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new spa hotel development proposed for Carmarthen


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An independently-owned spa hotel could be built in Carmarthen aſter the Welsh Assembly Government agreed to sell a 7.5- acre (3-hectare) site to Gryphon Leisure. Te luxury 100-bedroom property would


be developed in two phases – subject to planning permission; the first of which comprising 60 rooms opening by 2013. A further 40 rooms would be added


under the second stage, which would be completed a year later. A bespoke health spa and function suite are also mooted.


The Herb House spa launches peTe HAymAn


Lime Wood in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, has unveiled Te Herb House – a new 22,000sq ft (2,044sq m) spa located across three floors. Offering a wide number


of holistic and ayurvedic- inspired therapies, the new spa incorporates eight single treatment rooms and a private double treatment room with steamroom and garden. The Bath House double


treatment room with indoor pool and steamroom; a Caldarium; a hydropool; Te Mud House; and Te Massive Forest Sauna are among the facilities at the Herb House. Elsewhere, a rooſtop herbary with sun deck


and meditation area; the Outdoor Steaming Hot Pool; and a Technogym-supplied fitness area are also on offer, in addition to an indoor swimming pool opening onto a sun terrace.


Te new spa will include 10 treatment rooms


Qhotels invests in norton park spa improvements


Tom wAlkeR


UK-based hotel operator Qhotels is invest- ing £100,000 in carrying out improvements to the spa at its Norton Park Hotel in Sutton Scotney in Hampshire. When it reopens in March, the spa will


include ten treatment rooms, a relaxation area, swimming pool, sauna, steamroom, ice fountain and a nail bar as well as an experience shower. Each treatment rooms will have its own


shower and guests can also use the hotel’s fully-equipped health and fitness suite.


Steiner signs Sainsbury’s deal for mandara


Tom wAlkeR


Steiner Leisure, which owns the Elemis, Mandara and Bliss brands of spa products, has agreed a distribution deal for its new Mandara Spa range with UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. Te new Mandara Spa products will be


available from 14 March and will follow the opening of the UK’s first Mandara-branded spa at London’s Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel in February.


12 Lime Wood in Lyndhurst has opened its new 22,000sq ſt Herb House spa Four different brands are used in the treat-


ments at Te Herb House, such as Voya, Nude, Tri Dosha and farming company Daylesford Organic’s Bamford range. Te spa, which opened in December, was


designed by David Collins Studio and comple- ments the 29-bedroom Lime Wood hotel.


Fish pedicure safety to be investigated Tom wAlkeR


The use of toothless Garra rufa fish to perform pedicures at spas is to be probed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and environmental health officers. Te treatment has become


popular in the UK and a number of operators, such as London-based Aqua Sheko and Appyfeet, base their entire business model on the Garra rufa treatments. A spokesperson for the HPA


told Leisure Opportunities: “The agency is currently investigating if there are any potential risks of infection associated with the commercial use of fish spa pedicures. “Alongside colleagues in environmental health, Health Protection Scotland and the


Te HPA has confirmed that it will look into the fish pedicure practice


Health and Safety Laboratory, the HPA will examine the most up to date evidence of any possible risks associated with Garra rufa fish pedicures and will publish guidelines that will be available UK-wide.”


Urban Retreat launches At Home franchise Tom wAlkeR


Spa operator Urban Retreat, which has sites at Harrods and Harvey Nichols, has launched a new franchise model offering beauty therapists the chance to become franchisees and deliver Urban Retreat treatments at clients’ homes.


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


Speaking to Leisure Opportunities, the


founder of Urban Retreat, George Hammer, said: “What we’re doing is harnessing all the good parts about being a mobile therapists and creating an up-market offering rather than a discount, cheap offering.”


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image: lime wood


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