World Spa Awards has announced that its Gala Ceremony 2018 will be hosted at the luxurious St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort located on a private island in the Maldives on 26th October 2018.

According to World Spa Awards, the event bound to provide unrivalled networking opportunities welcoming spa and wellness hospitality leaders from around the world.

World Spa Awards is a global initiative to recognise, reward and celebrate excellence in the spa and wellness sector. Its annual event is when the international leaders of the industry come together to exchange knowledge, innovations and principles of best practice on a global stage.

The World Spa Awards programme has categories for the Best Hotel Spa, Best Resort Spa, Best Wellness Retreat, and Best Spa Destination, each awarded on a national level.The individual country level winner with the most votes not only takes the national award but also the world level award in each of the respective categories.

A number of categories exist on a world-level only, such as Best Airline Lounge Spa, Best Cruise Line Spa, Best Spa Brand, Best Medical Spa and Best Desert Spa.

Organisations which have performed at an outstanding level over the last 12 months were invited to submit their applications for the opportunity to win the ultimate spa tourism accolade.The shortlist of 2018 World Spa Awards finalists was published on yesterday, ahead of the opening of the crucial 16-week voting window which will run from 1st May.

World Spa Awards, the sister event of World Travel Awards was developed in reaction to overwhelming demand from the spa industry for a programme that was fair and transparent; a programme with a mission to serve as the definitive benchmark of excellence, and to help to foster a new era of growth in spa tourism.