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Five-acre spa setting for Ritz- Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico
Te Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is to open its first Reserve property in the Americas region with a new 115-guestroom resort at Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, in late 2012. Te 50-acre (20-hectare) resort will feature
a spa set in 5-acres (2-hectares) of landscaped grounds, which will include male and female ‘purification gardens’ with tropical pools, steamrooms and outdoor Vichy areas. Tere will also be 10 glass-walled treatment
pavilions with soaking tubs and massage tables and two double treehouse treatment platforms in the forest canopy. Organic spa products will be made from native plants grown onsite. A beauty salon, relaxation rooms and a 8,000sq ſt (743sq m) fitness and wellness centre complete the offer. Reserve is Ritz-Carlton’s new ultra lux-
ury brand and its first property opened in early 2010 in Krabi, Tailand.
Indian train deal for Orient Spa
Indian spa management company Orient Spa Ltd has secured an agreement to offer spa services on two of the country’s luxury trains – the Palace on Wheels and the Royal Rajasthan on Wheels. Both of the trains have a
dedicated ‘Royal Spa carriage’ in which the services will be provided. Sanjana Gupta, the business head at Orient Spa says: “We have put together a plethora of Indian and inter- national therapies that are compatible with the train movements, combined with beauty services. However, special thrust will be on ayurveda as foreigners are increasingly turning towards it for health and healing requirements.” Orient Spa Ltd is the spa and wellness
Te trains will have carriages designed as treatments rooms
spas for Cambay Hotels & Resorts – Neesa’s hotel brand – across India. Meanwhile, Orient Spa has also confirmed
division of the Neesa Group – a Indian hos- pitality-focused company. It operates seven
its plan to open a fourth spa academy in the National Capital Region, to add to three existing schools in Kerala, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
Kiehl’s opens first branded spa
New York consumer skincare group Kiehl’s has revealed its first-ever spa facility on the Upper East Side of the US city. Sited on the second floor of
Tis is Hilton’s sixth eforea spa opening
Hilton opens new AU$700m Surfers Paradise property
Hilton Worldwide has unveiled the au$700m (us$675m, €505m, £434m) Hilton Surfers Paradise complex on Australia’s Gold Coast. Te global hotel chain said the property
is its first in Australia to offer both guest- rooms (169) and holiday residences (250) with facilities also including the purpose- built eforea: spa at Hilton. The spa has seven treatment rooms
including one with a Vichy shower for wet treatments and two to host people spa-ing in pairs. Products are by Peter Tomas Roth, Li’tya, VitaMan and Kerstin Florian. Te spa is complemented by a 1,500sq m
(16,146sq ſt) deck with four pools, a sauna and a number of dining concepts. Tis is the sixth eforea spa for Hilton, fol-
lowing the launch of the in-house branded concept in 2010 (see sb10/3 p28).
a new ‘Kiehl’s Since 1851’ retail store, Spa 1851 is to offer skin, body and hair treatments for both men and women. Te new spa has a separate
entrance to the retail store and features a waiting lounge, three treatment rooms and a separate grooming station. In a bid to “provide some-
thing extra”, all scheduled treatments will be preceded by the Kiehl’s Signature Greeting – a neck, arm, hand and foot massage with lavender. Meanwhile, signature facials will start with
a personalised skin diagnosis to determine the course of treatment for each guest.
Spa 1851 boasts three treatment rooms and a separate grooming station Kiehl’s is the latest consumer brand to move
into spa operations, following others such as Nivea, Molton Brown, Sulwhasoo, Dove (see sb09/3 p24) and L’Occitane, which announced its India rollout proposals in July 2010.
Leonia prepares for LeoJuventa spa rollout
India-based medical spa operator Leonia is preparing to launch the first of three new LeoJuventa-branded spas in November. Te new £2m (us$3.1m, €2.3m) standalone
spa in Jaipur will cover up to 10,000sq ſt (929sq m) and incorporate eight therapy rooms.
16 Read Spa Business online
spabusiness.com / digital Meanwhile, the next LeoJuventa-branded
facility to open will be a similarly-sized spa in Visakhapatnam in December 2012. A new 20,000sq ſt (1,858sq m) spa with 15
therapy rooms in Mumbai will then follow, with its launch scheduled for October 2014.
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