflect China’s intrinsic relationship with tea. This centuries-old beverage is woven into the very fabric of Chinese history. While the long known health and beauty benefits are accompanied by modern science discoveries that certain teas are brimming with antioxidants and vital nutrients which create balance and boost overall wellbeing. Carefully selecting teas that offer the greatest holistic benefits, Anantara Spa guests in China discover the detoxifying powers of green tea, the balancing force of white tea, the health giving properties of chrysanthemum tea and the beautifying spirit of rose tea. Afterwards they are invited to prolong their journey by taking a few moments to sip a soothing brew, conjuring images of days gone by when ladies would gather at Shanghai’s tea pavilions to repose themselves in quintessential style.
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