news update
October debut for new Spa Association of Africa
TOM WALKER
A new trade association looking to develop and maintain standards in the African spa industry will be launched at an event in Ghana this October. As part of its mission statement, Spa
Association of Africa (SAA) will look to work alongside national and regional tourism boards as well as operators to set quality standards and encourage education and preventive health measures within the spa, health and wellness industry. The association is the brainchild of
Elaine Okeke, founder of spa consultancy SPALOGIQUE; and Dzigbordi K Dosoo, founder and CEO of day spa operator, trainer and distributor Allure Africa (see sb09/4 p27). T e pair have named Alison Ng’ethe, founder of ACI International College of Beauty, Fitness and Holistic T erapy, as the fi rst board member.
Taj to manage Marrakech resort TOM WALKER
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has confi rmed that it will take over the management contract of a 161-guestroom luxury resort in Marrakech, origi- nally planned as a Mandarin Oriental resort. Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Group (MOHG) pulled out of the contract it had with the property’s owner, the privately-owned Moroccan company JK Hotels earlier this year. T e resort, which is due to open in October 2011, will now be launched as Taj Palace, Marrakech. Live Haugen, a spokesperson for MOHG’s
T e resort was originally developed as a Mandarin Oriental resort
Middle Eastern operations, told Spa Business that the action its taken in this project doesn’t rule out a future MOHG property in the region. “We have withdrawn the management con-
tract for our Marrakech project, but the city remains a suitable location for a Mandarin
Oriental resort property, and the group is already exploring further opportunities in the destination,” she said. Taj Palace Marrakech will have an extensive
Jiva Grande Spa – its in-house ayurvedic and Indian spa concept. T e 3,800sq m (40,903sq ſt ) facility will comprise 14 treatment rooms, two large hammams and a fi tness centre.
NWH acquires Rosewood Hotels and Resorts PETE HAYMAN
Hong Kong-based manage- ment company New World Hospitality (NWH) has completed a purchase and sale deal to acquire Texas, US-based Rosewood Hotels and Resorts (RHR). T e deal will see NWH take
T e property will have a Willow Stream Spa
Fairmont to expand Chinese portfolio
TOM WALKER
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is to a new prop- erty in the historic city of Taiyuan in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi. Scheduled to open by the end of 2014,
Fairmont Taiyuan will form part of the Sumeru project, a mixed-use development currently being built by Shanxi Jun Lian Real Estate Development. Facilities at the 330-bedroom hotel will include a Willow Stream Spa, Fairmont’s signature spa brand, as well as fi tness and pool facilities. The first Willow Stream Spa entered
China in early 2010 at the Fairmont Yangcheng Lake in Kunshan. T is was fol- lowed by a 12-suite Willow Stream Spa at Fairmont Beijing and an 11-treatment room spa at Fairmont Peace Hotel, Shanghai.
control of the luxury hotel management company from current owners Rosewood Corp and Maritz, Wolff and Co. T e deal was completed and approved on 31 July. Following the completion
Sense is the spa brand for Rosewood and is part of it Little Dix Bay site
of the us$230m (€160, £141m) purchase, RHR will operate as the premium luxury brand – complete with its signature Sense spa brand – within the NWH portfolio. T ere are currently 22 RHR properties, 10 of which boast Sense spas and four off ering
other spa facilities. T e fi rst Sense spa opened at Rosewood Mayakobá in Mexico in 2008. NWH chair Sonia Cheng said: “T is acqui-
sition represents a strategic direction for our company to establish a robust presence in the international luxury hospitality arena.”
ESPA to open Resorts World Sentosa spa TOM WALKER
ESPA is developing a 45-treatment room spa at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. Due to open in 2012, the spa will be located
on the west tip of the integrated resort with the treatment villas and therapy rooms being
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spread over an indoor/outdoor area. T e spa has been designed by DP Architects and facili- ties include traditional onsen in the spa garden as well as vitality and plunge pools; saunas; hammams; experience showers and ice foun- tains – all supplied by Barr+Wray.
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