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Samoset adds day spa as part of US$2m revamp


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Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine, US, has launched its new spa. Te spa includes four treatment rooms,


with one dedicated to couples only, a nail salon, a relaxation lounge and an outdoor patio. Te addition of the spa is a result of a US$2m (£1.24m, €1.38m) investment by resort owners Ocean Properties. An Italian restaurant – with an adjacent


lounge featuring an antipasto bar – and three guest cottages have also been intro- duced during the most recent renovations, which are part of an improvement plan that initially began three years ago. Te 178-room hotel additionally offers


guests the use of indoor and outdoor pools, as well as tennis and basketball facilities.


Daily news, Jobs, Training & TenDers www.spaopportunities.com Four Seasons Marrakech opens pETE hAYmAn


Four Seasons has opened its latest resort –a 141 room prop- erty in Marrakech, Morocco. Te resort’s facilities include


three restaurants, a luxury spa and two swimming pools. Blu Spas has been work-


ing with architect Didier Lefort of DL2A Paris, as well as UK-based GA Design, on the interior of the property. Te US$15m (€11m, £9m)


spa boasts 17 treatment rooms, with the main pavilion offer- ing 15 treatment rooms. Tere is also a large beauty salon and adults-only spa pool. A second building is reached by its own


Te Marrakech property has 141 rooms and suites and two large pools


discreet entrance, and houses two luxurious VIP spa suites – including a couples room – as well as a modern interpretation of the tradi- tional hammam. Treatments include a full range of massages, facials and body treatments


and there are also private relaxation gardens, men’s and women’s wet areas as well as saunas, whirlpools and gardens. Four Seasons Marrakech was developed by


Kingdom Hotel Investments in partnership with the European Hotel Corporation (EHC) and Alliances Development Immobilier.


Accor relaunches spa resort after revamp Tom WAlKER Te property will include a Grand Hyatt spa


Hyatt Hotels group plans Kuala Lumpur luxury hotel


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Hyatt Hotels Corporation (HHC) has revealed that its Grand Hyatt brand is poised to enter the Malaysian market with a new 412-room property in Kuala Lumpur by the end of next year. Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur will join the


two current Hyatt Regency properties in Malaysia and will incorporate a spa with 11 treatment rooms and a swimming pool. A 289-cover speciality restaurant; a


74-cover Sky Lobby Lounge; and a 102- seat poolside bar and restaurant are also proposed, along with over 33,000 sq ſt of meeting and event space. The opening of Grand Hyatt Kuala


Lumpur follows an agreement with Bahagia Investment Corporation to man- age the property, which has been under construction for a number of weeks. In addition to this hotel, a further 12


Grand Hyatt properties are currently being developed around the world.


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Te Clear Mountain Lodge, Spa and Vineyard near Brisbane, Australia, has reopened fol lowing an AU$6.5m (US$6.4m, €4.47m, £4m) redevelopment. The resort has been


rebranded as a Mercure prop- erty by owner Accor and work on the site included the addi- tion of a new spa. Stephanies Mountain Spa


boasts six treatment rooms and is the second site cre- ated in partnership between spa entrepreneur Stephanie Shepherd and Accor - following the recent opening of Stephanies Spa Retreat at the Sofitel hotel in Brisbane. Facilities at Stephanies Mountain Spa include


Te resort’s spa will be operated by entrepreneur Stephanie Shepherd


sole therapy and manicure lounge, a steam ther- apy cave and a hydro Swiss shower room. Specialising in couples and group treatments,


a hydro couple’s suite, a grand VIP Bordeaux lounge and bath suite, a triple treatment room,


the spa offers a menu of therapies, including half and full day spa packages. Tere is addi- tionally the VIP Bordeaux lounge, designed to offer couples the “ultmate retreat”.


New event to promote spa and wellness travel Tom WAlKER


A new three-day event looking to bring together spa operators with travel buyers and organisers is to be held in Turkey next year. ItSpa will be held at the ICEC Lutfi Kirdar centre in Istanbul on 19-21 February and event


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organiser Richard Joslin hopes to attract 175 spa and wellness properties to the show. “ItSpa will help hotels and spas increase their


ROI beyond just the sale of a room and while buyers can develop new and exciting packages for clients,” he said.


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