AWARD: New Independent Spa Business of the Year, World Spa & Wellness Awards

Lumina Retreats has been shortlisted as a finalist in the World Spa & Wellness Awards 2022 in the New for 2022 – Independent Spa Business of the Year category.

We are proud that our homegrown wellness brand, Lumina Retreats, is among the greatest global companies, as the shortlist for the category includes:


● Atrium Spa & Beauté, France

● Banya No.1, UK

● Glass House Retreat, UK

● Lapinha Spa, Brazil

● The Bath House - Russian Banya UK

● The Ranch Malibu, USA

● Lumina Retreats, Vietnam


The awards recognise excellence in spas in wellness provision, treatment delivery, customer care, business skill, leadership, and sustainability, and celebrate first-class spa operations around the world across 14 categories.


Ms. Trang, Partner and Co-founder of Lumina Retreats, shared: “For a new business, this prestigious nomination is a huge source of encouragement for Lumina Retreats, recognising the vision and efforts of our team. We are pioneers in the creation and introduction of wellness tourism and services in the Vietnamese market. For us, wellness tourism first and foremost not only satisfies the desire to discover but also to find happiness and meaning in life—not a trend but a value that we deeply appreciate, cherish, and want to share with the world.”


Launched in 2012, the World Spa & Wellness Awards recognise and reward the work that spas do around the globe. Organised by the UK-based Professional Beauty Group, which has organised spa and beauty industry awards for the past 30 years and has in-depth knowledge of the field, the World Spa & Wellness Awards incorporate a thorough and independent judging process in which all spas are assessed by experienced industry professionals.


The awards took place as a stand-alone event aboard the luxury yacht Silver Sturgeon on April 3, 2022, in London.

Lumina Retreats is a personal brand designed and implemented by Lumina Wellbeing. The brand is designed for today’s intrepid explorer who seeks adventure in the vast wellness terrain. To launch the new concept, we co-created with our team of Luminaries on the following: Wellness Branding / Wellness Program Design / Practitioner Curation / Collateral Development / Operations Management / Sales Distribution / Digital Marketing  

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