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Nicaraguan alliance for Grupo Mariana
T e Grupo Mariana Family of Resorts and Wyndham Worldwide Hotels & Resorts have gone into partnership to create the us$30m (€24.4m, £20.3m), 330- bedroom Wyndham Mariana Resort & Casino in Nicaragua. It will be one of the centrepieces of the Seaside Mariana Spa & Golf Resort development. Located on the Pacifi c Coast, the 923-
acre (374-hectare) Seaside Mariana off ers more than a mile of beachfront and fea- ture condominiums, villas and a ‘town centre’ with shops and restaurants. It will also include a destination spa, an equestrian centre and Nicaragua’s fi rst Jack Nicklaus signature golf course.
Rainforest Spa being built in St Lucia T e spa rooms will be located in the rainforest at the base of a World Heritage-listed mountain
T e Jalousie Plantation Sugar Beach on the Caribbean island of St Lucia is to unveil its new Rainforest Spa in October 2010. T e us$2m (€1.6m, £1.3m) spa will be situ-
ated at the base of the World Heritage-listed Petit Piton mountain, surrounded by a rain- forest. It has been designed by Caribbean architects Lane Pettigrew Associates, in col- laboration with the plantation’s owner Roger Myers, and will have a strong Caribbean aesthetic with contemporary elements. T e central focus of the spa will be an
open-air relaxation gazebo suspended over running water at the base of Petit
Piton along with six tree house treatment gazebos, which will be tucked into the rain- forest. Other facilities available will include a wet treatment room, a beauty salon and a temascal (an earthen steamroom) warmed by volcanic spring water. Product houses for the spa are still being
researched, but the aim is to fi nd a range which has a strong emphasis on organic and natural elements. In June 2010, Julia Leone was appointed
as the plantation’s new director of health and wellness and brings more than 30 years of spa experience to the role.
Raya Spa in Koh Samui due to open in August
T e Sareeraya Villas and Suites, located on the northern end of Chaweng Beach in Koh Samui, T ailand, is set to open a spa this month. Raya Spa will boast four spacious
suites – two single and two T ai mas- sage rooms for couples or individuals
– each with a whirlpool and steamroom. T ere will also be a fi tness area. Treatments such as T ai, Chinese and Indian therapies epitomise the region’s
“modern Asian culture”. T e signature Royal T ai Massage is based on a more gentle technique that was designed to treat T ai royalty or the upper classes.
Roman-themed spa to debut in Puglia
Egnathia Spa, a luxury facility that has been inspired by the bathhouses of ancient Rome, is to open at a resort in Puglia, Italy. Created by spa consultants Raison d’Etre
(see SB06/3 p66), the spa will open by 2011 at the Borgo Egnazia Golf and Spa Resort, which sits between mountains and olive groves near the Adriatic Sea. An initial development phase – a 63-bed-
T e two-storey spa has 12 treatment rooms
room hotel and 28 villas – was completed in May, while 72 townhouses will open by 2011. A “celebration of Puglian architec- ture, history and tradition”, the 19,375sq ſt
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(1,800sq m), two-storey spa will feature 12 treatment rooms. T ere will also be a wet area with a tepidarium, caldarium, frigi- darium and two scrub rooms. A mani-pedi area, barber shop, hair salon,
meditation room, exercise studio, gym, café and bookshop will complete the off er. T e spa will utilise the citrus fruits native
to the region: treatment rooms will be infused with their scent and lemon, lime and orange oils will be incorporated into a wide range of facials, wraps and scrubs. Other products will be supplied by Sodashi.
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