World leisure news Spa opens at Desroches Island
Desroches Island in the Seychelles, owned by Collins Group and South African entrepreneur Jack Brotherton, has launched its new spa. T e Escape Spa has been
designed to blend in with the natural surroundings and is the only spa in the Indian Ocean to off er the Elemental Herbology treatment range. Facilities at the spa include
four treatment rooms and a couples suite – all fi tted with private showers – and a large ‘Chill-Out Space’. A spokesperson said that the conservational
dients have been blended together to create signature treatments unique to Desroches,” she said. “Massages have been designed to encompass the earth’s elements - wood, fi re,
T e Escape Spa has been designed to blend in with its surroundings
philosophy of the Desroches resort is refl ected in the extensive treatment menu. “Natural oils and expertly selected ingre-
earth, metal and water - and all treatments are delivered by experienced therapists from Indonesia, T ailand and the Philippines.” Spa consultant Tess Neoh was part of the spa
design team. Desroches Island Resort is oper- ated by Seasons of Africa. Desroches Island forms part of the Amirantes Archipelago and is part of the “one island, one hotel” setup in the region.
New Poland theme park plans announced Plans have been unveiled for the construc-
tion of Adventure World Warsaw - a major 240-hectare (593-acre) theme park to open at Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, in spring 2014. It is anticipated that the new attraction will provide Poland with a comparable experience
T e resort will be located on the Mnudhdhii Island
to other European parks such as Alton Towers, UK, and Europa Park, Germany. Featuring more than 25 attractions, the park
will include two hotels with 800 rooms, the country’s largest aquapark, and an entertain- ment area with cinemas and eateries.
Fitness companies plot Indian expansions
A number of international health club operators are plan- ning to expand their presence in India and benefi t from the country’s economic growth and swelling middle class. US-bas ed franchis e
operator Snap Fitness has announced plans for 300 new sites in the next three years, while Portuguese women- only chain Viva Fitness and UK-based Holmes Place have both recently opened their fi rst clubs in the coun- try - with more planned for the future. According to National Council for Applied
Dusit to open USD77m Maldives spa resort
T ailand-based Dusit International has announced plans to open its fi rst resort in the Maldives – on Mudhdhii Island on the Baa Atoll. T e resort, scheduled to open in December 2011, will feature 46 Beach Villas, two Beach Houses, 30 Water Villas, 20 Ocean Villas and two Ocean Houses. Facilities will include a tree-top spa and
a 50m swimming pool. Dusit acquired the Baa Atoll resort earlier this year and is cur- rently undertaking a US$77m (€53m, £47m) redevelopment of the property.
Marriott signs up to New York’s tallest hotel
Snap Fitness is one of the international chains to have entered India
Economic Research’s (NCAER) Centre for Macro Consumer Research, the number of people classed as middle class with dispos- able incomes is expected to swell up to 267
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million people by 2015-16 - an increase of 67 per cent from current levels. Snap Fitness CEO Peter Taunton said: “India
is one of the fastest-growing economies in the Asia-Pacifi c region, making the potential for success enormous.”
Marriott International and Granite Broadway Development have signed a fran- chise deal for a new 68-storey property in New York, US, which will be the city’s tall- est hotel building when it opens in 2013. Two diff erent hotels will be housed in
the building – a 378-bedroom Courtyard by Marriott hotel and a 261-bedroom Residence Inn hotel – at 1717 Broadway. Nobutaka Ashihara Architect designed
the property, which will be more than 752ſt (229m) tall. Interstate Hotels and Resorts will manage the hotels.
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UNESCO urges Libyan heritage ‘protection’
UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova
has urged Libyan citizens, neighbouring countries and the global arts and antiq- uities trade to help ‘protect’ the country’s cultural heritage. Bokova spoke out amid the ongoing con-
fl ict in the North African country, with rebel forces currently fi ghting to oust long-time dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi . Neighbouring states and the interna-
tional arts and antiquities trade have been asked to work to ensure items that may have been looted or stolen are recovered.
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