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www.spaopportunities.com Loreto resort for Villa Group ToM walKER
Mexico-based Villa Group has launched its newest resort, the Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa in Loreto, Mexico. Located on the town’s Baja
California South, the resort offers 181 rooms of accommo- dation, ranging from studios and villas to the Presidential four-bedroom suites. Facilities include a 35,000sq ſt (3,300sq m) luxury spa, which is scheduled to open “later in the summer”, possibly by September 2011. Te resort will be marketed as an eco-resort
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Asia Pacific Spa and Wellness Coalition T: +1 818 789 2020 W:
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Te resort’s luxury spa is scheduled to open later this year (September)
and will offer a range of ‘ecological activities’ such as mountain hiking, climbing and camp- ing. Villa del Palmar is the first property in the Villa Group’s planned 1,800-acre development in Loreto, called Danzante Bay. When completed, it will include seven resort hotels, 240 home sites, additional restaurants
and a Rees Jones golf course. Te Villa Group was founded in 1984 and is one of Mexico’s leading privately owned hotel, resort and real estate development companies. Te group’s portfolio includes beachfront
destination resorts, vacation ownership, and fractional and full ownership luxury real estate developments.
Sol Meliá to open first Tanzania hotel pETE haYMan
Spain-based hotel opera- tor Sol Meliá has confirmed that it will be opening its first Tanzania property on the island of Zanzibar in August. Te Meliá Zanzibar resort
was previously run by the Kempinski chain and will now join the Meliá Hotels and Resorts portfolio under a management agreement. In addition to 100 rooms,
the resort will offer seven vil- las with private pools and a solarium. Facilities will also include a spa, a beauty and fitness centre, tennis courts and swimming pools. Meliá Zanzibar will expand the opera- tor’s presence in Africa to six properties, adding to the four locations in Egypt and the recently- opened Meliá Tortuga in Cabo Verde.
Te hotel will be located close to Tanzania’s famous Zanzibar beach A Sol Meliá spokesperson said: “91 per cent
of the hotels pending incorporation are located outside of Spain, in line with the strategy of geographical product diversification and open- ing new markets.”
New GM for Conrad Koh Samui ToM walKER
Justin Phillips has been appointed as the gen- eral manager of Hilton Worldwide’s newest resort, Conrad Koh Samui. With 25 years of experience within the hospitality sector, Australian-born Phillips
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Spa & Wellness Association of Nepal T: +60-12-366-5711
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most recently worked as general manager at Radisson Resort Fiji Denaru Island. Located on the secluded south-west tip
of the popular island of Koh Samui, Conrad Koh Samui features 80 freestanding pool vil- las, including 65 one-bedroom villas.
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