news update


South African spa revenue up 261 per cent


Spa benchmarks for South Africa have been released for 2014 – fol- lowing on from previous research conducted five years ago – noting an increase of 261 per cent in the region’s industry revenue up to 31 March 2014, reaching ZAR1.4bn (US$119m, €100m, £78m). Research company Intelligent Spas has updated the South African Spa Benchmark Report 2008. According to the latest data, more than 2.5m people visited a spa in South Africa in the finan- cial year ending 31 March 2014. This is a 162 per cent increase since 2008. Average revenue per spa increased by 49 per cent over the last five years.


Read more: http://lei.sr?a=Q2T3r_S Association chair Charlie Thompson


Inaugural UK spa industry statistics revealed


Average revenue per treatment in UK spas is £40.49 (US$63, €52), according to the first six months of data from the UK Spa Association. The association says that it’s


likely that this number is influenced by the mix of the 67 participating spas, 89 per cent of which are day spas. The average revenue per treat- ment at hotel spas is considerably higher, at £67.15 (US$105, €52). The data, recorded from April to September, also shows that therapist utilisation is 81 per cent, while treat- ment room utilisation is 41 per cent. The benchmarking system is a valuable barometer of spa facility performance in the country.


Read more: http://lei.sr?a=U6E8d_S 22 spabusiness.com issue 1 2015 ©CYBERTREK 2015


the biggest spa in the Four Seasons portfolio is set to open in March at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay in the kingdom’s capital city, Manama. Interiors of the hotel and its 37,512sq ft (3,485sq m) spa have been designed by Pierre Yves-Rochon, who’s behind the décor of other high-end hotels such as Four Seasons George V in Paris, The Savoy in London and Peninsula Shanghai. The sizeable spa will be located at the base of the 273-bed hotel – designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill – which


rises 68 floors above the bay on its own oval-shaped, man-made island. Facilities will comprise 17 treat- ment rooms, five pools – including one for children – a hammam, sauna, whirlpool, indoor spa pool, two relaxa- tion lounges with juice bars, a beauty salon and barber shop. Sodashi and Ila will supply the products, along with treatment beds from Gharieni. The hotel is one of five new properties that Four Seasons is planning in 2015. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=j6q2Y_S


The largest Four Seasons spa is to debut in Bahrain The spa, designed by Pierre Yves-Rochon, will sit at the base of the 68-storey hotel


American Leisure opens spa for Wrigley’s gum firm


Twenty-two miles off the coast of Los Angeles, USA, a five-star day spa has opened on the island of Catalina. The majority of the island is owned by the Wrigley’s chewing gum company. US spa management and design firm American Leisure worked on the project, advising its client – the Wrigley company. The 15,000sq ft (1,394sq m) Island Spa Catalina is located in the island’s historic El Encanto building and has nine treatment rooms. There’s also a sauna, steamroom, relaxation deck, soaking pool, courtyard, shop/café and a yoga studio. Reflecting the spa’s location, the treat- ments use locally sourced ingredients such as sage, eucalyptus, rosemary, aloe and a wide array of seaweed. They’ve


The Santa Catalina Island Company has control of most of the island’s resorts


also been designed to be age-friendly as American Leisure’s Wendy Bosalavage explains on page 66.


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