CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu Wins Two SpaFinder 2010 Awards
October 20, 2010 - CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu won two prestigious 2010 SpaFinder Readers' Choice Awards for the category of 'Top 10 Favourite Spa Treatment - Pulau Bayu Retreat' and 'Favourite Spa in Malaysia'.
The SpaFinder Readers' Choice Awards is an annual award where readers cast a record number of votes and is considered the most thorough and independent assessment of spas worldwide. “Winning not one but two Readers' Choice Awards is truly a remarkable and memorable achievement for us. We are very happy to be recognized by the readers of SpaFinder for this award,” mentions Andrew Steele, general manager of Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa, Kota Kinabalu.
This year, Readers' Choice Awards were presented to spas in 35 countries/regions, a record number that included awards for favourite spa in China Mainland and Hong Kong, Turkey, Malaysia, Russia and Central America.
SpaFinder is an award-winning 360-degree media company dedicated to the global spa marketplace and cited by the New York Times as a milestone in the growth of the worldwide spa industry; both Forbes and USA Today have chosen SpaFinder.com as the best website for spa travel.




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