Your 2023 regional award winners

The Good Spa Guide team pulled a rabbit out of a hat this year and secured the swanky Sanderson London for its 8^th regional awards, celebrating the best in the industry with a Mad Hatter’s-themed afternoon tea.

Specially invited guests braved the cold to join us for the event, which kicked off with glasses of Champagne in the downstairs bar with its purple pool table and impressive stained glass window.

Guests then took the lift up to the first floor – an experience in itself with its space themed – and entered The Gallery for the celebrations.
 
Alice in Wonderland-themed plates and tea pots adorned the tables, along with table gifts and printed menus.



Good Spa Guide Founder and Director Daphne Metland then took to the stage to talk about the company’s year, with 65 spa visits under its belt, four newsletters a week reaching 90,000 consumers and two million visitors to the website.

Then it was time for tea: beautiful tiers of crustless sandwiches (coronation chicken, egg & cress; cream cheese & cucumber), cakes (heart-shaped passionfruit cheesecakes with mini butterflies, little chocolate pots made to look like toadstools and huge cupcakes with ladybirds on top) and scones (fruit and plain with jam and clotted cream) made each table bulge. The star of the show was the white candy floss at the top, which was melt-in-the-mouth fantastic.

Good Spa Guide Director Caitlin Dalton then announced the winners, who came up to receive an engraved statuette, a winner’s certificate and a goody bag stuffed with products kindly donated  by our sponsors. Photographs were then taken for prosperity (and social media, no doubt).

And here they are, your class of 2023 – congratulations to all our winners and finalists for a job well done:

Best New Spa sponsored by Comfort Zone
Guerlain Spa at Raffles London

Best Spa in London sponsored by Oskia
The Lanesborough Club & Spa 

Best Spa in the South-East 
The Spa at South Lodge 

Best Spa in the East Midlands & East sponsored by Voya
The Spa at Breedon Priory

Best Spa in the West Midlands & Wales 
Hoar Cross Hall

Best Spa in the South West sponsored by OTO
The Headland Spa

Best Spa in the North-West sponsored by Million Dollar Facial 
The Spa at Carden

Best Spa in Scotland sponsored by Natura Bissé
One Spa Sheraton Grand Hotel

Best Spa in the North-East sponsored by Germaine de Capuccini
Rudding Park Spa

Before I disappear down the rabbit hole, I’d just like to say a big thank you to our sponsors, without whom these awards could not take place.

See you next year.