World leisure news
Private equity group Pegasus buys Six Senses
US-based private equity group Pegasus Capital Advisors has entered into a bind- ing agreement to acquire the luxury resort and spa businesses of Six Senses Resorts & Spas for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, Pegasus will
acquire all of the Six Senses and Evason- branded resort and spa management contracts and related intellectual property rights and operate them under a new com- pany managed by Pegasus and its affi liates. Details:
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Bask spa concept for NJ’s Revel
Bask, a new spa and wellbeing concept developed by lifestyle brand Exhale, has opened at Revel, a new US$2.4bn (€1.8bn, £1.5bn) resort desti- nation in Atlantic City, US. T e 32,000sq ſt (2,973sq m)
wellness sanctuary concept has been created exclusively for Revel and is among the resort facilities currently being previewed over an eight-week period that begun on 2 April 2012. At the core of the Bask spa
T e 32,000sq ſt Bask spa will feature a total of 32 treatment rooms
will be a 3,000sq ſt (279sq m) co-ed bathhouse in which guests can relax, socialise and unwind in the Himalayan salt grotto and hammam. Bask also has 32 therapy rooms, steam-
rooms and a deluge shower, while the fi tness centre will host Exhale’s Core Fusion and yoga classes. T e spa will use Exhale’s fi ve skincare lines – 302, Actifi rm, Tata Harper,
T e ladies-only club will be spread over 1,160sq m
Fitness First opens fi rst club in Abu Dhabi
Fitness First Middle East has opened its fi rst health club in Abu Dhabi – a ladies- only club in Marina Mall. T e new club is spread over 1,160sq m
and off ers best-in-class cardiovascular and resistance equipment, in addition to an extensive selection of free weights. Audio and visual entertainment is
available throughout the club. Included in the membership, group exercise timetables encompass all the class off er- ings from Les Mills, as well as Zumba. Details:
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Second LA club for Crunch
Crunch Fitness will open its latest location in the heart of Burbank, California, US, in April – its second club in the LA area. T e 2,415sq m facility will off er top of the range CV and strength equipment, a dedicated personal training area, an online fi tness and nutrition programme, Kids’ Crunch, a sauna and locker rooms. Hundreds of weekly classes will be
offered in the large group fitness stu- dio and indoor cycling studio, including Anti Gravity Yoga, Pole Dancing, The Ride and LaBlast, which is taught by celebrity instructor Louis Van Amstel. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=V6j2Q
6 Atkins designs Oman’s new ‘Medical City’
Atkins, the UK-based design and engineering consult- ing fi rm, has completed the masterplan for a major new world-class healthcare facil- ity in Oman, The Medical City (TMC). TMC is the largest private
healthcare infrastructure development in the coun- try and is fronted by Apex Medical Group, with the com- plex to occupy an 800,000sq m (8.6 million sq ſt ) site by the Arabian Sea. Facilities will include a
ISClinical, and Sircuit – which are used across the brand’s existing spa estate. Exhale currently operates spas and well-
ness centres in a number of US locations, including three in Boston and seven in New York. It also has a spa at the Gansevoort Turks + Caicos resort in the Caribbean. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=m0u8m
Facilities at Medical City will include a 375-bedroom hotel and spa
375-bedroom hotel and a spa, although fur- ther specifi cations are yet to be confi rmed. It is expected, however, that the hotel will incor- porate swimming pools and a gym as part of its off er. T e spa will be open to the public, in addition to its use for medical purposes, and the
hotel is to be positioned at the high end of the market. TMC will be centred around a hospi- tal, while other healthcare facilities will include training and education areas for medical staff , a wellbeing centre and residential accommo- dation. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=e7q2c
National stadium opens in Bahamas
A special ceremony has helped celebrate the official launch of the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium at the new-look Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre in Nassau, the Bahamas. T e 15,000-seat stadium has been built over a two-year period at a cost of around
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US$30m (£18.8m, €22.5m) and is a giſt to the country from the Chinese government. It is hoped the development will become
the Caribbean region’s foremost sports venue, while also helping to establish the Bahamas as an international sports tourism destination.
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