����������� ����������������������������������� London’s historic Café Royal – once a restaurant and meeting place for legends such as Oscar Wilde – is to reopen as a luxury 159-bedroom hotel in June in time for the <strong>2012</strong> Olympics. Following a reported £90m (us$145m, €112m) lease deal and extensive three-year refurbishment, the Regent Street property will relaunch as a member of The Set – a new hotel collection established by property entrepreneurs Alfred and Georgi Akirov. Th e hotel has been designed by London’s David Chipperfi eld Architects and Donald Insall Associates and new additions include the 1,200sq m (12,900sq ft ) twostorey Akasha Holistic Wellbeing Centre day spa with its own dedicated entrance at street level. Th e upper fl oor will feature a yoga studio and gym. Th e lower level, boasting the main facilities, will include a 19m pool and fi ve treatment ������������������������������������������� Work is expected to get underway later this year on a €70m (us$91m, £56m) spa hotel in Lappeenranta, eastern Finland. Th e property will be owned in a joint venture between two Finnish property investment companies – Ultivista and Conte Invest. 24 Read <strong>Spa</strong> <strong>Business</strong> online spabusiness.com / digital London’s historic Café Royal is to include a 1,200sq m wellbeing centre rooms – three with whirlpools – private and public hammams, a sauna and watsu pool. Dutch-based 4Seasons<strong>Spa</strong> provided technical advice as well as wet spa facilities. It also worked on the spa at Th e Set’s Conservatorium Hotel that opened in Amsterdam in December. Details: www.4seasonsspa-pro.com Exact details of the spa facility have not been disclosed, but it is believed that there will be more than 15 treatment rooms, a range of indoor swimming pools, a sauna world and a relaxation area off ering views across Lake Saimaa. Details: www.ultivista.fi ������������������������������������������ Foster + Partners has confirmed that the Hermitage Plaza, a mixed-use development in Paris, France has been granted ‘permis de construire’ – the fi nal approval. The result of a close collaboration with city planning authorities EPAD, the City of Courbevoie, Atelier de Paysage Urbain and Département de Hauts-de-Seine, Hermitage Plaza is the first high-rise development in France. Considered a national project, it is intended to regenerate the area east of La Défense business district with a sustainable, high-density community. Hermitage Plaza incorporates two 320m (1,050ft )-high buildings. Th e twin towers will take the form of interlocking triangles and will enclose a large public piazza. A panoramic spa will be among two wellness centres at Hermitage Plaza Th ere will be 538 apartments, two spa centres – including a panoramic spa – a luxury hotel and offi ce space. For more information on Hermitage Plaza and other Parisian hotel and spa projects, see sb11/3 p64. Details: www.hermitage.fr ����������� ��������� �������������� Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE An event providing a networking and sourcing platform for up to 14,800 regional professionals. Th is year’s event will also host the Middle East <strong>Spa</strong> Awards Tel: +971 4 438 0355 www.thehotelshow.com ��������� ����������������������������� ������������� InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel, New York, USA Th is summit will explore some of the major product sustainability <strong>issue</strong>s facing the beauty/spa industries. Tel: +44 20 8567 0788 www.sustainablecosmeticssummit.com �������� ���������������������������� Aspen Meadows Resort, Aspen, Colorado, USA Held in partnership with the Aspen Institute, the sixth, invitation-only GSWS is themed around Innovation through Imagination and will focus on the future of the global sector. Tel: +1 212 716 1199 www.globalspaandwellnesssummit.org ������� ������������������� Th e Ritz Hotel, Paris, France Now in its fi ft h year, this event is aimed at hotel and spa industry leaders. Tel: +33 1 43 21 05 69 www.forumhotspa.com �������� ��������������������� ���������������������� Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Th e offi cial World Congress <strong>Spa</strong> Society event in Central and South America. Tel: +54 11 4468 0879 www.vitaspaestetica.com �������� ������������������������� ��������������� Monte Casino Ballroom, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa Th e conference off ers a top educational programme for spa, wellness and hospitality professionals in South Africa. Tel: +27 11 447 9959 www.lesnouvellesblog.co.za SPA BUSINESS 2 <strong>2012</strong> © Cybertrek <strong>2012</strong>
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