Spa Spa details revealed for The Cube PeTe hayman


Sanguine Hospitality has announced details of the new luxury spa that will form part of Te Cube - a £13m flagship scheme in Birmingham. Te group has now released


further information about the proposed Club and Spa, which is to be located on the fiſth floor of the building. An advanced inhalation


room – one of only a few to be installed in the UK – is pro- posed as part of Te Cube’s Club and Spa, which can be effective for those who suffer from breathing difficulties. Te venue will also boast a Kelo sauna; a


dry flotation bed; a couples suite with hot tub and relaxation areas; a hydrotherapy pool; and a rasul mud room. Pevonia products will be offered by the Club and Spa, which will also feature a climbing wall across two levels.


Te Cube’s Club and Spa is to incorporate an advanced inhalation room Richard Dakin and Nicola Williams have


been named as general manager and spa man- ager respectively, with the Club and Spa due to launch in September. It will complement a 52-bedroom Indigo Hotel on floors 23 and 24, and a 1,319sq m (14,198sq ſt) Marco Pierre White restaurant on the 25th floor.


Public spa opens at Lancashire facility Tom waLKer


Te newly expanded Inside Spa at the Pendle Wavelengths leisure centre in Nelson, Lancashire, has opened. Te £220,000 renovation


was funded and completed as the result of a partnership between Pendle Leisure Trust (PLT) and Alliance Leisure. Revamp work included the


addition of four new treat- ment rooms, a manicure and pedicure bar in the reception area and a large relaxation area for group bookings. Existing facilities at the spa


Payne was previously a spa industry consultant


Greg Payne joins amanresorts International


Tom waLKer


Greg Payne has been appointed the new spa operations director at Singapore-based lux- ury hotel group Amanresorts International. Payne replaces Heather Blankinship in the role, who has leſt the company to set up her own spa consultancy. Before joining Aman, Payne most recently


worked as a consultant for the international hotel and spa industry and earlier this year completed the launch of a wellness center called Verita in Singapore.


Te refurbishment was led by Pendle Leisure Trust and Alliance Leisure


include a sauna and heat ther- apy and salt inhalation rooms. Te work was part of a wider £3m redevelopment of Pendle Wavelengths, which was one of the UK’s first public sector spas when it opened in 2007.


PLT CEO Phil Storey said: “Te spa is now


in its fourth year and the demand is incredible. Between 2008 and 2010, we tracked a 30 per cent increase in spend within our facilities.


Kyricos leaves Starwood for Core Performance Tom waLKer


Mia Kyricos, director of global spa brands at Starwood, has leſt the company to join proac- tive wellness experts Core Performance. Kyricos has been appointed Core’s vice president of corporate wellness and will be


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BISa cancels 2011 International Conference


Tom waLKer


Te British International Spa Association (BISA) has cancelled its annual BISA International Conference event, due to be taking place in Buxton on 23-24 June. In a letter to its members, BISA chair


responsible for the implementation and success of wellness centres and related programming at a host of Fortune 500 companies. Core Performance is backed by Polaris


Ventures – a venture firm managing more than £2.1bn worth of investments.


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Marion Schneider cited the emergence of “significant obstacles” to holding the event, but no further details were offered. In it’s place, University of Derby is


now organising its own event – called Buxton Spa Forum – with a focus on “spa responsibility and sustainability”.


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Copthorne hotel merry hill unveils new spa facilities


PeTe hayman


Copthorne Hotel Merry Hill in Dudley, West Midlands, has officially unveiled Imagine Spa – a new day facility compris- ing three beauty treatment rooms. It is the third hotel spa to open under


the Imagine Essential Collection, which provides a full range of treatments and massages, as well as a men’s spa. In addition to the Dudley spa, Imagine


Essential Collection comprises facilities at Hethersett near Norwich and Brands Hatch near Dartford, Kent.


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