A double win for Centara’s Spa Cenvaree at Thailand Spa & Well-being Awards 2014

           Two branches of Spa Cenvaree, the luxury spa brand of Thailand’s Centara Hotels & Resorts, have won awards in the Thailand Spa & Well-being Awards 2014.          Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld has won The Amazing Hotel Spa category, and Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok has won the Traditional Thai Experience award.          The awards were presented on 19 September at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre Muang Thong Thani, in Bangkok.           “Spa Cenvaree is rooted deep within Thailand’s ancient heritage of well-being and natural therapies, and we use natural products,” says Tara Hanrahan, Group Director of Spa Operations - SPA Cenvaree.           “To this we have added luxury, and the result is a very distinctive experience both for local residents and overseas visitors.”          All spa operators registered in Thailand with the Ministry of Public Health were invited to apply for the awards, which were conducted under the auspices of the Thai Spa Association and judged by a panel of independent industry experts.          The Amazing Hotel Spa Award won by Centara Grand at CentralWorld required participants to have at least five treatment rooms and six full-time staff, along with a spa concept clearly defined and evident from its interior design through to products and services offered.          Criteria for the Traditional Thai Experience Award won by Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok included the provision of customised Thai spa treatments in a traditional Thai manner, along with traditional Thai products, services and design elements in the deliverance of the experience.Both categories also required documented marketing plans, operating procedures and training programmes.