The Best of the Best
This beautiful glass statuette was give to all winners of the 2008 Skin Inc. magazine Best of the Best Awards.
2008 marked the third year that Skin Inc. magazine has been holding its Best of the Best Awards competition. This year, we reformulated the Industry award categories and added a voting process to increase reader involvement.
What a success this turned out to be! Nearly 100 spas submitted entries for the five categories and, of those, the top five entries in each category were determined by our panel of neutral industry experts. From there, we posted those top five on www.SkinInc.com, and invited all of our readers and Web users to vote for their top picks. More than 20,000 votes were received, showing the passion and dedication each of the winners and finalists offer. Plus, a significant portion of those people also lent their voices to nominating entries for the Supplier award categories.
Voting for both the Industry and Supplier sides closed on July 13, 2008, and, after much tabulating, those companies with the most votes were named the winners. By using this reader-driven voting system and your input, the Best of the Best Awards is the most unbiased, prestigious honor given in the industry today.
With that, I am proud to announce our 2008 Best of the Best Award Winners. Please note that our finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
Our congratulations go out to all of the above listed spas and companies—you are all winners. Your commitment and dedication to this industry is admirable. This year’s winners will receive a beautiful crystal award to display in their place of business, and all finalists will receive a frameable certificate to showcase their outstanding achievement.
Industry Winners
Best Spa Marketing Campaign
Winner: ESSpa Kozmetika Organic Skincare, Pittsburgh
Finalist: CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La, worldwide locations
Finalist: facelogic Spa, Clovis, California
Finalist: Red Mountain Spa, Ivins, Utah
Finalist: Tranquility Day Spa & Salon, Manassas, Virginia
Most Employee-friendly Spa
Winner: facelogic Spa, Clovis, California
Finalist: Arabella Vitall Day Spa, Puyallup, Washington
Finalist: Blue Water Spa, Raleigh, North Carolina
Finalist: Dolce & Companies Corporation, Chandler, Arizona
Finalist: Relâche Spa at Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee
Best Medical Spa
Winner: Body Perfect LLC, Springfield, Illinois
Finalist: De Paola Lowrance Clinical Skin Care & Laser Center, New York
Finalist: In Your Own Skin Skin Therapy Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Finalist: Innovations MedSpa by Bill J. Johnson, MD, Dallas
Finalist: U. Boutique & Med Spa, Plano, Texas
Best Green Spa
Winner: Silken Tent, Glenview, Illinois
Finalist: Green Spa NY, New York
Finalist: Natural Body Spa and Shoppe, Ashburn, Virginia
Finalist: Natural Body Spa and Shoppe, West End, Washington, D.C.
Finalist: The Spa at Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York
Best New Spa
Winner: Euro Med Spa, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Finalist: Avanti Day Resort, Manalapan, New Jersey
Finalist: facelogic Spa, Clovis, California
Finalist: Majure Skin Care and Wellness Center, Mt. Airy, North Carolina
Finalist: Silken Tent, Glenview, Illinois
