n Sign up for your free digital subscription to spa opportunities magazine: www.spaopportunities.com/green Mandara spa for Pullman Gurgaon ToM walKER


Spa giant Steiner Leisure has secured a contract to operate a spa at the Pullman Gurgaon Central Park hotel, located in New Delhi, India under its Mandara Spa brand. The 284-bedroom hotel


is scheduled to open in July and will be managed by Accor Hotels. Te contract to run the spa has been signed for a 10-year term. The spa will feature unique signa- ture treatments by Mandara Spa, offering both local and Balinese treatments. Facilities include a dedicated reception and


Te hotel will be on the ‘European side’ of the city Te spa will feature unique signature treatments developed by Steiner Leonard Fluxman, chief executive of Steiner


retail area and four single treatment rooms, each including rain showers. Tere will also be a double treatment room for couples with a spa pool and steam shower. Two further massage pavilions will be located within the spa garden outdoors.


Leisure, said: “We are looking forward to opening our second spa location in India and continuing to expand our collaboration with Accor Hotels.” Steiner currently operates 69 land-based spas – as well as 151 spas aboard cruise ships.


Grand Solmar resort unveiled in Mexico pETE haYMan


Solmar Hotels and Resorts has officially opened the new Grand Solmar Land’s End Resort and Spa on the south- ern tip of the Baja Peninsula in Cabo San Lucas. Dallas, US-based architects


HKS and interior designer Arquitectura De Interiors worked on the new resort, which is the family-owned operator’s fifth property in Cabo San Lucas. Guests at the 119-suite


resort will be able to use Playa Grande’s Talassotherapy spa centre, which provides a therapy programme devised by France’s Dir La Bonadiere in 1865. Te spa brings in seawater from the Mar De


Te resort’s thalassotherapy spa uses the surrounding sea as a source


Cortes – regarded as one of the richest bodies of water in the world – and offers treatments to


relieve stress and enhance tranquillity. Other facilities include oceanfront restaurants, a health club and an outdoor pool, while guests will also be able to use the services on offer at neighbouring Solmar properties.


IHG to launch three new Chinese academies pETE haYMan


InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to launch three new academies in China as part of efforts to develop new tal- ent for the country’s hospitality industry. Te operator unveiled its first Chinese IHG


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New Turkish site for Renaissance Hotels


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Renaissance Hotels, the upscale brand owned by Marriott International, has con- firmed plans to open a new 212-room property overlooking the Bosphorus in Istanbul early next year. Te hotel is under construction and is


to be operated under a franchise agree- ment with Polat Holdings AS. It will be situated on the European side of Istanbul. Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel will incorporate spa and fitness facilities includ- ing Turkish baths; an indoor swimming pool; a sauna area; and steamroom. Amy McPherson, president and man-


aging director of Marriott International in Europe, said: “Turkey is an important market for us in our overall development strategy as we move towards doubling our portfolio in Europe by 2015.” The new property will join the seven


existing Marriott International hotels in Turkey, which includes the new Edition Istanbul hotel and the soon-to-open JW Marriott Hotel Ankara.


Rezidor to open new Park Inn properties


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The Rezidor Hotel Group (RHG) has announced plans to open new Park Inn properties in Lagos, Nigeria, and Novosibirsk, Russia, by Q1 2014. Construction work is already underway


Academy in Shanghai five years ago to cater for the accelerated growth in the sector and to meet demand for talented workers. IHG has already revealed plans to double its


presence in China with 150 new hotels over the next five years.


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on the Park Inn Lagos, Apapa hotel, which will offer 125 bedrooms; an outdoor swim- ming pool; and a wellness centre. Te Lagos property will also feature an


all-day dining restaurant; a sports bar; and 330sq m (3,552sq ſt) of meeting space. It is earmarked to open in the first quarter of 2013. Meanwhile, Park Inn Novosibirsk will boast 150 bedrooms.


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