Photos: 9th GeoSpa asiaSpa India Awards at ITC Grand Central

After being away for a few years, it is exciting to be back in the city that’s home to Bollywood with our 9th GeoSpa asiaSpa India Awards ceremony at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai. The event spread out the red carpet to leading Bollywood divas and social glitterati from the town.

Over the years, asiaSpa’s signature wellness showcase featured the best of the wellness industry! This year too, wellness icons and enterprises across various categories in the Best Spas and Spa products across the country were recognized and rewarded.

The evening also highlighted latest Spa trends and the Luxurious Spa treatments and also acknowledged leading industry experts and celebrities. While Randeep Hooda bagged the Wellness Icon of the Year award and Mr Ajay Bijli awarded for Wellness Icon of the Year Corporate, Beauty Diva Rekha was recognized with the Spa Diva Award. Shilpa Shetty bagged Wellness award female, Sushmita Sen got Woman of Substance award, Tiger Shroff won Fitness Icon of The Year and Bipasha Basu bagged the trophy for Fitness Icon of The Year Female. Newcomer Athiya Shetty walked away with Style Icon award whereas Divya Khosla Kumar won Spalicious award. Blossom Kocchar won Wellness Achiever award.

Winners for our “Reader’s Choice Favorite Spa (India) is Shamana Spa, Grand Hyatt Goa” with Switzerland taking home the Reader’s Choice Favorite Spa Destination (Europe) award and the “Readers’ Choice Favorite Spa Destination (Asia) going to Thailand.

The event marked asiaSpa’s 12 years showcasing the spa & wellness industry. Continuing to acknowledge its association with this industry asiaSpa aspires to reaching new highs working closely with the rapidly growing spa & wellness industry in the country.

Speaking on the occasion Ms. Parineeta Sethi, Chief Editor, said “We are delighted to be back in Mumbai- the city of glitter & glamour, where it all started for the AsiaSpa Awards Showcase! AsiaSpa Awards has always set the benchmark for quality and innovation for spas in the region.The awards have become known for their uncompromised independence, building a reputation for transparency and objectivity and was the first in the region to offer a comprehensive line-up of awards, which fully encompass everything that sets a standard in the spa industry.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Pankaj Arora, MD, GeoSpa Fitness said _“GeoSpa is the Title Partner to the Awards for the Fifth year. But this is for the first time it is happening in Mumbai. Today we are becoming conscious about our health & taking various steps to lead a healthy life. It is a matter of great delight & pride to give away the awards to the most deserving achievers of the Spa industry who have made a mark in this sector to promote healthy living and helped project India as one of the most popular spa destinations across the world. GeoSpa stands committed in supporting awareness on good health and importance of Spa.”

GeoSpa is the Title Partner to the Awards for the year. GeoSpa boasts a unique experience in developing unsurpassed Spa & Wellness facilities worldwide and gives their clients stunning and innovative Spa Experience Zones to complete the Spa Journey.

Partners to the 9th GeoSpa asiaSpa India Awards are Lufthansa & Swiss - the Airline Partners, ITC Grand Central - Venue Partner, Skoda Superb – Luxury Automobile Partner, Monaco – Luxury Destination Partner, Episode as the Trophy Partner and Grant Thornton as the Process Validation partner.