{"id":5586,"date":"2024-04-22T16:20:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:21:37","slug":"citizen-journalism-water-stone-winner-world-spa-wellness-awards-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/citizen-journalism-water-stone-winner-world-spa-wellness-awards-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"CITIZEN JOURNALISM &#8211; Water Stone WINNER. World Spa &amp; Wellness Awards 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5586\" class=\"elementor elementor-5586\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332a70d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"332a70d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6535b3a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6535b3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3697cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3697cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> \u201cPIEDRA DE AGUA\u201d FROM ECUADOR WINS SPA OF THE YEAR OF THE AMERICAS AWARD<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdd1c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bdd1c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Last Sunday, April 3, in London, England, the WORLD SPA &amp; WELLNESS award ceremony was held. \u00a0Launched in 2012, the World Spa &amp; Wellness Awards, recognized as the Oscars of Spas, honor and reward the work that spas do around the world, honoring the wellness industry in Western Europe and Scandinavia, the Middle East and Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia. The organizers indicate that this is one of the main honors in the industry, and that the awards recognize excellence in care, sustainability, service and quality, as well as serve to inspire spas around the world, helping to raise the global industry standards; this time Cuenca with Piedra de Agua took first place.<\/p><p>\u00a0After a long process of selection, documentation and tests with great satisfaction, it was learned that the winner of the SPA of the Year category for LAS AMERICAS went to the ECUADORIAN company, PIEDRA DE AGUA &#8211; FUENTE TERMAL &amp; SPA TERMAL, located in the Ba\u00f1os de the city of Cuenca, Ecuador in the category: SPA OF THE YEAR: NORTH &amp; SOUTH AMERICA.<\/p><p>\u00a0Ing. Pablo Dur\u00e1n, Manager of Piedra de Agua recognizes that this award is not only received by Piedra de Agua, but also by Ecuador and our beautiful Cuenca, as a national pride that reinforces our tourism potential and that places us in the tourist arena. worldwide, he also stated that this recognition will undoubtedly serve to promote the name of our country in all the media dedicated to the tourism industry, wellness and especially health tourism.<\/p><p>\u00a0Piedra de Agua and Lapinha Spa in the independent SPA category of Brazil, were the only two American companies to receive the award.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8675bba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8675bba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8bce5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8bce5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/279133021_10161662303114465_7791798038560445106_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5587\" alt=\"piedra de agua 2 - Issue 40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/279133021_10161662303114465_7791798038560445106_n.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/279133021_10161662303114465_7791798038560445106_n-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/279133021_10161662303114465_7791798038560445106_n-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/279133021_10161662303114465_7791798038560445106_n-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf57e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcf57e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0The World Spa &amp; 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