Spa Business issue 2 2012 - Leisure Opportunities

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Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has added
two new Vivanta by Taj-branded spa resorts
in India – in Bekal, northern Kerala, and
in Begumpet, Hyderabad.
Both resorts include Taj’s signature Jivaspas.
Th e Vivanta by Taj, Bekal resort is
home to a Jiva Grande Spa, which is spread
over 165,000sq ft (15,000sq m) and has single
and double treatment rooms, beauty
treatment rooms, and relaxation pools.
Vivanta by Taj Begumpet, Hyderabad
incorporates a 950sq ft (88sq m) spa with
two treatment rooms and a fi tness centre.
Th e Vivanta brand launched in September
2010 and is positioned in the luxury, upperupscale
market. A spokesperson said there
is no individual spa brand for Vivanta, with
each to include a Jiva or Jiva Grande spa.
Details: www.vivantabytaj.com
Th e spa now boasts 18 hydrotherapy cabins
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Espace Henri Chenot, the destination spa
created by alternative health specialist Henri
Chenot at Palace Merano Italy, has reopened
following an extensive overhaul.
Part of a wider multi-million euro investment
in the hotel, the scheme included 24
new treatment rooms. The majority of
work has been carried out on the spa’s wet
area – 18 of the new rooms are dedicated
to hydrotherapy and have been equipped
with an adapted version of Unbescheiden’s
Caracalla massage bath, as well as its
Jouvence dry fl oat bed (see p90).
Th e baths have been altered to complement
Chenot’s biontologia method – which mixes
Chinese and western medical techniques in
a three-phase hydro-energetic cure comprising
an underwater massage with additives, a
body wrap and jet shower session.
Starpool of Italy also supplied equipment,
while France-based Michel Jouannet
worked on the project’s design aspects.
Overall, the spa has been extended by
500sq m (5,382sq ft ) and other new facilities
also include a peeling room for scrubs.
Details: www.palace.it
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Bask, a spa and wellbeing
concept, has been exclusively
developed by mind body day
spa chain Exhale for Revel –
a us$2.4bn (€1.6bn, £1.5bn)
resort in Atlantic City, New
Jersey in the US.
The 32,000sq ft (2,973sq
m) sanctuary has a 3,000sq
ft (279sq m) coed bathhouse
at its core. Here guests can
socialise and unwind in a salt
grotto, hammam, steamrooms
and heated mineral pools.
Bask also has 32 therapy
rooms and a fitness centre
will host Exhale’s signature
barre-based Core Fusion® and yoga classes. A
Bathhouse Bar, serving refreshing beverages,
and lounge completes the off er.
Th e spa stocks products by 302, Actifi rm,
Tata Harper, ISClinical and Sircuit – the
fi ve skincare lines which are already used in
Exhale facilities. Meanwhile, treatments range
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Construction is underway
on the zar1.5bn (us$188m,
€145m, £117m) Sandton Skye
lifestyle development in the
fi nancial hub of Johannesburg
in South Africa.
Th e luxury residential and
hotel scheme has been designed
by local architects AMA and
includes a zar8m (us$1m,
€773,900, £622,450) wellness
spa featuring modern African
and eastern design styles.
Spanning 450sq m (4,844sq
ft ), the spa will accommodate
12 treatment rooms, a fitness
centre and indoor and
outdoor pools. Treatments will focus on hydrotherapy,
fi sh therapy and those by African
product house Th eraVine.
South Africa-based Simply Spas – the fi rm
behind the Lanzarec (see sb09/4 p32) and
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Atkins, the UK-based engineering and design
fi rm, has completed a masterplan of Th e Medical
City – a major healthcare facility in Oman.
Apex Medical Group is leading the project,
with the complex to occupy a site covering
nearly 1sq km by the Arabian Sea. Facilities
A 3,000sq ft co-ed bathroom will be at the heart of Revel’s new Bask spa
from hydrating facials through to therapeutic
massages and acupuncture.
Exhale currently has 19 spa across the US,
including three in Boston and seven in New
York. It also has a spa at the Gansevoort Turks
+ Caicos resort in the Caribbean. Details:
www.revelresorts.com, www.exhale.com
Th e luxury lifestyle development has been designed by AMA Architects
Oceana spas – will consult on Sandton Skye’s
spa element and manage it once complete.
Th e complex, with three 15-storey residential
towers, is scheduled to open in 2014.
Details: www.sandtonskye.com
include a hotel and a spa, although further
details are yet to be confi rmed.
The spa facility will be available to the
public, while the 375-bedroom hotel is to be
positioned at the high-end of the market.
Details: www.atkinsglobal.com
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