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DAILY NEWS, JOBS, TRAINING & TENDERS www.spaopportunities.com Growth in natural personal care market


Te natural personal care mar- ket continues to show strong growth, posting a 10.6 per cent increase globally to reach US$29.5bn (£18bn, €21.4bn) at the manufacturers’ level for 2013. Natural Personal Care: Global


Market Brief, carried out by con- sulting and research firm Kline, analyses industry trends and development, market size and growth, product trends, major brand synopses and competi- tive forces within the natural personal care market. The leading brands differ


Naturally-inspired products are the in-product for many manufacturers


based on country, with Aveeno and Bare Escentuals leading in the United States, L’Occitane and Saishunkan in Japan, Chando and Inoherb in China and Yves Rocher and Oriflame in Europe. Due to high manufacturing costs and


limitations of natural preservatives, naturally- inspired products are the in-product for many manufacturers, which is reflected by their mar- ket domination. Furthermore, encouraged by growing consumer awareness and improved


technology, several manufacturers are seeking to reformulate their existing lines to remove synthetic ingredients altogether. Brazil and particularly China are the fastest-


growing natural personal care markets, with sales in China increasing by nearly 24 per cent in 2013 while growth within mature markets have seen by a 7 per cent increase over the year in the United States and 6 per cent in Europe. Details: http://lei.sr?a=G6M3n


Maori tribe reveals hot pools and spa plans


Plans are in the works for a NZ$25m (£12.6m, US$20.6m, €15m) hot pools and spa com- plex in Queenstown, New Zealand which could draw more than 300,000 custom- ers annually. Ngai Tahu Tourism is in


talks with the Queenstown Lakeview Holiday Park to lease 0.75 hectares of land to facilitate the new site. Yhe proposed development would include 12 large pub- lic hot pools, four smaller private hot pools, changing facilities, a health spa, recep- tion and retail building and a café-restaurant. Te Lakeview site is also being pushed by


Ngai Tahi already operates a similar facility on the west coast of New Zealand


Queenstown Lakes District Council as the pre- ferred home for a NZ$50m (£25.2m, US$41.2m, €30m) convention centre proposal, possibly linked to a casino-hotel complex to be built by SkyCity Entertainment Group. Te Ngai Tahu Maori tribe already operates


Glacier Hot Pools at Franz Josef on the west coast of New Zealand which features three public pools, three private pools and a spaas


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well as Queenstown’s Shotover Jet, Dart River Jet and Hollyford Track Guided Walks. Its cur- rent property portfolio includes Queenstown’s courthouse and police station, plus the large Post Office Precinct complex in the heart of the CBD of Queenstown. Ngai Tahu Tourism regional boss David


Kennedy says “ongoing negotiations would centre around working in with the conven- tion centre site”. Details: http://lei.sr?a=v7z2V


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