Six Senses Wins Global Tourism Business Tourism For Tomorrow Award

Six Senses Resorts & Spas is a resort and spa management and development company that operates luxury properties primarily in the Maldives, Oman, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Six Senses currently has ten resorts, with five more scheduled to open in 2008 in other countries, in addition to 20 Six Senses Spas. Employees, more than 1000, are known as ‘hosts’ within the company, and sustainability is integrated into all aspects of the business model, reflecting the company’s core mission – to create innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment.

Six Senses’ sustainability programme – known as Social and Environment Conscience – is comprehensive and systematic, including protection of the environment and supporting the well-being of communities. Their focus is on four key areas: Holistic Environmental Management Programme, Social and Environmental Responsibility Fund, Environmental Awareness and Capacity Development, and Corporate Partnership Programme.

Accepting the award was Six Senses Resorts & Spas Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr Sonu Shivdasani. In a speech of appreciation, Shivdasani said, “It is a privilege and honour for Six Senses to be recognized for our ongoing best practices in sustainable tourism development.

Six Senses Resorts & Spas achievement in being recognised as the winner further supports the uncompromised commitment to our core purpose, which is: To create innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment.

I share the award with the hosts at all of our properties managed under the brands Soneva, Six Senses Hideaway, Six Senses Latitude and Evason, plus Six Senses Spa and Six Senses Destination Spa.”

Six Senses Says…

* We display fairness and integrity, and foster mutual trust and care in our dealings with our employees, our business partners and our clients.
* We try to deal with others as we would want them to deal with us, and others.
* We foster the development of all our employees; we respect each other’s contribution and importance.
* We are continuously evolving and striving to better ourselves through a passion for self-improvement and learning.
* We create a sense of pride and a feeling of “ownership” amongst our hosts and each host strides to own and immediately resolve guest problems.
* We are in harmony with the environment and our cultural surroundings.
* We contribute our resources, both financial and human to help better the environment and the community, which we live in.
* We are creative and innovative.
* We create a work environment of teamwork and imaginative service so that the needs of our guests and each other are met.
* We are involved in the planning of the work that affects us.
* We appeal to all the Six Senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch … and beyond…)
* We believe in Intelligent Luxury, Innovative Style, Redefining Experiences and Balancing Senses.
* We really enjoy ourselves.
* We believe in Intelligent Luxury, Redefining Experiences, Enriching Life and Balancing Senses.

All of this is carried out while providing guests with an outstanding luxury vacation experience in some of the world’s most spectacular settings.
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