Spa Irish flagship spa for Sundãri


Sundãri, the spa concept established by supermodel Christy Turlington, has launched its first Irish flagship facility at the Killarney Plaza Hotel in County Kerry. Te property’s 3,000sq ſt


(278.7sq m) spa now provides a wide number of treatments from Indonesia, Thailand and India, in addition to tai- lor-made healing therapies for the mind and body. Signature treatments offered


by the Killarney Plaza include the Sundãri Zana, consisting of a 90-minute facial and hot stone massage using volcanic stones. Te Realign treatment is a 75-minute, four-


handed signature massage, which uses essential oils from plants, flowers and trees combined with the “energy” of two therapists. Te Sundãri spa at the Killarney Plaza Hotel also offers a range of post-natal therapies such


Killarney Plaza Hotel offers signature treatments such as Sundãri Zana


as the New Baby Brightening facial and the New Mums Body Massage. Facilities at the spa include six therapy pods;


two signature therapy areas; consultation area; a hand and feet therapy space; and a relaxation garden. A spa retail space and a leisure club with pool and fitness suite are also provided.


Barr + Wray secure Far East contracts


Glasgow-based swimming pool and spa provider Barr + Wray has successfully secured two contracts in the Far East worth a total of £2m. The company has been


appointed to carry out the installation of spa facilities at Resort World and the W Hotel in Sentosa, Singapore, with the latter due for com- pletion in April 2012. Located on the southern


tip of Singapore, the 240-bed- room W Hotel will offer vitality and herbal pools; sau- nas; steamrooms; and rain pods. Facilities will also comprise a fitness centre; meeting rooms; and a residential development incorporating 228 homes and several penthouses. Meanwhile, Barr + Wray has also been con- tracted to design the wet areas of the proposed


Barr + Wray will install a new onsen pool at Resort World in Singapore


wellness centre at Resort World, which will include hammams, saunas and steamrooms. Vitality, onsen and plunge pools are also


to be installed at Resort World by the com- pany, with work scheduled for completion this month [December 2011].


Green light for new Bedford Lodge Hotel spa


Independently-owned Review Hotels has announced that it has been given the green light to build a spa adjacent to its Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. Neighbouring Rockfield House, which was purchased by Review last year, has been


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granted change of use planning permission to become Te Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel. Exact details for the spa are yet to be con-


firmed, but it is anticipated that the spa will be opening to both hotel guests and non-guests during the third quarter of 2012.


Twitter: @leisureopps Armathwaite Hall’s spa opened in February 2009


New spa director for Armathwaite Hall


Te privately-owned Armathwaite Hall Country House Hotel and Spa in Cumbria, UK, has announced the appointment of Colin Farndon as its new spa director. Farndon joins Armathwaite Hall with


more than 20 years of experience in the industry in the UK and abroad, and takes over the role from Jenni Paling. Designed by Douglas Wallace Designers


with consultancy Gill Haines Spa Operations, the £5m (€5.9m, US$7.8m) spa opened its doors in February 2009. Facilities include nine first-floor treat-


ment rooms; a tranquillity room; a 50ſt (16m) infinity-edged swimming pool; a floor-to-ceiling waterfall; and a heat expe- rience, as well as a gym. Farndon said: “I intend to build on the


solid foundations laid by my predeces- sor Jenni Paling and the team to take the business and, most importantly, the guest experience forward in 2012.”


New spa planned for Devon’s Boringdon Hall


Boringdon Hall Hotel director James Nettleton has announced plans for a new multi-million pound development to include a spa and a 60-bedroom expan- sion of the Devon property. Further details of the project are expected


to be announced in the New Year, with Plymouth-based ADG chosen as architects and Ward Williams Associates named as project manager. Te planned scheme fol- lows the announcement earlier this year that the Nettleton Group had taken over the 41-bedroom property, which also includes Te Gallery Restaurant. It is expected that 50 new jobs will be


created as part of the development, which forms part of a long-term strategy designed to secure the future of the historic hotel. Nettleton said: “We’re excited to be


announcing our plans. Te building has an amazing history and hopefully this new development will secure its future.”


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