news update
Mia Kyricos joins Core Performance
TOM WALKER
Mia Kyricos, former director of global spa brands at Starwood, has joined fi tness company Core Performance. Kyricos has been appointed Core’s vice-
president of corporate wellness and will be responsible for the implementation and success of wellness centres and related programming at a host of Fortune 500 companies. Core Performance is backed by Polaris Ventures – a venture fi rm man- aging more than us$3.5bn (€2.4bn, £2.1bn) worth of investment.
Energy spa debuts in South Africa KATIE BARNES
QUANTUMSPA™, a new spa brand which boasts South Africa’s fi rst energy-medicine programme, has launched at the Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront in Cape Town. T e spa concept has been
developed by wellness special- ist Rob Cowling, who believes that the use of energy plays an important role in pre- ventative healing processes. In a joint initiative with HealthTech Sciences (HTS), a health equipment company in Norway, he’s created PATHWAYSTO HEALTH™ – a bio-resonance wellness programme which uses magnetic fi eld therapy and bio-feedback devices to detect and restore energy imbal- ances at a sub-cellular level in the body. Other facilities at the fi rst QUANTUMSPA
Kerry is a new design-led urban hotel brand
Shangri-La introduces Kerry brand in China
MARTIN NASH
Shangri-La has opened the 31-sto- rey, 574-bedroom Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai, China – the debut of the com- pany’s new design-led urban hotel brand. Each hotel in the new brand will boast a
Kerry Sports-branded leisure off er, which also includes a spa. T e 275sq m (2,960sq ſt ) day spa at Kerry Hotel Pudong has nine treatment suites – including a couples’ suite – and specialises in traditional Chinese med- icine treatments based on ancient Wushu healing traditions.
Andermatt resort spa details revealed
TOM WALKER
T e 426-bedroom Chedi Andermatt Hotel at the skiing resort of Andermatt in the Swiss Alps will include a 1,620sq m (17,000sq ſt ) luxury spa when it opens in 2013. Facilities at the spa, designed by Zürich-
based architects Hotz Architekten AG, will include 10 treatment rooms; a 125sq m (1,350sq ſt ) relaxation zone; indoor and outdoor swimming pools; a sauna world with a number of saunas, steamrooms and plunge pools and a 290sq m (3,100sq ſt ) health and fi tness club.
T e signature AQUAJOURNEY™ includes a Vichy shower experience
spa brand is AQUAJOURNEY™, a treatment comprising sequential Vichy shower, rasul, kneipp, sauna and aroma-mist experiences. T e second QUANTUMSPA is to open in
include 10 treatment rooms, a vitality pool and a fi tness centre. Another unique feature to the
Johannesburg imminently and the long-term goal is to roll out the concept further afi eld. T omas Aksnes, MD of HTS has used a similar model to open 140 energy clinics in Norway.
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc revamp completed TOM WALKER
Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes on the south coast of France, re-opened in April after a four-year, €45m (us$63m, £40m) restoration project. T e redevelopment is the
fi rst major work undertaken on the privately owned prop- erty since the 1950s and has been designed to restore the hotel to its original design. As part of the phased
revamp, the spa facilities are set to undergo a multi-million euro redevelopment next year (2012). The hotel’s spa and wellness centre cur-
T e spa of the famous hotel will receive a multi-million faceliſt in 2012 Funded by the current owners, the Oetker
rently includes fi ve treatment rooms off ering La Prairie’s signature treatments, a large relaxation zone and a sauna area with sauna steamroom and hammam.
family, the redevelopment was designed by architect Luc Svetchine. Work has seen the refurbishment of all rooms and public areas; a new grill restaurant with a sushi bar; and a new swimming pool and beach area.
French operator enters Cambodia with luxury offer TOM WALKER
French hotel group Accor has opened Sofi tel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, the fi rst new fi ve- star hotel to open in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since the 1990s. Accor has invested us$70m (£43m, €50m) in the 201-bedroom hotel which
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includes eight restaurants and bars, a So SPA by Sofi tel-branded spa, two swimming pools and the Phokeethra Sports Club. Spa facilities include six treatment rooms,
a hammam, a sauna, an outdoor swimming pool and a fi tness suite.
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