- Italy has been crowned the world's best destination for a spa retreat at the 12th World Spa Awards.
- Italy's Lefay Spa World was named the world's best resort spa, while Palazzo Fiuggi won the accolade for the world's best wellness retreat.
- Tuscan retreat Grotta Giusti claimed the title for the best grotto spa, with its thermal waters inside a thousand-year-old cave.
- New York also achieved top honours, with Guerlain Wellness Spa at the Waldorf Astoria named best hotel spa and World Spa in New York winning best day spa.
- World Spa Awards managing director Rebecca Cohen commended the winners for setting the highest standards of excellence and innovation in the wellness industry.
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