TAOS, NM (October 31, 2007)  Spa Finder, Inc., the global spa resource, has announced that The Living Spa™ at the luxurious El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa has been named among the Top 10 best spas in the world in the Best for Mind-Body-Sprit category in its fifth annual Spa Finder Readers’ Choice Awards. Based on an extensive poll conducted through Spafinder.com and Luxury SpaFinder Magazine, which together attract millions of spa consumers annually, the award represents the most complete consumer assessment of the global spa market.

 

“Now in its fifth year, our Readers’ Choice Awards have become the industry’s premier award program – the spa world’s answer to the Academy Awards,” says Spa Finder, Inc. CEO Pete Ellis. “With a huge surge in international voting and more than twice as many votes overall compared to last year, this represents an especially meaningful validation of the spa experience provided by The Living Spa at El Monte Sagrado.”

 

To help spa consumers identify the best spas for their unique goals, Spa Finder asked its readers and web visitors to name their picks for the best spas in 23 specific categories. The Top 10 finishers in each category – as well as voters’ choices for the best overall spas in the world by continent, country and region – will be featured in Luxury SpaFinder Magazine’s upcoming 2008 Global SpaFinder, a comprehensive guide to day and stay spas worldwide.

 

Spa Finder readers and web visitors cast ballots for what turned out to be more than 1,000 different spa properties worldwide. Voters were asked to only cast ballots for stay spas they’ve personally visited within the past three years. 

 

Mark Amoriello, Spa Director at The Living Spa at El Monte Sagrado, says, “The Living Spa provides a consummate venue for our guests to experience a truly transformative event. Through our unique “Special Offerings” as well as a focus on providing alternative treatments, our staff is able to nurture our guests as a whole in mind, body & spirit.”

 

About Spa Finder, Inc.
The world's largest spa marketing and media company, Spa Finder reaches millions of wellness-focused consumers via Spafinder.com, its award-winning website, and Luxury SpaFinder magazine, the trusted authority on the luxury spa lifestyle. Redeemable at 3,600+ spas worldwide and available at thousands of retail outlets across North America, Spa Finder Gift Certificates and Gift Cards represent the world’s largest spa gift certificate/card program. Spa Finder, the global spa resource, also publishes the annual Global Spa Finder and operates Spa Finder Europe and Spa Finder Japan, two native-language websites showcasing relationships with local day spas, salons, and onsens. Founded in 1986, the privately held company is headquartered in Manhattan.

 

About El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa
El Monte Sagrado Living Resort & Spa is located in Taos, N.M. at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  The décor at El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa reflects an array of global influences, with motifs inspired by Native American culture, foreign lands and local artists. The Living Spa is a serene experience for body and soul, offering customized spa services based on the healing, restorative treatments and spiritual practices of cultures worldwide. The property just unveiled a beautiful expansion in order to meet increasing guest, meeting and spa demands. The resort’s expansion consisted of 48 new guest rooms, for a new total of 84 luxury accommodations, nearly 7,000 square feet of banquet and meeting space and five additional treatment rooms that have been added to The Living Spa.

 

About The Kessler Collection
Richard C. Kessler's Luxury Hotel Collection includes the AAA Four-Diamond Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO; the AAA Four-Diamond Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, FL; the AAA Four-Diamond Celebration Hotel in Celebration, FL; the AAA Four-Diamond Grand Bohemian Hotel in Orlando, FL; El Monte Sagrado in Taos, NM; the AAA Four-Diamond Mansion on Forsyth Park; Savannah, GA; Columbia Place luxury condominiums, Savannah, GA; and Grand Bohemian Hotel & Residences, St. Petersburg, FL – scheduled to open 2009.