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The Amuna Ayurveda Retreat won the Best Wellness Retreat at the World Spa Awards 2017 held at the JW Marriot Phu Quoc Emerald Bay in Vietnam on 10 December.
The black tie affair was held for the third consecutive year to serve as the definitive benchmark of excellence, and to help foster a new era of growth in spa tourism.
“Amuna Ayurveda Retreat carried exceptional concepts of providing a holistic and authentic Sri Lankan traditional herbal experience to ensure a relaxed and unforgettable healthy holiday. We provide various activities for guests in order to comfort their mindset. The treatments, such as Suwashanthi, Niroga and Swastha, are for the mind, body and spirit, and there are overall healthy lifestyle techniques and practices such as a nutrition plan according to the body condition and yoga program,” Amuna Ayurveda Retreat General Manager Srijith Gooneratne said speaking about their win.
“Amuna is the ideal place for guests seeking to be reenergised whilst also nurtured. This exceptional concept, along with a series of value-added services and activities, truly helped us bring this award home,” Srijith added.
The organisation said it was overwhelmed with this win on an international platform and honoured to go forward with this award and provide its best service to its clients across the world.
There are many more authentic events which are in the pipeline to provide an authentic Sri Lankan lifestyle to its guests.
The World Spa Awards were launched in 2015 by the World Travel Awards to drive up standards within spa tourism by rewarding organisations that are industry leaders.
The WSA has four awards given on a national level - Best Hotel Spa, Best Resort Spa, Best Wellness Retreat and Best Destination Spa.
The Amuna Ayurveda Village located in Kumbukkadanwala, Kimbissa, Sigiriya was designed in a manner which depicts a traditional village concept built using recycled materials. Everything that is used for medicinal oils is grown and made in the village itself and even the food is all organic and fresh from the garden as the meals served to the guests are fully vegetarian.