Mandara Spa Asia

Mandara Spa is a global spa development and management company, operating mostly within hotels and resorts and on-board cruise ships. Mandara Spa spans the market range, from elegant villas in luxurious boutique hotels to modern spa clubs in city hotels. Each spa is tailored in design and service approach to the style, needs and expectations of the hotel’s management and its clientele. Mandara Spa was founded in Bali, Indonesia in 1995 and was one of the pioneers of the tropical Asian spa style, based on natural products, tropical settings and open-air spa suites for couples. The first Mandara Spa opened in May 1996 at The Chedi (now Alila Ubud) in Ubud, Bali. In 1998, Mandara Spa formed a US based division, headquartered in Hawaii, to develop spas in Micronesia, Hawaii and the Pacific. The name Mandara comes from an ancient Sanskrit legend about the gods’ quest to claim Tirta Sanjiwani – a powerful holy water that held the secret of immortality and eternal youth. The legend pitches good against evil as it tells of the ten stages of destruction and the eventual return to harmony. In this legend, Mandara Giri is a sacred mountain from which Tirta Sanjiwani flows.