Grande Spa named finalist in the 2019 World Spa & Wellness Awards
JEWEL GRANDE Montego Bay Resort’s Grande Spa has been named as a finalist in the 2019 World Spa & Wellness Awards in the Resort Spa of the Year category for North and South America. The prestigious award – which will be presented to winners February 24, 2019 – is granted to the top resort and hotel spas around the world based on a thorough and independent judging process in which all spas are assessed by a panel of experienced industry professionals.
World Spa & Wellness produces market-leading conferences, magazines and awards. The organisation recognises the passion, care and excellence that spa professionals and owners put into businesses and offers world recognition to them. The awards are unique as they are judged by the industry, inspiring spas to up their game, ultimately raising standards globally.
No stranger to awards since opening less than a year ago, the Grande Spa was also recently selected as the winner for the Hospitality Elements: Five Star Spa Design category for Travel Weekly’s 2018 Magellan Awards.
These awards are some of the most sought after for having the broadest reach in the travel sector and for its panel of 16 of the top industry executives. Travel
Weekly is the travel trade’s leading business media brand, delivering the latest news, analysis and indepth coverage of every sector of the industry The two-floor Italian villa-inspired Grande Spa is home to the Caribbean’s first and only Himalayan Salt Therapy Lounge and Jamaica’s first Quartz Therapy Ritual Room. Boasting 30,000 square feet, the spa encompasses 14 treatment rooms, including two private couple’s suites and two VIP suites, a relaxation lounge with ocean views, a steam and sauna with outdoor mineral water soaking pools, and an Ayurvedic Treatment Ritual Room with a Shirodhara and detox soaking tub With an extensive list of locally inspired spa treatments on the menu, guests can choose from an array of ancient restorative remedies such as the Jamaican Bush Bath, where guests are invited to select herbs from the spa’s own in-house garden to add to the treatment, and Rum Runner Ritual, which incorporates local Appleton Estate rum – one of the island’s oldest distilleries. “When conceptualising the Grande Spa, we wanted to infuse state-of-the-art, cutting-edge technology with native Jamaican healing rituals to keep the spa experience truly authentic to the island,” said Grande Spa director Sienna Creasy Recently expanding its scope of services, the Grande Spa also caters to guests living with or recovering from cancer, with comfort-oriented massage techniques tailored to each individual’s treatment journey.