Rabu, 02 Januari 2013

Asia Spa Awards 2012 Winners at Hong Kong

Latitudes Christmas Caption Competition: Win a Stay for Two at the MesaStila Hotel

http://latitudes.nu/latitudes-christmas-caption-competition-win-a-stay-for-two-at-the-fantastic-mesastila-hotel/

Selasa, 25 Desember 2012

Mesa Stila exposed in Germany - 28 November 2012

Entspannen im Herzen einer Kaffeeplantage: Das MesaStila ist ein exklusiver Rückzugsort für Erholungssuchende in Zentraljava

Minggu, 02 Desember 2012

Travel Picks: Top 10 nature breaks around the world

(Reuters) - Escape big-city stress with a chilled-out back-to-nature break. Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) suggest 10 of the best getaways for unwinding in style, from relaxing rural retreats to snow-blessed mountain hideaways and simple seaside sanctuaries.

5. Spa serenity
MesaStila, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

If you fancy a jungle spa stay away from the tourist hordes, MesaStila hotel on Indonesia's main island Java could be just the ticket. Ringed by verdant forest and eight easy-on-the-eye volcanoes, this serene garden-set retreat was once a Dutch colonial coffee plantation. Now its 22 elegant villas promise to calm you down rather than rev you up, thanks to the award-winning spa, which uses estate-grown products in its treatments, a hammam, yoga classes and view-blessed pool. The culture-rich town of Yogyakarta is nearby for a hit of dance, art or music, and famous Buddhist temple Borobudur is also within easy reach. (here)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/16/us-travel-picks-nature-idUKBRE8AF0QH20121116

Rabu, 21 November 2012

MesaStila Wins Coveted Award and is Shortlisted for Two Others in the 8th Annual Asia Spa Awards in Hong Kong

MesaStila again demonstrated the differentiation, uniqueness and innovation of its concept and brand in winning a coveted category of the Asia Spa Awards – Holistic Treatment of the Year. The Baccarat trophy was presented as many spas, hotels, resorts, retreats, academies, personalities and products vied to excel in their intensely competitive fields, to stand out from among their equally impressive peers.

The awards paid homage not only to achievements in luxury standards, but also to innovation, ecological awareness, and exceeding the benchmark in spa training.

In the category that MesaStila won, the key elements of the award were for: developing a treatment that treated the person as a whole, attending to their physical, emotional, spiritual and mental wellbeing; a commitment to research of holistic methodologies; the essential health benefits of the treatment; going above industry norms and using natural resources and indigenous rituals, specific to the region.

This award-winning treatment, Traditional Jamu and Harmonic Healing: amalgamates the ideal of Jamu, which is created by MesaStila’s traditional Tabib-Jamu, with a relaxing harmonic healing treatment, where in the Buddhist tradition of singing bowls are combined with a gentle oil massage. After the massage, the guest will consume the herbal Jamu and recuperate in the rest area in one the Hammam’s.

Vivienne Tang, Editor-in-Chief of AsiaSpa magazine said after the event: “2012 has been a very interesting year for the spa industry, with many new brands and spa additions. We've never received so many nomination entries like we did this year, and it has been a truly thrilling experience to see who eventually took home an award."

This year MesaStila not only won one coveted award but was shortlisted for two others: Spa Retreat of the Year and Spa Cuisine of the Year; both won by other luxury five-star properties in Asia; which furthermore highlights the depth of MesaStila’s excellence and obvious differentiation as a developing spa and wellbeing retreat.

A place of transformation… Hidden-away in twenty-two hectares (fifty-five acres) of gardens and pristine coffee plantation, MesaStila has supported nearly 100 years of habitation in its various forms - from plantation owners to resort guests. This heritage site blends Colonial, Javanese and Contemporary architecture in a property that is over eight hundred meters above the plains of Central Java - where all the private villas and public spaces are surrounded by lush vegetation, amazing views and immersed in exotic warmth.