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Thailand eyes future as leading medical tourism destination Apichai Jearadisak, advisor
Te Tailand government has announced its plans to estab- lish the country as a leading destination for wellness, spa and medical tourism by 2014. Te new strategic plan will be a substantial upgrade on the government’s previous project to establish Tailand as “Spa Capital of Asia” – which was completed in 2008. Te government has now
announced its aim to become a “World-Class Health Provider” by 2014 and for the sector to achieve total earn- ings of US$11.5bn (€8.7bn, £7.2bn) over the five-year period between 2010 and 2014. Te earnings projection is for medical treat-
ments to generate US$8bn (€6bn, £5bn) over the 2010-14 period; spa and wellness services US$2.23bn (€1.7bn, £1.4bn); and sales of prod- ucts and supplies US$1.3bn (€1bn, £820m). Government initiatives will include direct investment into infrastructure, as well as
YTL to launch Borneo spa resort in July
YTL Hotels, the hospitality arm of Malaysia-based YTL Corporations Berhard, will open its Gaya Island Resort in Borneo on 1 July. Located just off the coast of Kota
Kinabalu and set on the shores of the island of Pulau Gaya, Gaya Island Resort will incorporate a Spa Village-branded luxury spa with six treatment rooms. Te spa will offer therapies and
healing practices specific to Borneo culture and aims to blend in with its mangrove setting with outdoor decks and a yoga retreat space.
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Tai government initiatives are set to include direct investment in spa infrastructure
customer-facing campaigns to increase the profile of Tailand as a premium destination for wellness and medical tourism. As part of the strategy, two websites have
been set up to provide further information on the services and service providers within the country’s medical tourism sector:
www.thailandmedtourism.com and
www.thailandmedicaltourismcluster.org
Niance spa concept unveiled in Austria
Te first ever Niance-branded spa concept has been unveiled at the Grand Tirolia hotel in Kitzbühel, Austria. Located within the property’s existing
1,500sq m (16,146sq ſt) Grand Alps Spa, the new Niance World of Luxury has been designed by spa architect Joachim Hallwachs. Te new “spa within the spa” includes two
treatment suites – one for men and another for women – and a Niance World of Luxury Lounge, where guests receive consultations before and aſter their treatments. Niance has confirmed that it is planning to
roll out the new World of Luxury concept to additional locations in the future.
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Te Niance-branded spa boasts two treatment suites Te Grand Tirolia hotel’s Grand Alps Spa
first opened in 2009 and, in addition to the new Niance World of Luxury spanning more than 260sq m (2,799sq ſt), incorporates a private spa suite; a fitness room; a sauna; a hammam; and indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
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for the Tai Spa Association, said the country already leads the regional spa market. “With more than 1,200 reg-
istered spas – 400 of which are high-end luxury facilities – and all of them together employ- ing some 25,000 professionally trained therapists, Thailand undoubtedly has a claim to call itself the Spa Capital of Asia,” Jeradisak said. He added that the indus- try is working collectively to upgrade the standards of its ser-
vices and products, as well as the hygienic standards in the spas themselves. Efforts are also being made to improve the quality of their communications and marketing. Late last year (2011), Te Tai Spa Association
established a voluntary code of standards for the country’s spa and wellness industry. To read more about the launch of the voluntary code of standards, see:
http://lei.sr?a=A8D3n
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