n Sign up for your FREE digital subscription to spa opportunities magazine: www.spaopportunities.com/green Body Bliss launches aromatherapy app


Natural product manufacturer Body Bliss has introduced a new app designed to inte- grate custom aromatherapy alchemy into spa treatments and spa retail. Te Aroma Design Bar with


Intentional Aromatherapy App allows users to create a custom blend, which in-spa “Alchemistas” will then make up for them to use as part of their spa treatment. In the recently-released


SpaFinder Wellness 365 Top Ten Global Spa and Wellness Trend Forecast, “Aromatherapy: Scent With Intent” was highlighted as a top trend for 2014, naming Body Bliss as an innovator. “I have worked with Body Bliss for over a


Te app will allow users to create personalised aromatherapy treatments “Body Bliss formulas are designed to cap-


decade on numerous spa and wellness proj- ects,” said Amy McDonald, principal of hospitality and care specialists Under a Tree Consulting. “Te Intentional Aromatherapy App allows the art and science of aromather- apy, which is highly customisable, to be taken to a new level of integration and personalisa- tion for each guest.”


ture the heart of the individual,” said Body Bliss founder Nick James. “Our blends hold a spe- cific intention encoded in the formulation for a defined, positive outcome for wellbeing.” Having successfully established a world-


wide network of artisanal and co-operative farmers and distillers, Body Bliss imports raw materials from around the globe which are integrated into its spa products and treatments. Details: http://lei.sr?a=p4z4N


Hilton opens first DoubleTree hotel in Moscow Te bathhouse was designed with an anti-spa ethos


Hilton’s expansion of its DoubleTree brand is continu- ing apace, with its Moscow Leningradsky-Riverside site slated to open in the second quarter of this year. Steiner Spa Consulting


is consulting on and licens- ing the Chavana Spa at the 270-bedroom hotel, which will be managed by Hilton Worldwide. Six treatment rooms and


double treatment room with its own hot tub and steam shower offer a variety of local and Balinese treatments. Other spa facilities include a pool, sauna, ham- mam, hot tub and relaxation area. Te hotel will also offer a fitness centre, restaurant, bar and meeting space. A yacht club and marina is located next to


the hotel, providing visitors with the option to travel by water to downtown Moscow, as well as to the Black and Baltic seas. Jeff Matthews, co-president of Steiner Spa Consulting, says: “We are looking forward to


© CYBERTREK 2014 Te 270-bedrom hotel will be managed by Hilton Worldwide


opening our first Chavana Spa in Moscow with the Hilton group and the opportunity to syn- ergise both our brands to bring exceptional services to our guests.” Hilton also recently launched a DoubleTree


Suites by Hilton hotel in Bangalore, India. Global head of DoubleTree by Hilton, John Greenleaf, says this launch is “a significant milestone in our growth in India, a key strategic market for the brand.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=5m2Z7


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Kickstarter bid for San Francisco spa pop-up falls flat


A bid to raise funds for a pop-up spa in San Francisco made of shipping containers has failed, aſter less than a tenth of the funds required were secured via crowd-sourcing website Kickstarter. Wellness entrepreneur Nell Waters


attracted just $26,508 of the US$240,000 (£146,000, €173,862) target to fund the SOAK urban bathhouse concept designed by San Francisco-based Rebar. Te plans centred around a courtyard


idea, where stacked containers would house a lounge, sauna, hot tubs and a roof deck, along with changing rooms and toilets. The site’s developers believed SOAK


would have created an “anti-spa” ethos, with a focus on making the use of its facil- ities more of a social practice. Rainwater was to be used to provide


around 50 per cent of the spa’s required water, while recycled greywater would be used to irrigate a garden on the rear patio of the site. Details: http://lei.sr?a=g5y3y


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Wellness at home trend gaining momentum says Gary Henkin


WTS International president and founder Gary Henkin has said that consumers and spa patrons will gravitate more to the grow- ing trend of improving lifestyle and wellbeing through wellness offerings and programmes. “More spa-goers are concerned not only


about receiving a relaxing spa experience but also about getting results from their spa treatments,” said Henkin. “We believe they will want to continue receive results long aſter they leave the hotel or resort. Tus, there is a trend to have consumers continue their protocols, lifestyle changes and prod- uct uses at home.” A full interview with Gary Henkin is


available in the Movers & Shakers section of the current edition of the Spa Handbook available in print here: http://lei.sr?a=A907e and online here: http://lei.sr?a=P3l4


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