GoldenEye gears up for mid-November debut
Nick Simmonds has been appointed man- aging director of the GoldenEye resort and spa in Jamaica ahead of its mid-No- vember launch. Most recently, Simmonds was the general manager at T e Cotton House in Mustique. When completed, the GoldenEye resort
– which was the former home of James Bond author Ian Fleming – will include 23 guest units among 52 acres (21 hectares) of coastline, lagoons and tropical gardens. Within the next year, there will
also be a spa off ering created at Golden- Eye with the design and spa menu based on the two themes of nature and the surrounding environment.
Anantara’s extensive global development A total of seven new resorts will open by the end of 2011 including Anantara Uluwatu in Bali
Developer and operator Anantara Hotels, Resorts and Spas is to extend its portfolio of luxury resorts and spas across Asia, the Indian Ocean region and the Middle East to include 50 hotels in the next fi ve years. A total of seven new resorts in China, the
Maldives, Oman, Indonesia and the UAE will open by the end of 2011. T ey will include Anantara Kihavah Vil-
las in the Maldives. Opening in January 2011, it will boast 78 over-water beach suites and a signature Anantara Spa. Also featuring the signature spa brand, Anantara Al Madina A’Zarqa Resort in
Oman will be set on a peninsula in the Gulf of Oman and open in March 2011. T e group’s fi rst venture into China will
be the Anantara Sanya Resort and Spa in south China, which will open in April 2011. Located on Hainan Island, the resort will be fl anked by two beaches, Ziaodonghai Bay and Luhuitou Park. On the south-western tip of Bali, the
Anantara Uluwatu resort and spa will open in mid-2011 with 77 suites. Finally, there is also the Al Barari by
Anantara and T e Al Yamm by Anantara, both on Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Hilton reveals a new global spa concept
Hilton Hotels & Resorts (HH&R) has unveiled a new global spa con- cept called eforea: spa at Hilton. T e turnkey solution is intended
to provide owners and operators with a spa that is both easy to implement and customise. A notable eforea design element
will be a cocoon-like Vichy shower room with signature curved walls. Other features will include inte- grated music speakers in all treatment rooms, plus an aroma-dif- fusing system to disperse signature scents. Another highlight will be custom-design
Eforea’s Arrival Lounge will boast bespoke lighting T e inaugural eforea has opened at Short
lighting in the spa’s Arrival Lounge that bright- ens as guests walk from treatment rooms. The global head of the HH&R brand,
Dave Horton, commented: “With more than 80 spas in our pipeline, eforea has the potential to evolve the spa segment of our industry on a global scale.”
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Hills, New Jersey, US, with a worldwide roll- out to follow in T ailand, Australia, Japan, the Maldives and the UAE. Elsewhere within the group, Keith Bur-
net has leſt his role as global vice-president of fi tness and spa to become the joint CEO of newly launched budget chain easyGym. His position at Hilton will not be replaced.
T e new facility is located at Lime Wood
The Herb House ready to debut in the New Forest
A 22,000sq ſt (2,044sq m) spa called T e Herb House opened in early November at Lime Wood in the New Forest, UK. Product houses include Irish brand
Voya and natural skincare brand NUDE. Treatments will also use the Bamford beauty range by Daylesford Organic – the exclusive luxury farming company. T is is the fi rst time that Daylesford’s organic spa treatments have been off ered outside its own wellness facility. T e Herb House spa, which comprises
10 treatments rooms, includes designs by David Collins Studio.
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L’Occitane to enter Indian spa market
French brand L’Occitane is to enter the Indian market in partnership with Devi Resorts with three spas in Rajasthan. T e Devi Spa by L’Occitane treatments will incorporate ingredients from Rajasthan, combined with L’Occitane formulae. T e spas will be located in the Devi Garh Pal- ace in Udaipur, the Devi Ratn Resort in Jaipur and the Rasa Resort, also in Jaipur, which will feature luxury tents with spa pavilions. See p50 for a spa camp focus.
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