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Harrington to oversee UK growth of Bliss brand
Seán Harrington, the managing director of Elemis spas and products worldwide, has taken on the responsibility for over- seeing the Bliss brand in the UK. T is follows the acquisition of Bliss
World Holdings Inc (Bliss) by Steiner Leisure – also the parent company of Elemis – in January 2010 for us$100m (€71m, £62.3m). T e Bliss portfolio con- sists of the Bliss and Remède spas and product brands. Harrington joined Elemis, in 1991 and
since then has built up a team and infra- structure to deliver the brand across the globe. See p58 for the full story on the Bliss acquisition and rollout.
St Regis’ in-house spa brand arrives T e very fi rst Iridium Spa will launch at St Regis Lhasa Resort in Tibet
A new in-house concept called Iridium Spa is to be introduced within Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ St Regis brand. Speaking exclusively to Spa Business,
Starwood’s director of global spa brands and programming, Mia Kyricos, said: “Irid- ium Spa is a concept born from the DNA of our brand, originating with the famed Irid- ium Room [a prestigious ballroom] at T e St Regis New York in 1938.” Iridium Spa will fi t with guests who are
the most discerning of Starwood custom- ers being “generally the wealthiest and the most well-travelled” (see SB10/3 p24).
T e fi rst Iridium Spa will debut at T e
St Regis Lhasa Resort in Tibet at the end of 2010. Facilities will include a signature relaxation area – the Iridium Room – as well as a stunning, gold-tiled swimming pool. Further St Regis properties in the pipe-
line for 2011 include one European opening as well as two in China, launching in the fourth quarter. Asia is also a key market for the rollout, followed by EAME. With the Iridium Spa launch, owners will
be able to choose from two spa concepts developed exclusively for St Regis; the other is Bliss World Holdings’ Remède Spa.
Abbajay to lead global spa development at Marriott
Sharilyn Abbajay has been appointed vice-president of global spa and retail at Marriott International. Abbajay, who sits on the executive com-
mittee at ISPA, has 30 years’ experience in the salon and spa industry and once ran her own consultancy. Prior to Marriott, she was the COO of Neill Corporation – an Aveda distributor – where she oversaw 18 Aveda Lifestyle salons and spas. Marriott has been operating and devel-
oping spas for over 20 years, but Abbajay’s appointment signals a renewed interest in the facilities which have become a life- style choice for its hotel guests.
Raffl es unveils three new properties
Fairmont Raffl es’ portfolio is to be further extended with two properties: Raffl es Paris – Le Royal Monceau and Raffl es Makkah Palace in Saudi Arabia, both of which are due to open before the end of 2010. T e Parisian property is located minutes
One of the suites at Raffl es Praslin Seychelles
from the Champs Élysées and will feature interiors by Philippe Starck while the all- suite Makkah Palace is directly adjacent to the Al-Masjid Al-Haram mosque and will off er access to the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba Al Sharifa. All the suites will off er direct views of Al-Masjid Al-Haram.
14 Read Spa Business online
spabusiness.com / digital Elsewhere, Raffl es Praslin will open in
the fi rst quarter of 2011. Situated on the sec- ond largest island in the Seychelles, it will be located close to the Vallée de Mai nature reserve: a UNESCO World Heritage Site. T e resort will feature 86 villas, each with
a private plunge pool. T ere is also a white sand beach overlooking Curieuse Island. T e Raffl es Spa will feature 13 treatment
pavilions among natural rock formations high above the water, off ering spectacular views. T ere will also be an outdoor spa gar- den and pavilion for yoga and pilates.
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