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International Standards of SpaExcellence(SM)2014
 A Quality System Approach for Spa Businesses
 Available as an electronic book (82 pages) for $35 US.
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Spa Places in the News  2010 SpaFinder Readers' Choice Award Winners October 20, 2010 -  SpaFinder, Inc. revealed the winners 
of the 2010 Readers' Choice Awards: 2010 
Crystal Award Winners--Favorite Spas by Continent Africa: 
      One & Only Cape Town 
Asia: 
          Ananda in the Himalayas
Australia: Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
Europe: Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin 
South America: 
              Kurotel Longevity Medical Center and Spa 
 
  2010 
Country/Region Winners Argentina: 
Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires
  Austria: Banlance Resort
  Bulgaria: Kempinski Hotel Grand Arena Bansko
Canada: Ste. Anne's Country Inn and 
Spa
  Caribbean: Parrot Cay 
    Central 
America: Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort 
    Chile: The Ritz-Carlton Santiago 
    China 
(Hong Kong): Four Seasons Hotel 
      China 
(Mainland): The Ritz-Carlton Beijing 
      Cyprus: Le Meridien Limassol Spa & Resort 
      The Czech Republic: Mandarin Orienta, Prague 
      
        Egypt: Four Seasons Hotel Alexandria
 
France: 
Trianon Palace Versailles
Germany: 
Brenner's Park Hotel & Spa
  Greece: Porto Elounda De Luxe Resort 
  Hungary: Danibius Hotel Gellert 
  Indonesia: Conrad Bali 
  Ireland: Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa 
    Italy: Lefay Resort & Spa Lago di Garda 
      Japan: The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo 
Malaysia: Shangri-La's Tanjung 
Aru Resort & Spa
Maldives: One & Only 
Maldives at Reethi Rah
Mexico: Rancho La Puerta
  Morocco: La Mamounia       
  The Philippines: The Farm at San Benito
    
  Portugal: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon         
Russia: The Ritz-Carlton, 
Moscow
  Scandinavia: Blue Lagoon 
    Singapore: Fairmont Singapore
      South Pacific Islands: Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora 
Spain: 
SHA Wellness Clinic
  Switzerland: Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
  Thailand: Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary and Holistic Spa 
  Turkey: Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus         
  The United Arab Emirates: Burj Al Arab         
  United 
Kingdom: The Gleneagles Hotel 
 
  2010 
Category Award Winners To help consumers identify the best 
spas for their specific goals, SpaFinder readers also named their picks for the 
best spas across 31 categories. A complete list of Readers' Choice 
Award winners will be featured in SpaFinder's 2010 Global Spa and Wellness Directory 
and can also be accessed at: http://www.spafinder.com/spaguide/readerschoice/2010.htm In 
conjunction with its Readers' Choice Awards, SpaFinder also named Dr. 
Andrew Weil the recipient of its eighth annual Visionary Award, presented to 
 an influential leader in the worlds of spa and wellness. This year's winner is  Dr. Mehmet Oz.  | http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=*EJTVpauQ/0&offerid=61746.10000013&subid=0&type=4 
  
    
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           Just Released!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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            Spring Fling Wellness Weekend
 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.)
 Reservations: 315-686-1100 ext 7012.
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