How it works

Nomination:

Each year the World Spa Awards encourages the spa and wellness industry to enter one of the many available categories for nomination:

• entries are free of charge.
• your entry will be checked and vetted to ensure your nomination qualifies for the selected category. The decision of World Spa Awards is final.
• country level and world level categories available for nomination.
• nominations can be made by the spa and wellness industry or consumers.
• see full list of categories.

Voting:

During the voting period:

• we invite spa and wellness industry experts and consumers to vote online.
• nominees are invited to purchase the official World Spa Awards digital nominee pack to use in their online voting campaign.
• see here for voting rules.

Winners:

At the end of the voting period the votes are counted and we contact our World Spa Awards winners directly to congratulate them and invite them to our annual World Spa Awards Gala Ceremony. The annual ceremony is a celebration of the spa and wellness industry that allows us to:

• announce winners to the general public.
• award trophies (see here for trophy and wall plaque details).
• conduct video interviews with winners for media promotion.
• provide an opportunity for industry networking.

*Please see here for temporary changes to our annual Gala Ceremony due to Covid-19.