SYDNEY, Australia, April 2010: Australia’s first conservation-based luxury resort, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, has been voted as the world’s most desired newly opened hotel/resort at the prestigious Australian Luxury Travel Gold List 2010 Awards.
In its sixth consecutive year, Luxury Travel’s Gold List Awards received a record-breaking number of votes from its Australian readers. The awards nominate and recognise the world’s best luxury travel including cities, hotels, boutique properties, spas, golf and family resorts.
Opened in October 2009, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa is the only resort in recent history to receive permission to be built adjacent to a World Heritage Area. Combining the expectations of the high-end traveller with a commitment to broader social, ecological and environmental sustainability, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa is redefining what traditional luxury means to travellers.
Joost Heymeijer, General Manager Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa said: ““Wolgan Valley has become an aspirational destination that is driven by an extraordinary location, new luxury and outstanding conservation values. It is simply a unique and unparalleled Australian experience.”
Located between two of Australia’s most prominent national parks and bordering the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, Wolgan Valley was selected by Emirates after an extensive research for a location that lent itself to world-class conservation-based practices. The secluded resort also incorporates the ‘Timeless Spa’ branded facility offering guests world-class spa treatments in a luxurious setting of commanding views of the spectacular the valley below.
The resort has recently become the first hotel in the world to achieve carbon neutral certification from an internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification scheme. Wolgan Valley is also a proud member of Leading Hotels of the World, the world’s largest luxury hospitality organisation, representing more than 450 of the finest hotels, resorts and spas.
