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The 950sq m Jaleh Spa (this picture) is part of Four Seasons Baku, due to open in June


The Flame Towers development (above) will feature a 299-bedroom Fairmont Hotel with an ESPA spa (right), due to open soon.


complex. The Club Oasis's Armaiti Spa covers 310sq m (3,337sq ft). Hotel manager Kostas Batalas is clearly inspired by this development, saying that he recognises its “power to capture new markets and retain existing business."


December saw the opening of the 3,500sqm (37,674sq ft) European- style spa at Kempinski Hotel Badamdar Baku. The new Badamar complex is one of the largest developments in the Caucasus region and boasts an entertainment and retail centre and


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seasonal aqua park, as well as the 280-bedroom Kempinski hotel. The spa features 20 treatment rooms – six of which are doubles – and a beauty cen- tre. The product house is Elemental Herbology. A lap pool, steamroom, sauna, hammam and fitness studio are also part of the offer.


Recognising the city’s potential, Kempinski has also signed a man- agement agreement for a second site in Baku – the 221-bedroom Crescent Hotel, a glass, arch-shaped build- ing that resembles a crescent moon.


The hotel, designed by Korean firm Heerim Architects, will form part of the Caspian Plus development which includes a further four buildings – three residential and one for office use. The Caspian Plus, due for comple- tion in 2015, will sit on the opposite peninsula to the equally impressive Full Moon Bay development (also by Heerim) which will feature the 35-sto- rey Hotel Full Moon built in disc shape to look like the moon, as well as two separate residential apartment blocks. Other new arrivals in 2011 included


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