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WLHA Winners WLHA Winner
as a close-knit team to realise a shared dream, offering
the highest of standards and service excellence, true to
the World Luxury Hotel Awards overall winner criteria.
Gregg Cave, Co-Owner and General Manager of Gaia
Retreat & Spa proudly collected the award on stage. The much sort after World Luxury Hotel Awards trophy
was presented to winners on stage. Thereafter, the
proud winners were given an opportunity for one-on-
one personalised video interviews to speak about their
achievement with the media.
The prestigious Chairman’s Award is the decision of the
Owner and CEO of World Luxury Hotel Awards, Brandon
Lourens. This year Imrhim Inad, Director of Sales,
attended the ceremony and was privileged enough to
collect the award on behalf of the Velaa Private Island
Resort in Maldives. This boutique private hideaway can
only be described as “beyond luxury”. There was not a dull moment as the diners were spoiled
by Ayana Resorts Executive Chef, Patrick Callarec and
his team, who wowed guests with Balinese inspired
6-course meal. The food was elegantly plated and
paired with the finest of wines supplied by Bali Indah
and Sababay. The room was in awe as the incredibly
plated food was served all at once to the entire
ballroom. The fact that the food was on par with any
fine dining restaurant made it even more impressive.
Further global awards went to Vacala Bay Resort in
Fiji who received both Luxury Contemporary Villa and
Eco/Green Villa Award; Lamaraz Arts Hotel in Algeria
received the Luxury New Hotel Award; Valamar All you
can Holiday in Croatia received Luxury Hotel Group
Award; Tintswalo Atlantic in South Africa received
Luxury Beach Lodge Award and Okinawa Spa Resort
EXES in Japan received Luxury Honeymoon Hotel Award
just to mention a few.
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UNIQUE Rooftop Bar & Restaurant was the venue for
the after party where guests danced to the sounds of
Martin Denev, the resident DJ from Rock Bar and were
entertained by Sasha on vocals.
“We congratulate all our winners for the 2018 award
year, who through their tireless efforts and endless
passion to elevate their guests experience, have
received this honour tonight. True luxury is not