The Awards of Excellence, organized by FIT Summit, recognise leading companies and executives from across the health, fitness, wellness and hospitality ecosystem in the Asia Pacific Region. This year with 12 award categories, each award is given based on the companies’ achievements and successes during 2019.
The Awards of Excellence, organized by FIT Summit, recognise leading companies and executives from across the health, fitness, wellness and hospitality ecosystem in the Asia Pacific Region. This year with 12 award categories, each award is given based on the companies’ achievements and successes during 2019.
The finalists have been chosen by 50 industry judges who picked the following as benchmarks of success with their 2019 performance:
(1) APP OF THE YEAR
- Calm
- ClassPass
- SWEAT
- Yoga Movement App
(2) DEAL OF THE YEAR
- Evolution Wellness acquires FIRE Fitness
- Vista acquires Mindbody
- Viva Leisure’s IPO on the ASX
- IHG’s Acquisition of Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
(3) NEW ENTRY OF THE YEAR
- Barry’s Bootcamp
- GoFit
- Keepme
- TFX
(4) SPORT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
- Development of Sport Singapore’s ‘GET Active! Singapore’ sports festival
- Launch of Global Esports Federation in Singapore
- IRONMAN’s Enhancements of the Singapore Marathon
- ONE Championship and Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) – Grassroots Development of Muay Thai
(5) TECHNOLOGY COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- ClassPass
- FitBit
- Myzone
- Technogym
(6) FRANCHISE OF THE YEAR
- Anytime Fitness Asia
- F45
- Ritual Gym
- Snap Fitness
(7) CORPORATE WELLNESS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
- AIA Vitality
- Wellteq
- Mindvalley
- UFIT
(8) HOTEL/RESORT OF THE YEAR
- Accor
- Como Hotels and Resorts
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Six Senses Hotels, Resorts and Spas
(9) FITNESS/WELLNESS COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Evolution Wellness
- True Group
- WeBarre
- Yoga Movement
(10) RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
- Anabel Chew and Linda Tang, Co-Founders, WeBarre
- Jack Thomas, CEO, BASE
- Peter Thew, Co-founder, Yoga Movement
- Sonia Cheng, CEO, Rosewood Hotel Group
(11) EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
- Benjaporn Karoonkornsakul, Founder and CEO, The Absolute Group
- Ingo Schweder, CEO and Founder, GOCO Hospitality
- Sean Tan, Director, True Group
- Simon Flint, CEO, Evolution Wellness
The 12th category, “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” is given to Phillip Mills, Founder and Executive Director of Les Mills for his over 40-year career and exceptional achievements that brought fitness to the next level.
Winners will be announced in front of 400 guests at the Asia Pacific’s Fitness & Wellness Awards dinner and ceremony that will take place on the evening of 3 August at Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.
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