With an overall score of 95.7, AYANA topped the list of the 20 Best Resorts in Asia and ranked 42 of the 100 Best Resorts in the World, in the magazine’s annual Readers’ Survey. The survey collated 8 million votes from discerning travelers across all categories to make it the travel industry’s most extensive and prestigious compendium of the world’s best destinations and places to stay. Armed with the slogan ‘Truth in Travel’, Conde Nast Traveler is the world’s leading travel publication, with some 800,000 paid subscribers and audited circulation of 3.5 million.

“These awards reflect the combined opinions of 28,876 Condé Nast Traveler readers rating the cities, islands, and hotels they visited in the past year, and the airlines and cruise ships they traveled with. For its range and depth, the Readers’ Choice Awards are a unique and trusted source of advice globally,” the magazine said on its website www.concierge.com, where the full list of results is available. The results will also be released in the November issue of the print edition.

AYANA General Manager Charles de Foucault thanked travelers for their continuing support since the resort rebranded in April 2009, when it was brought under the management of West Paces Hotel Group led by Horst Schulze.

“This award reaffirms the vision and excellence of our owner and the leadership of West Paces Hotel Group, but most of all it reflects our guests’ recognition of the passion, care and dedication of our 900+ staff, ” said Charles. “While AYANA’s facilities and amenities are world-class, it is really our staff who have won this award. They do not think of awards when they serve our guests, but they are the living example of Maya Angelou’s famous quote, ‘People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ The awards are a byproduct of their natural care and dedication to provide a memorable stay for every guest, and so I congratulate all of our staff for this well-deserved recognition; they are Asia’s Best.”

The award is one of several accolades bestowed upon the resort recently. AYANA was voted Indonesia’s Leading Resort and Indonesia’s Leading Spa Resort in the World Travel Awards last month, while Rock Bar was voted Bali’s Best Sunset Venue at The Yak Readers’ Awards.

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About AYANA Resort and Spa

Named after a ‘place of refuge’ in Sanskrit, AYANA is perched on limestone cliffs up to 30 meters above the Indian Ocean near Jimbaran Bay on Bali’s south-western peninsula. The 77-hectare property enjoys majestic views and a secluded location across its 1.3 kilometer coastline, yet is just 15 minutes from Bali’s airport. The 368 guestrooms comprise 78 private pool villas and a 290-room hotel.

Resort highlights include the 22,000sqm Thermes Marins Thalasso spa with one of the world’s largest Aquatonic Seawater Therapy Pools and the Spa on the Rocks villas set amidst the Indian Ocean. There are five purpose-built wedding venues; the avant-garde Champa Garden for grand-scale events; four freshwater swimming pools including a children’s pool; a salt-water, infinity-edged Ocean Beach Pool at the cliff’s base, accessed via an inclinator; 13 dining venues; 18-hole golf putting course; tennis pavilion; jogging/cycling path; fitness center; children’s center; perfume-making studio and boutiques; comprehensive meeting facilities and business center; and resort-wide WIFI.

Awards include:

CONDE NAST TRAVELER

2011 Readers’ Choice Awards: Best Resort in Asia, Top 100 Resorts in the World (#42)

2010 Readers’ Choice Awards: #1 Spa Resort in the World

2011 & 2010 Gold List: World’s Best Hotels and Resorts

WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS

2011 Indonesia’s Leading Resort & Indonesia’s Leading Spa Resort

2010 Asia’s Leading Luxury Resort & Asia’s Leading Luxury Villa (AYANA Villa)

DESTINASIAN READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

2011 #1 Resort Spa in Asia-Pacific
#2 Best Hotel in Bali

TRAVEL + LEISURE – WORLD’S BEST HOTEL VALUES

2010 Top 20 Hotels for Value Overall