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UK Spa Association plans Spa Awareness Week


The UK Spa Association has organised National Spa Awareness Week (NSAW) from 3-7 November 2014 to increase aware- ness of the mental and physical benefits regular spa treatments can bring. In its monthly newsletter, the UK Spa


Association said hundreds of UK spas and salons will be taking part in the week where they ‘meet and treat’ their clients. The association hopes the range of


events, including promotions, compe- titions, offers and fundraising activities – supported by MacMillan Cancer Trust – as well as treatments and packages will show how spas can promote benefits of spa therapies. Details: http://lei.sr?a=d3w4Q


Plans for £25m wellness resort


St Michael’s Hotel and Spa in Falmouth, Cornwall, has revealed £25m plans to expand its facility into a progressive complex featuring new well- ness and health offerings, hotel suites, restaurants, apartments and woodland eco lodges. The project would see


the current hotel and spa become part of a larger facil- ity using the site of the former Falmouth Beach hotel, which suffered fire damage in 2012. Using designs created by


Cornish architects Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole, the site is planned to become an iconic beach- front development resembling an ocean liner. The St Michael’s Spa & Wellness Resort


would encompass a new destination spa fea- turing seven treatment rooms, a beauty salon, swimming pool with extensive relaxation areas and an additional new conservatory. The spa development would also house


a large hydrotherapy pool, sauna, steam- room, experience rainforest showers, deep and light relaxation areas, a spa café and spa gardens with an outdoor Finnish sauna.


Te council says affordable housing is a priority


£7.8m Welsh hotel proposal rejected by Gwynedd council


Plans for a £7.8m five-storey hotel in Abersoch, North Wales, have been turned down by local authority planners over the developers’ “inadequate” offer of allocat- ing £150,000 for social housing. Te planning application, submitted by


Manchester-based developers Broomco, would have included a 42-bedroom hotel, 18 apartments, a restaurant, spa and con- ference facility. Broomco plans to demolish and replace the existing White House Hotel. Te development policy for local author-


ity Gwynedd, dictates that developments must include 30 per cent towards social housing. Tis means the local authority would expect six of the 18 proposed apart- ments to be for social housing, or to have the cash equivalent to build a similar num- ber of “affordable units” nearby. The planning application vote was


deferred last month to allow Broomco to increase its offer. Te company says the scheme would add £1.5m to the local economy and spur the availabil- ity of up to 120 jobs at peak season. Details: http://lei.sr?a=X3f2d


10 Designs for the project have been created by Cornish architects


Other inclusions come in the form of new res- taurants, health club, local shops, 30 new hotel suites, 51 ocean-facing apartments and six wood- land eco lodges. Te site’s apartments will be fully residential, but oriented towards leisure and holiday use, with St Michael’s providing a full management and letting service. A full planning application is to be submit-


ted later this month. If accepted, it is thought ground could be broken in early 2015, with the work taking around 18 months to complete. Details: http://lei.sr?a=q8F6B


Buxton Crescent & Thermal Spa heating up


The Buxton Crescent and Thermal Spa project in Derbyshire, is moving for- ward with tenders for the building works to be issued in July with a view to commenc- ing work in October 2014. Te 79-bedroom five-star


spa hotel – jointly owned by Derbyshire County Council and High Peak Borough Council – is expected to open at some point in 2016. Te spa will include ther-


mal and wet treatment areas such as a sauna, saunarium, infrared sauna, ice room, aroma room, steamroom, salt grotto. Te two existing base- ment pools – one for men and one for women – will both be completely refurbished. Carbon dioxide and peat-infused baths


Te Georgian crescent was built by the 5th Duke of Devonshire Danubius Hotels will operate the new spa.


will also be on offer, plus hydro massage and a hydrotherapy bath for couples. Dalesauna, suppliers of thermal and wet experience zones are specialist consultants for the spa.


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital


CP Holdings – Majority owner of Danubius Hotels – and Trevor Osborne Property Group are developing the spa – having invested a total of £15m in the project between them. Details: http://lei.sr?a=H9c4a


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