n Sign up for your free digital subscription to spa opportunities magazine: www.spaopportunities.com/green Marriott to open first Iraq hotels PETE haYMan


Marriott International has revealed plans to expand into Iraq with the launch of a 200-room Marriott Hotels and Resorts-branded property in Erbil, Kurdistan. It is one of two new hotels


set to be opened by Marriott in the Middle Eastern coun- try, with a 75-unit Marriott Executive Apartments com- plex also confirmed for Erbil. Te two properties are sched- uled to open simultaneously in 2014 as part of the new mixed-use Empire World development and follows an agreement with Empire Iraq. Erbil Marriott will feature an on-site spa and


Facilities include a VIP couples’ treatment suite Both hotels are to open as part of the mixed-use Empire World scheme


residents’ lounge, while also enabling the use of the services at Erbil Marriott. Marriott International president and man-


an outdoor swimming pool, in addition to four restaurants and lounges and 11,400sq ſt (1,059sq m) of meeting space. Te Marriott Executive Apartments property is set to include its own leisure facilities and a


aging director of international lodging Ed Fuller said: “We are confident that this signif- icant development will help the people of Erbil and Kurdistan achieve their positive visions of the future.”


Palace Merano to launch new skincare line PETE haYMan


Espace Henri Chenot, Palace Merano – the Italian destina- tion spa founded by health expert Henri Chenot – is to launch a new range of skin- care products in September. Derived from vegetative


sources to help prevent the age- ing process, the products have been produced in Chenot’s Biontology Laboratory at the spa and wellness centre. It follows the completion


of a four-year renovation at Espace Henri Chenot, Palace Merano, which has resulted in the complete refurbishment of guest rooms and suites and outdoor pool. Owned since late 2005 by surveyor Hon.


Espace Henri Chenot, Palace Merano recently underwent a renovation


founded on the principles of Biontology – a term that has been attributed to Chenot. Biontology is used to describe a health


Pietro Tosolini, the spa and wellness centre boasts the Henri Chenot treatment centre


concept, which is linked to the “progressive evolution over time of the idea of ageing”.


ESPA to open Sentosa Resort World spa ToM walKER


ESPA is preparing to launch a large luxury spa at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. Due to open later this year, the spa is being


developed at the western tip of the resort with the treatment villas and therapy rooms offering


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Jumeirah Group to manage luxury Dubai Palm hotel


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Dubai-based Jumeirah Group has been appointed by Zabeel Properties to manage Jumeirah Zabeel Saray – a new hotel located on the west crescent of Palm Jumeirah. The property is Zabeel’s first hotel in


the country and will be fully operational later this year. In addition to its 405 bed- rooms, the hotel offers 38 villas situated on the beach and around a lagoon pool; and a Talise Ottoman Spa. Covering 8,000sq m (86,111sq ſt), the spa


will provide 50 individual spa rooms and suites, an indoor pool and three authentic Turkish hammams. Facilities also include a hydrotherapy pool. Other hotel amenities include 10 restau-


rants; bars; a night club; boutiques; gardens; tennis courts; a fitness centre; and the Mehteran Teatre and Event Centre.


Council approves Holland Park leisure and spa plans


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A private leisure and spa facility is to be developed as part of a residential-led scheme to be developed in Holland Park, London, aſter the plans were approved. GC Campden Hill – a joint venture com-


prising property group Grosvenor and Native Land – received the green light to proceed with the plans from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea councillors. Te 2-acre (0.8-hectare), John McAslan


guests a tranquil sea view in the middle of an otherwise vibrant development. Te spa has been designed by DP Architects


and facilities include vitality and plunge pools; saunas; hammams; experience showers and ice fountains – all supplied by Barr + Way.


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and Partners-designed residential-led scheme will also feature nearly 70 luxury apartments, private landscaped and a fully- concierged entrance lobby. Te Campden Hill site was sold to the


joint venture by the local authority for £100m in February 2010.Work is expected to start on the scheme in autumn 2013, with completion earmarked for spring 2016.


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