IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Entering the awards is free. The first step is to create an account which takes a few seconds. You will then receive an email from ‘noreply@evessio.com’ please click on this to verify your details. You’ll then be directed to the entry pages of the awards. You don’t have to upload your entry in one go; you can save your details to complete at a time to suit you. After entering you can return using your login credentials and enter other categories. Please click here for further assistance with the entry process. If your property is closed from 6 July 2026 - 17 August 2026 please provide an alternative phone number, this is when the Official Visits will take place for those properties that reach the shortlist.


Choose from the categories below that best suit yourself and your business


Spa of the Year – Africa

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Africa which can be independently operated as a day spa or located in a hotel or resort.
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1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms.
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition
9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.
10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Spa of the Year – Asia & Australasia

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Asia & Australasia which can be independently operated as a day spa or located in a hotel or resort.
This category is now closed
1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms.
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition
9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service (Please give examples)
10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Spa of the Year – Middle East

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Middle East which can be independently operated as a day spa or located in a hotel or resort.
This category is now closed
1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition,
9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.
10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training
13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Spa of the Year – North & South America

 Who can enter?

Any Spa in North & South America which can be independently operated as a day spa or located in a hotel or resort.
This category is now closed
1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms.
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition
9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.
10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business
11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Spa of the Year - Eastern Europe

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Eastern Europe that operates exclusively as a daytime destination where there is no overnight accommodation offered.
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1. When did the spa open?

2. Who is your core clientele?

3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?

4. Number of treatment rooms

5. What facilities are available in the Spa?

6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?

7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?

8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition

9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.

10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.

11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?

12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training .

13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Hotel Spa of the Year - Western Europe & Scandinavia

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Western Europe or Scandinavia that is based in a Hotel, where the primary source of business is the Hotel. The Spa may accept direct customers but overall, to consumers and the outside world, the property is seen as a Hotel.
This category is now closed
1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition
9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.
10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?
14. Have you launched any new digital services in the last 18 months.
15. What facilities are onsite?

Resort Spa of the Year - Western Europe & Scandinavia

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Western Europe or Scandinavia that is located in a Resort. A Resort is considered a full-service lodging facility intended primarily for vacationers, usually located in places frequented for relaxation or recreation, such as beaches, seashores, scenic/historic areas, ski parks, etc.

The difference from a Hotel Spa lies in the range of services and amenities offered - a Resort is typically a self-contained establishment, providing for most of a vacationer's recreational and relaxation needs on the premises (lodging, food, drink, sports, entertainment, shopping, etc.).

If your property is seen in the eyes of consumers as primarily a Hotel, then you should enter the Hotel Spa category, even if the Hotel is a separately run business than the Spa.
This category is now closed
  1. When did the spa open?
  2. Who is your core clientele?
  3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how? (give as much details as possible)
  4.  Number of treatment rooms.
  5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
  6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
  7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
  8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition.
  9. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
  10. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
  11. Explain how your property excels at customer service (pleaser give examples)
  12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
  13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?

Day Spa of the Year - Western Europe & Scandinavia

Who can enter?

Any Spa in Western Europe or Scandinavia that operates exclusively as a daytime destination where there is no overnight accommodation offered.

This category is now closed
  1.  When did the spa open?
  2.  Who is your core clientele?
  3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
  4. Number of treatment rooms
  5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
  6. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
  7. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
  8. Please outline your spa’s philosophy and point of difference from the competition
  9. Please explain how your spa excels at customer service.
  10. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
  11. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
  12. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of the most recent training.
  13. Please outline any business initiatives or changes you have implemented in the past 18 months and share evidence and examples of how these benefited the business?
  14. Have you launched any new digital services in the last 18 months.

Spa Team of the Year

Who can enter?

The team is the backbone of any business – this category celebrates teams of three or more employees in any Hotel or Resort Spa in any region.
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  1. How many are there in the team?
  2. Please list the names and roles of those in the team.
  3. How long has the team worked together?
  4. Please tell us why your team deserves to win this award? (max 500 words)
  5. What does the team offer that makes them special? (max 500 words)
  6. What does each of them contribute to the team?

Spa Leader of the Year

Who can enter?

The driving force behind the Spa at either a single or a number of sites who has overall responsibility of the Spa operations.
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  1. As a leader of your company, what is your role?
  2. As a leader of your company, what are you most proud of?
  3. How do you motivate others? 
  4. What skills do you have that allow you to excel in your role?
  5. What are your passions within the industry, and how do others in the industry view you?
  6. What has been your biggest leadership challenge in the last 18 months and how did you overcome it?
  7. List any additional activities you are involved in within the industry?
  8. Describe your professional self in 50 words.
  9. Upload the Entrant's CV

Independent Spa Business of the Year

Who can enter?

Any spa business that can make its own decisions – without having to put them through another party. The business should not be associated with another business through common ownership, sharing of employees, facilities and income. The business can have multiple sites as long as its status is a privately held company. i.e. stock in the company, if it exists at all, cannot be traded on the open market. The only people with access to shares of stock are the owners and maybe select employees.
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1. Number of properties globally.
2. Number of staff employed full time globally.
3. Number of treatment rooms globally.
4. Length of time business has been trading and time under current ownership.
5. Target market(s) and typical customer profile.
6. Tell us why your business is impressive. Feel free to offer comparisons between your group and others in your sector.
7. Tell us how you have developed your business and/or improved the customer experience over the last 18 months, particularly focussing on any successes.
8. Tell us about three ways you will develop and promote your business over the next year and the reasons why.
9. Please explain what makes your business and management philosophy special.

Sustainable Spa of the Year

Who can enter?

Any spa property in the world that is taking initiative in creative programming, protocols and systems with environmental virtues and placing sustainability as a core value.
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  1. When did the spa open?
  2. Who is your core clientele?
  3. Number of treatment rooms
  4. Tell us your sustainability goals as a Spa.
  5. How do you ensure the whole team is engaged and involved in sustainability initiatives (e.g. rules, incentives, penalties, meetings etc.)?
  6. Let us know about the areas covered (from the below list) by innovations and/or policies to improve sustainability

            • Water

            • Waste

            • Energy

            • Retail Products

            • Professional Products

            • Food & Beverage

            • Guest Experience

            • Operational–Laundry

            • Operational–Cleaning

            • Operational–Equipment 

Worldwide Health & Wellness Destination of the Year

Who can enter?

A wellness resort in the world where health and wellness are the main focus, with the intention of changing lives. Your marketing material will promote your wellness aspect as the main reason for consumers to visit and any accommodation will be a secondary consideration of consumers’ decision to book. 
This category is now closed
1. When did the spa open?
2. Who is your core clientele?
3. Has this changed in the last 18 months and if so how?
4. Number of treatment rooms and other facilities
5. What facilities are available in the Spa?
6. What facilities are onsite at the property (aside from the Spa)? If you have selected other please state the facility below.
7. Which skincare and equipment brands do you use/stock?
8. What was the average treatment room occupancy between 1st May 2024 and 30th April 2025?
9. Please outline your health and wellness destination's philosophy and point of difference from the competition
10. Please explain how your health and wellness destination excels at customer service.
11. Please outline your key marketing and operational initiatives for the last 18 months and give evidence/examples of how these have helped your business.
12. What is your retail strategy and how do you measure its success?
13. Please outline your therapists' qualifications and your ongoing training and development policy, including dates of most recent training.
14. Please give examples of the ways in which your treatments and programmes promote your guests’ health and wellness.
15. How personalised are the services and treatments you provide?
16. Please explain the philosophy behind the cuisine you have on offer.

Worldwide Luxury Hotel / Resort Spa of the Year

Who can enter?

Any spa property in the world where health and wellness are the main focus of the spa facilities and spa packages, with the intention of changing lives. Your marketing material will promote your spa as the main reason for consumers to visit and any accommodation will be a secondary consideration of consumers’ decision to book. 
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Outstanding Contribution to the Profession

Who can enter?

The World Spa & Wellness Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award is given to an individual who, in the opinion of the panel of judges, merits recognition either for achievement during their spa career or a significant contribution to the spa industry as a whole. The award may acknowledge the winner’s achievements during their career in the spa industry and/or may recognise a major individual achievement - e.g. creation and development of a major initiative that has changed the spa market.


Please nominate someone you believe has made a lasting contribution to the spa and wellness profession.
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