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A member of Small Leading Hotels of the World, Brilliant Resort & Spa is located on Yang Zong Lake
HOT SPRINGS CHINESE-STYLE!
T e Yunnan province is China’s primary geothermal region. Lisa Starr pays a visit and tries out two very diff erent hot spring experiences
LISA M STARR » SENIOR CONSULTANT » WYNNE BUSINESS
in far-fl ung locations, and I’m always interested in the diff erent roles that spas play in specifi c regions of the world. I recently travelled to Yunnan province in China where I visited two hot spring spas which, while they had some similarities, were very diff erent experiences from the customer perspective.
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s a consultant, journal- ist and educator in the spa world, I’ve been to a number of wonderful spas
Yunnan province in southwest
China, borders Myanmar and Laos and is the country’s primary geothermal region due to its location over fault lines. It’s known for jade, tea, tobacco, medicinal plants and sugar cane, as well as its beautiful landscapes and a plentiful 97 vol- canoes. T e capital of the province, with 45 million inhabitants, is the city of Kunming, which is a three- hour fl ight from Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong.
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BRILLIANT RESORT & SPA
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orty-fi ve minutes outside Kunming, on Yang Zong Lake, is the Bril- liant Resort & Spa – a member of
Small Leading Hotels of the World. It fea- tures a 50-bedroom hotel, 17 pool villas and a spa. T e central attraction, however, is the 25 hot spring pools which are free for hotel guests to use. I spent four nights at the resort during
the Spa China Summit, and was fortunate enough to stay in one of the enormous pool villas – without the lure of the extensive hot springs and spa, I might not have leſt ! The spa, set among the hot springs,
included two couple’s suites in a small building, fi ve cabana-style treatment rooms
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