Spotlight on Cebu Province
Badian Island Resort and
Spa Recognized
PUBLISHED: JUNE 2009

CEBU-BASED BADIAN Island Resort and Spa was recently ranked as the world's eighth best spa by the Asia Spa Magazine, thereby recognizing a Philippine facility as “among the world's best.”

Badian Island Resort and Spa is at Badian Bay, some five minutes away from southwestern Cebu.

"Aside from the tranquil setting and beautiful scenery, world-class Badian boasts of its Badehaus where spa treatment use centuries’ old blends and recipes combined with modern techniques," the Department of Tourism (DOT) says in a prepared statement.

Asia Magazine listed the 10 best spas in the world as Le Taha’a Private Island in French Polynesia; Soneva Fushi Resort in Maldives; Pangkor Laut Resort in Perak Island, Malaysia; The Racha in Thailand; Parrot Cay in Turks and Caicos Islands, Carribean; Evason Hideaway and Six Senses Spa at Ana Mandara in Vietnam; Badian Island Resort and Spa; The Sentosa Resort and Spa at Sentosa Island in Singapore; and the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel and Spa in Hawaii in USA.

Earlier, in 2005, the Philippines bagged five top prizes in the Baccarat AsiaSpa Awards, including the Spa Association of the Year award for the Spa Association of the Philippines, Medi-Spa of the Year and Spa Retreat of the Year award for the Farm at San Benito, and the Destination Spa of the Year and Spa Treatment of the Year for Mandala Spa in Boracay.
The DOT hopes to promote the development of seven areas in the country as spa resort destinations, particularly Laguna Bay; Tiwi, Albay; Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa in Palawan; Coron Island, Palawan; Mambucal, Murcia, Negros Occidental; Malabuyoc, Cebu; and Camiguin Island.