Image: Award winner Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie

Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie in Paris, France, and The Spa at The Address Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates are among the winners of this year's World Luxury Spa Awards.

The awards come after a year-long search for the world's best spas and spa brands, with the aim of recognising those facilities that have "raised the bar of service excellence".

Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie - named Best Emerging Spa - was among the facilities opened at Hotel Le Bristol as part of a EUR100m (US$126m, £80m) renovation last October.

The Spa at The Address Dubai Marina picked up the Best Luxury Hotel Spa accolade, with MAIA Luxury Resort and Spa in the Seychelles awarded Best Luxury Destination Spa.

Other winners of the World Luxury Spa Awards include Spa Evian Source @ Evian Royal Resort in France (Best Luxury Resort Spa) and Banyan Tree Spa (Best Spa Group).

Marinique de Wet, executive manager of the World Luxury Spa Awards said: "The level of competition in 2012 where exceptional evident from the calibre of spas that were nominated by clients.

"These spas stood up to the highest expectations and where tested by discerning spa-goers looking for the ultimate experience where only the absolute best is acceptable."

Winners and finalists were selected through a online voting process involving thousands of spa guests worldwide. Registrations for next year's awards have now opened.

To read more about how spas are making their mark at seven new high-end hotels in the French capital along with Spa Le Bristol by La Prairie, see Spa Business 2011 Issue 3, p64

To read more about Portugal-based hotel chain Tivoli strengthening its ties with Banyan Tree in Europe and South America, see Spa Business 2012 Issue 1, p24

To read the current issue of Spa Business, visit www.spabusiness.com/magazine

Details of the 2012 World Luxury Spa Awards winners and finalists: www.luxuryhotelawards.com