Gaia Retreat & Spa, located in the breathtakingly beautiful hinterland of Byron Bay, Australia, has won the top award at the 12th annual World Luxury Hotel Awards announced last weekend at the Ayana Resort & Spa in Bali.
Gaia claimed the coveted 2018 Global Hotel of the Year honour at a glittering International gala ceremony attended by over 360 hoteliers and delegates. This event recognises and honours the world’s finest hotels for their luxury offerings and delivery of exceptional guest services.
Established in 2005, the founders Gregg Cave, Ruth Kalnin, Olivia Newton-John and Warwick Evans (affectionately known as G.R.O.W.), set out to realise a shared dream, offering the highest of standards and service excellence, true to the standard of the World Luxury Hotel Awards criteria.
Situated in the region often referred to as the healing capital of Australia, Gaia Retreat & Spa continues to shine as one of the country’s most authentic, most renowned and most awarded boutique lifestyle pamper retreats. On the same night that Gaia received the major award of Global Hotel of the Year, it also won the Global Luxury Boutique Retreat Award.
These outstanding world class accolades come shortly after another incredible win at the recent World Spa Awards, where Gaia Retreat & Spa was honoured for the fourth year in a row as the World’s and Oceania’s Best Day Spa held at St Regis Resort, Maldives.
Gaia’s unique wellness & healing ethos has truly set it apart by offering guests total flexibility to personally tailor their retreat experience. Gaia’s award-winning Day Spa is “home” to some of Australia’s best healers and therapists, with leading wellness consultants, renowned yoga teachers and skilled fitness coaches available to meet the guests every need. Add to this Gaia’s highly acclaimed world class spa cuisine, renowned for its melding of delicious and nutritional flavors inspired by international cooking styles, and you have a recipe to delight and seduce not just your palate but all your senses.
