Kamalaya Spa won the Best Wellness Retreat award in the recent Spa Asia Crystal Awards held at the Wellness Summit Gala Dinner in Kuala Lumpur attended by over 220 industry people and members of the media.

Kamalaya was one of the eight finalists in the category, which included wellness destinations from Asia and one from Australia. This was the first year that Kamalaya, which opened in November 2005, had entered the awards.

The Spa Asia Crystal Awards is an annual event to honor and recognize the “best of the best” in the spa and wellness industry. A rigorous judging process includes the evaluation and scoring of submissions by a panel of industry judges (30 percent of total score), a secret shopping audit conducted by SpaAudit.com (60 percent of total score) and votes from Spa Asia readers (10 percent).