Kabir Aliri, the renowned Spa Manager of The Gainsborough Bath Spa, has been awarded the prestigious title of Spa Manager of the Year at the Boutique Hotelier Awards 2018.
Kabir heads up the award-winning Spa Village at the five-star Bath hotel, and was recognised this year for his hands-on approach and minute attention to detail, which has led the spa to a number of impressive successes since its opening in 2015.
Boutique Hotelier is one of the hotel industry’s leading magazines, and is a source for keeping up to date with all trends shaping the hospitality sector.
This year saw the fifth annual awards take place, with many leaders in the industry attending to recognise and reward staff excellence.
Following a nomination process, the award winners were selected by a board of carefully chosen judges, and Kabir was awarded the accolade out of a shortlist of five UK Spa Managers.
At the Gainsborough Bath Spa, Kabir leads a team of 31 therapists, senior therapists, trainers, spa concierge and attendants.
He is renowned for being a hands-on manager, and still performs many of the treatments himself, including the famous immersive water experience, the Freedom Treatment.
Under Kabir’s guidance and continued efforts, the spa has won a number of awards, both in the consumer and trade sectors, including the 2018 Conde Nast Traveller Readers’ Travel Awards, and Tatler Spa Awards Bathing Beauty Award in 2016.
Editor of Boutique Hotelier, Zoe Monk, commented: “We had a record number of nominations this year, with all winners and finalists thorough deserving their place in the awards.
“Kabir impressed the judges with his attention to detail and savvy approach to maintaining standards at The Gainsborough Bath Spa, which is widely known as one of the best in the business.”
The only member of The Leading Hotels of the World in the South West of England, The Gainsborough Bath Spa is one of YTL Hotels’ most significant openings to date.
Today, The Gainsborough Bath Spa stands as YTL Hotels’ first Classic Hotel in Europe, as well as the sole hotel in the UK to have exclusive access to Bath’s natural thermal mineral waters.
