Resorts and Retreats Awards

LUXlife is delighted to unveil the Resort and Retreat Awards 2025, a prestigious programme designed to honour the finest establishments within the global resort and retreat sector.

As an esteemed platform that recognizes innovation, exceptional service, and transformative guest experiences, the awards celebrate the leading lights of this vibrant industry. Now in its tenth year, the awards programme offers an unparalleled opportunity to spotlight the key players who continue to set new standards in luxury, wellness, and experiential travel.

The global resort and retreat market has witnessed a period of robust growth and is now valued at over $1 trillion. As travellers increasingly seek bespoke experiences and prioritise holistic wellbeing, the sector has evolved to encompass more than just traditional luxury stays. Wellness tourism is at the heart of this transformation, with practices such as digital detoxes, sound therapy, and eco-friendly accommodations reshaping the landscape. The market is expected to continue its upward trajectory, with experts forecasting a CAGR of 7.5% through 2030. This surge is driven by rising disposable incomes, a focus on health-conscious living, and innovative technologies redefining the guest experience.

Emerging trends such as immersive cultural wellness experiences are captivating consumers worldwide as guests seek authentic and meaningful travel journeys. These offerings blend local traditions, natural therapies, and cultural exploration, creating uniquely enriching getaways. By combining holistic health practices with cultural immersion, these retreats allow travellers to reconnect with themselves and the world around them in a profound way.

At the heart of the Resort and Retreat Awards 2025 lies a commitment to recognising excellence across the sector’s diverse sub-categories. From boutique wellness retreats and large-scale resort destinations to cutting-edge spa facilities and adventure-focused eco-lodges, the awards will celebrate the innovation and dedication that define this thriving industry. Each winner will be celebrated for their unique contributions, from exceptional service to groundbreaking guest offerings, ensuring that no corner of the market goes unacknowledged.

Participating in the awards offers a variety of benefits. Winners will receive extensive coverage in LUXlife, which boasts a circulation of 94,000, and enjoy 12 months of exposure on the official website. Awardees can also take advantage of exclusive promotional opportunities, allowing them to amplify their success story and enhance their brand’s visibility and reputation within this competitive industry.

The selection process undertaken by the team at LUXlife ensures fairness and rigor. Businesses can nominate themselves or be put forward for consideration by a third party, while our in-house researchers independently evaluate each nominee’s performance against a variety of merit-based metrics. The judging panel, composed of industry experts, then determines the final winners, ensuring that only the best are recognised for their achievements.

The Resort and Retreat Awards 2025 by LUXlife represent the pinnacle of excellence in this dynamic sector. By taking part, businesses gain the opportunity to showcase their services to an international audience of discerning clientele and HNW individuals, celebrate their success, and cement their status as leaders in delivering truly world-class guest experiences.

If you’re part of this transformative industry, we invite you to nominate yourself or a deserving peer for consideration. Don’t miss this chance to be recognised as a pioneer in the world of resorts and retreats! LUXlife Magazine wishes the best of luck to all of this year’s nominees!

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We invite you to have a direct hand in celebrating excellence. Participate in the prestigious process of honouring the elite in luxury by nominating your favourites. Your voice contributes to the recognition of innovation, artistry, and the highest standards of quality that our awards represent.

See Previous Winners

Get a glimpse into the exceptional individuals and organizations that have previously been honoured with our awards. This archive is not only a celebration of past triumphs but also serves as a source of inspiration, setting the bar for future aspirants looking to leave their mark in the realm of luxury and excellence. Explore the legacy of success and the stories behind the victories that have shaped our prestigious history.

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Frequently Asked

When did LUXlife launch?

Today, LUXlife is one of AI Global Media’s most popular standalone publications but it launched as a bi-product of the luxury lifestyle sections from two of our flagship brands, Acquisition International & Wealth & Finance. In this respect, we’ve been active in the Lifestyle Sector since 2010; however, as demand for this type of coverage increased, we made the decision, in 2015, to separate the content and launch LUXlife, as an independent brand.

Who nominated me?

A large part of the nomination process is driven by LUXlife, we spend a great deal of time identifying potentially suitable candidates within their appropriate markets. A publisher-cast nomination doesn’t hold any more weight than a self, or third-party nomination, they all filter through to the research stage in the same manner. If you didn’t self-nominate the nomination will have come from either a third-party vote via our online voting form or, by us the publisher. We run the nomination process via our website entirely anonymously, prohibiting us to provide specific details. Tried and tested over the years, response rates are always higher this way. As we operate in this manner, we run a very rigorous filtering system and do not directly link the number of votes received with success. We store encrypted versions of the IP address associated with the nomination, allowing us to track unusual behaviour.

I’ve accepted the nomination, what happens next?

Once a nomination is accepted, the organisation will be moved on to our shortlist. Shortlisted parties are encouraged to submit supporting materials via our optional questionnaire. This is the perfect opportunity to put forward any specifics you’d like our judging panel to take into consideration before they undertake extensive research for up to 8 weeks.

What are the costs?

There are no obligatory costs in accepting a nomination or winning a LUXlife award. In fact, to demonstrate our commitment to this, all our winners are offered a free of charge promotional package. Our company policy will always remain, regardless of budget, our clients should always be able to leverage the value of the award and our seal of approval. We offer a variety of promotional opportunities to our winners. as we have an extensive network and we know, more than anyone, the wider business benefits from promoting industry awards. It’s important to highlight, all conversations pertaining commercial add-ons are conducted after winners are announced, so there is no possibility an organisation can influence any internal decisions, based on their appetite to spend on marketing; this remains our utmost concern.

Who makes the final decision?

We have an internal panel who assess those shortlisted. The team possesses in excess of 30 years of experience collectively in researching businesses across a range of industry sectors. The team have expertise and experience across a range of fields including journalism, education, technology, marketing, customer relations and the arts. The team are dedicated in their research, in fact-checking and mediation; allowing the panel to operate with efficacy and dependability.

When’s the ceremony?

We do not gather our winners together to present the news. We’re a little bit too new-media for that! All announcements are made digitally, online and across our network. Hosting events and celebration dinners is an expense we’d rather our clients not entertain. We’d much rather keep the cost of our services and products low, so our winners can choose to spend money on marketing that generates real-world value.

So, what happens if I do win?

You get to select the level of coverage that suits you and we set to work to prepare all the relevant elements in time for our public announcement. Our main coverage takes the form of a digital winner’s magazine, but we also offer physical trophies, certificates and varied online packages offering social media exposure. We have a highly experienced editorial and production department who will guide you through this process and give you full control over your eventual coverage.

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Because we send a large volume of emails, we separate our campaign email sends from our transactional ones. This structure helps to ensure a prompt and thorough response from one of our diligent team members. The sending email address will always be recognisable but please contact us via the address on this page if you have any concerns.