Taj Exotica, Goa wins international readers’ choice award for spa interior
December 11, 2005

The Taj Exotica, Goa, continues its award-winning spree in the form of yet another international tribute: The SpaFinder Readers’ Choice award winner for World’s Top 10 Best Spa Interior Design.

In a communication sent by Susie Ellis, president, SpaFinder, she writes to Helmut Meckelburg (former area director – Goa, currently general manager of the Taj Palace Hotel, Dubai): "Congratulations…! Our readers selected Taj Exotica, Goa, India, as one of their Top 10 Favourite Spas this year in the category of Best Spa Interior Design." She adds a personal handwritten note: "Our readers have spoken and hoping this recognition will garner additional interest in people visiting your very special spa."

The winners were listed in the recent edition of the SpaFinder Worldwide Directory. This is the third year in succession that the readers have voted online for their favourite spas worldwide. This year’s poll was contested by over 500 spas, and new categories were added, amongst them Best Interior Design, Best Accommodations and Best for Men.

The top 10 vote getters in each category have been listed in alphabetical order, rather than by the number of votes received, in a bid to level the playing field between larger or more established spas, and smaller or newer ones.

Thus, the spa at the Taj Exotica Goa rubs distinguished shoulders along with the Bellagio, Nevada (USA), The Grand Wailea Resort & Spa, Hawaii (USA), Samas at the Park Hotel Kenmare (Ireland), the Cal-a-Vie, California (USA) and the Lake Austin Spa Resort, Texas (USA) amongst others.

This is yet another feather in the cap of the Taj Exotica, Goa, which earlier this year won another spa award – the Conde Nast Readers’ Choice Award for Taamra Spa (amongst Asia spas) 2005. The hotel has two spas, the authentic ayurvedic Taamra Spa, and the Jiva Spa which features traditional Indian and also selective international treatments.

Besides these, the Taj Exotica, Goa, has also been the recent recepient of the FeBusiness Traveller Award for Best Leisure Hotel in India 2004, Best Leisure Hotel of the Year (Taj Awards for Business Excellence) 2004, and the Marque of Excellence Award 2004 by Thomas Cook.

It is a favourite holiday destination of international clientele as well as celebrities and dignitaries ranging from the former prime minister of India, Mr Vajpayee, the honorable president of India, Dr Kalam, the king and queen of Nepal, the prime minister of Lesotho, the sheikh of Bahrain, the external affairs minister of Afghanistan, the US ambassador to India, Mr Mulford, the chairman of the Russian Federation, and the princess of Thailand, and most recently, the vice-president of Uganda.