Personal awards
Spa Leader of the Year 2023
World Spa & Wellness Awards — for the work at VAIR Spa, Borgo Egnazia.
It is the only individual award of the ceremony: every other award that year went to properties and groups.
Hall of Wellness Awards 2020
Director/Manager category — Europe & United Kingdom.
Black Diamond Award 2018
Forum HOTel&Spa, Paris — the European award for spa manager of the year, assigned by an international jury.
Won representing GOCO Spa at the JW Marriott Venice, against the spa directors of Hôtel de Crillon, Victoria-Jungfrau, Monte Carlo Bay and InterContinental Le Grand.
Read the article on Spa Business →
Black Diamond Award 2018, Forum HOTel&Spa, Paris.
Awards to the properties I led
Haute Grandeur Global Spa Awards 2020 — VAIR Spa, Borgo Egnazia
SPA Star 2020, Spa Star Plus category — VAIR Spa, Borgo Egnazia
The World Luxury Awards, SPA Global Winner Best Medical Spa — 1711 Ti Sana Detox Retreat & SPA
These are awards to the property, won during the years of my direction. I keep them separate from the personal awards because it is a distinction our industry notices.
The projects have been covered in Vogue, Condé Nast Traveller, Forbes and The Telegraph.
Credentials
The ICF credentials are public and verifiable. Click on the badge to open the official page.
Training
Certified Professional Coach Program — International Coach Academy, 2021. 125 hours of training ICF approved. See the certificate →
Team and Group Coaching — International Coach Academy, 2024. See the certificate →
The Science of Well-Being — Yale University, 2020. See the certificate →
The Science of Happiness (GG101x) — BerkeleyX, 2023. See the certificate →
Positive Psychology — University of Pennsylvania, 2021. Three courses: Resilience Skills, Applications and Interventions, Martin E. P. Seligman's Visionary Science.
The Horse Course: Introduction to Basic Care and Management — University of Florida, 2024. See the certificate →
On the ICF register and titles prior to 2025 the name is Erica D'Angelo.
Press
Twelve titles that interviewed me or quoted me directly.
Vogue — february 2020
Interviewed about the Happiness Break: "We get it wrong when we confuse happiness with success."
Condé Nast Traveller — The Spa Guide 2020, march 2020
Credited as the creator of Borgo Egnazia's Happiness Break.
Forbes — october 2020
A portrait of the method: "Restriction causes stress. That's why diets don't work."
The Daily Telegraph — january 2020
Interview on the origin of the Happiness Break, in both the print and the online edition.
Glamour — october 2019
Review of Borgo Egnazia's Happiness Break.
European Spa — december 2019
Quoted on the Blue Zones certification: Borgo Egnazia is the first property in the world to obtain it.
Professional Beauty — february 2020
Announcement of the talk at the Resort Spas Situation Room, with a statement.
Psychologies — april 2020
Signed contribution: "Move in a way you love".
Alberto Apostoli — The SPA Blog · italian
Interview in the series "The best Italian spa managers", by Italy's best-known spa architect.
Suite — n. 198, 2020 · italian
One of four experts in the "Rethinking Wellbeing" focus, with a dedicated interview.
Wellness Design — june 2020 · italian
Interview: "Erica D'Angelo, Wellbeing Director at Borgo Egnazia".
Dove - Viaggi del Corriere - february 2013 · italian
Listed among Italy's best wellness farmhouse retreats.
A note on the name
Until 2026 I published and received these awards as Erica D'Angelo. It is the same name under which I am registered on the public ICF register.