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Daily news, Jobs, Training & TenDers www.spaopportunities.com Shangri-La to open Sri Lankan resorts


Work has begun on two new resorts in Sri Lanka – both of which will be run by Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. Te first of the two properties to open will


be Shangri-La Hambantota Resort and Spa on the southern coast of the island in 2014, fol- lowed by Shangri-La Hotel Colombo in the country’s capital a year later. Te 315-bedroom Hambantota Resort and


Spa will be surrounded by an 18-hole golf course and facilities will include CHI, Te Spa at Shangri-La; a dive centre; two restaurants; and a 30m swimming pool. CHI, Te Spa at Shangri-La will comprise 10


treatment rooms, a beauty salon and a health club. Massages and treatments will be based on traditional natural healing methods found in Asian cultures – including the Chinese the- ory of the “Five Elements”. At the 661-bedroom Shangri-La Hotel


Colombo, leisure facilities will include a spa with eight treatment rooms; a health and fit- ness club; an outdoor 25m swimming pool; and two outdoor tennis courts. Te hotel’s wide range of restaurant concepts


will feature a sushi bar, a steakhouse, a seafood market, an Indian restaurant and an Islamic restaurant, as well as a top floor sky lounge.


Both properties will include CHI-branded spas According to a Shangri-La spokesperson,


the Sri Lankan resorts will be fully integrated into the local community, offering employment opportunities and infrastructure support. In addition, both properties are to adopt


Embrace – Shangri-La’s Care for People Project – and will work in partnership with local chil- dren’s organisations on health or education programmes over a long-term period.


Fairmont acquires spa resort in California


Fairmont Hotels and Resorts (FHR) has acquired the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa in California, US, from Texas-based Crescent Real Estate Equities for an undisclosed sum. FHR has been managing


the historic 228-bedroom California wine country resort since 2002. Facilities include a Willow Stream Spa, the Michelin-starred Santé restaurant and a champion- ship-standard golf course. “The timing is right to


Te California resort includes a Willow Stream Spa among its facilities


support strategic acquisition opportunities and fund future growth of our brand,” said Jennifer Fox, FHR’s president. “Our development team, through regional


offices across the world, has been actively seeking strategic expansion opportunities in a number of key locations throughout the US, as well as in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. “Te markets are increasingly presenting


very attractive opportunities and we want to ensure we are poised to take advantage.”


Read Spa Opportunities online: www.spaopportunities.com/digital “Acquiring, repositioning, and then secur-


ing long term management agreements when they are sold will allow us to more robustly grow our global portfolio of exceptional resorts and gateway city properties. “With our strong presence in the California


market – the historic home of the Fairmont brand – the purchase of the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn is an ideal demonstration of our strategy moving forward.”


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