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New hotel operator to take over Jarvis portfolio if hotels


A newly created hotel group, Jupiter Hotels, has acquired a portfolio of 24 hotels from the administrators of Jarvis Hotels. Te 24 hotels combine for a 2,665-bed-


room estate comprising of 21 freeholds and three leaseholds. Jupiter is a joint venture created for the


transaction by private investor Patron Capital and West Register, an arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Andrew Gill, for- merly of Intercontinental Hotels Group, will become interim CEO of Jupiter Hotels. Te joint venture investors are injecting


£40m ($63m, €45m), with debt financing of £71m ($112m, €S81m) provided by RBS, HSBC and Bank of Ireland, which were the original lenders to Jarvis.


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A cutting-edge medical com- plex is to be built at The Greenbrier – a luxury, health- focused resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US. The Greenbrier Medical


Institute will be developed in phases in the 6,750-acre (2,732-hectare) grounds. Te initial stage, expected to


cost us$250m (€187m, £161m), will include a sports-medicine centre, a cosmetic surgery and lifestyle enhancement acad- emy, a sports performance and training facility and a boutique hotel. It will also comprise the relocation and expansion of the Greenbrier Clinic – a facility that’s been offering preventative healthcare programmes to the nation’s top executives since 1948. Te concept for complex has been created


by orthopedic surgeon Dr James Andrews and healthcare developer Jack T Diamond.


Greenbrier’s complex will attract top physicians and healthcare experts The resort, which boasts 710 bedrooms,


already has a 40,000sq ſt (3,716sq m) spa, a casino and three golf courses. At the centre of the resort is a sulphur water


spring which guests have sought out for medici- nal purposes for more than 200 years.


new look for France’s sofitel Quiberon


The 129-bedroom Sofitel Quiberon Talassa Sea and Spa has been relaunched in north-west France, following a major refurbishment led by Parisian-based, hospitality architects Studio MHNA. Te complex specialises in


Te Rácz baths are a UNESCO World Heritage site


Budapest’s Rácz hotel and Thermal spa delayed


Te opening of the new €35.5m (us$47m, £31m) Rácz Hotel and Thermal Spa in Budapest, Hungary, has been pushed back “towards the beginning of 2012”. Initially due to open during the third


quarter of 2010, the 67-bedroom hotel is to feature an 8,000sq m (86,111sq ſt) thermal spa. Te spa will include refurbished parts of the Rácz Termal Bath – a UNESCO World Heritage site – that was once used by sultans and royalty. It will also feature a 19th century thermal (38˚C) pool located under a 9m dome that have been rebuilt accord- ing to the original designs by the famous Hungarian architect Miklós Ybl. Newer facilities comprise 13 dipping pools,


a rooſtop pool and 21 treatment rooms – with treatments and products by Hungarian ther- mal water skincare brand Omorovicza.


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slimming breaks focused on healthy eating and the thalas- sotherapy institute – a flagship 5,000sq m (53,280sq ſt) facility that has been completely rede- signed. A standout feature is a 25m, heated (29˚C) seawa- ter pool that’s encased in glass and has ocean views. Tis is joined by a sauna, a eucalyptus-scented ham- mam, a gym and three exercise studios. Tere is also a brand new beauty centre, a


hair salon (with Leonor Greyl products) and six single and one double treatment room.


Te signature feature is a 25m heated seawater pool with ocean views


Product houses include SkinCeuticals, Carita, and Aquascience – a new in-house natural skincare line based on marine spring water. Talassa Sea and Spa is a part of the Accor hospitality group (see Spa Business 10/1 p26).


InterCityHotel set for European expansion


InterCityHotel, a subsidiary of Germany-based group Steigenberger Hotels, has confirmed a new agreement with Austria-based PORR Solutions to drive forward its expansion plans. Te new co-operation agreement between the operator and the project development


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group is to see 15 InterCityHotel properties developed in locations in central and eastern Europe. PORR will be responsible for the devel- opment of the new properties, which are to be run by InterCityHotel as leaseholder. Work has already started on finding potential sites.


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