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The Chedi Muscat to unveil new-look spa for residents


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Newly-expanded spa and wellness facilities – including a new 103m Long Pool – are to be unveiled at Te Chedi Muscat resort in Oman at the beginning of August. Te resort’s spa comprises 13 treatment


rooms and a health club, with the facili- ties – in addition to the pool – covering a 12,000sq m (129,167sq ſt) area. Designed for resort guests but with lim-


ited memberships available for Muscat residents, the spa will offer aromatherapy- and Ayurveda-inspired treatments. Products at the newly-expanded spa will


be supplied by REN; Naturelle D’Orient; ILA; VOYA; Sparitual; and Abahna, with the new facility combining Omani archi- tecture and an Asian Zen-style.


Daily news, Jobs, Training & TenDers www.spaopportunities.com Rezidor unveils two UAE hotels pETE haYman


Rezidor Hotel Group (RHG) has unveiled two properties in the United Arab Emirates – the Radisson Royal Hotel, Dubai, and the Radisson Blu Resort, Fujairah Dibba. Both properties were pre-


viously run by JAL and have been taken over by RHG with immediate effect. ACICO Industries owns the hotels. Facilities at the Radisson


Royal Hotel, Dubai, include a Zen Spa with eight treatment rooms and male/female areas, as well as a couples’ treatment room. A relaxation lounge; a sauna; steam- rooms; an outdoor pool; and a whirlpool; are also on offer at the 1,062sq m (11,431sq ſt) Zen Spa, which uses Anne Semonin products. Radisson Royal Hotel, Dubai, also boasts


three speciality restaurants and an all-day din- ing option and a fitness suite.


Both of the Emirate properties taken over by Rezidor include Zen Spas Meanwhile, the 257-room Radisson Blu


Resort, Fujairah Dibba offers a 432.5sq m (4,655sq ſt) Zen Spa featuring five treatment rooms and using Pevonia products. Te resort also boasts five restaurants; two


bars; and a beach lounge, as well as four terrace pools; a fitness centre; and a dive centre.


Tropicana hotel spa opening pushed back Tom WalKER Te new app forms part of IHG’s mobile strategy


IHG launches Windows Phone application


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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced that it has rolled-out the Priority Club Rewards application for Windows Phone users, which follows the successful launch of its iPhone booking applications. Te new application will allow Windows


Phone users to find and book hotel rooms; check prices; and view or cancel reserva- tions across the seven IHG brands. It forms part of the operator’s mobile


strategy, with IHG having reported nearly 1,000 per cent growth in room bookings from mobile devices and has already seen mobile-based booking numbers for 2011 surpass the total number for 2010. Matt Luscombe, IHG senior vice presi-


dent for sales and marketing, EMEA, said: “Creating a booking app for Windows Phone is an essential part of our mobile strategy, as we continue to develop our mobile booking options for our 58 million Priority Club members.”


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Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, US, has con- firmed that the opening of its new spa – part of a US$180m (£111.6m) revamp - has been pushed back to September. Glow, A Mandara Spa will


be approximately 9,500sq ſt (882.6sq m) in size and is expected to feature a beauty salon; retail facilities; a relax- ation lounge; steam showers; and treatment rooms. A fitness centre is also ear-


Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is benefiting from a major revamp


marked as part of the Tropicana’s new spa area, which is to be operated by Steiner Leisure as part of a 10-year agreement between the com- pany and the Las Vegas hotel and casino. Earlier this year, a Steiner spokesperson told


Spa Opportunities that the Tropicana spa would be the first facility that would be launched


under a new spa brand that the company had “developed for this project”. “Te [Tropicana] spa will not be a current


Steiner brand, but a new one developed for this project. It will be hip, with a South Beach, Miami flavour,” the spokesperson told Spa Opportunities in March.


Raison d’Etre to launch four-star brand this year Tom WalKER


Anna Bjurstam, who took over the sole owner- ship of spa consultancy Raison d’Etre in April, has announced that the company will launch a new four star brand this year. Bjurstam said exact details are yet to be confirmed but added


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that she was looking to at a number of models for a roll out - including a partnership with a four star hotel chain. “Te concept will be geared towards the


younger market,” she said. “Te aim is to intro- duce socialising into the spa journey.”


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