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DAILY NEWS, JOBS, TRAINING & TENDERS www.spaopportunities.com IHG opening first EVEN wellness hotels


InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will open its first two holistic wellness brand Even Hotels on 15 June 2014, with launches in both Rockville, Maryland and Norwalk, Connecticut, US. Initially revealed in 2012


following two years of guest research, the Even Hotel brand aims to provide solutions for all aspects of travellers’ holis- tic wellness needs. IHG has said that it is “the


industry’s first mainstream lifestyle hotel brand focused on the wellness space”. The concept emphasises


IHG will open its first two holistic wellness hotels on 15 June 2014


four key components: Keep Active, Rest Easy, Eat Well and Accomplish More. The hotel in Norwalk will feature 129


bedrooms and has been constructed with sus- tainability in mind along with design elements to help facilitate wellness. Features include ample green space, in-room fitness zones and healthy food and drink options. Tere will also be a health and fitness centre on-site. Te 167-bedroom Even Hotel in Rockville is similarly designed to help facilitate wellness and


features flexible work spaces, gardens, in-room fitness zones and a 1,200sq ſt (111sq m) gym. Te company initially aims to roll out the


wellness brand in North America with a tar- get of 100 hotels in five years, with the first in major US cities planned originally planned for 2013, but subsequently pushed back to 2014. Two further locations, in New York, are due


to open in 2015 with a 150-room new build and a flagship 230-room tower near Grand Central Station. Details: http://lei.sr?a=Z6M3x


Loews Regency to include Julien Farel Salon & Spa


Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue in New York, US has reopened aſter a year of extensive renovations costing US$100m (£60.7m, €73.7m). Te Regency hotel, which


first opened its doors in 1963, has 379 bedrooms and now features four new private meeting spaces and a new 1,700sq ſt (1,58sq m) gym. The newly renovated


hotel will offer a Salon & Spa by celebrity hairstylist Julien Farel when it opens in March this year. The 10,000sq ſt (929sq m) facil- ity, designed by NewYork-based firm Meyer Davis, will offer a complete wellness experience encompassing hair, nails, makeup and fitness. Te salon will feature 32 hair stations, pri-


Loews Regency Hotel has reopened following a one-year refurbishment


private multi-service rooms to cater to men’s grooming needs. “For more than 50 years, Loews Regency has


vate suites and a lounge. Te spa will include three single and one double massage rooms, one double, two facial rooms, a nail suite and a post-treatment relaxation lounge. On the ground floor of the hotel JF Men will also be launched – a service which includes two


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captured the hearts of guests from around the world through distinctly personalised atten- tion to individuals” said MD at Loews Regency, Jim McPartlin. “By partnering with the city’s finest talents and experts, we’ve put the best of New York City at our guests’ fingertips.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=N9K7z


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