news update
New spa association for Quebec, Canada
T e booming spa sector in Eastern Canada has resulted in the formation of a new association for wellness operators located within the province of Quebec. Association Québécoise des spas (AQDS)
has been founded with a mission to support and represent all spas in Quebec – the only Canadian province where the sole offi cial language is French at governmental level. A founding committee was formed to
implement the new association. Members include Le Scandinave Spa president Pierre Brisson; Sylvie Lessard, director of the spa at Manoir du Lac William; and Spa Eastman president Jocelyna Dubuc. The association will look to develop
strategies and tools to assist the industry to become more professional, as well as rep- resent its interests at governmental level. Read more:
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11 new spas for Resense in 2013
Management company Resense Spa is set to open 11 new spas during 2013 as part of a larger expansion strat- egy. Three of the new spas will be operated as full-service Resense Spas while the other eight will be managed under the Kempinski, T e Spa brand. T e Resense Spas – described
as the ultimate European lux- ury spa experience – have been uniquely tailored for each loca- tion. T e fi rst Resense Spas will be situated in Accra, Ghana (at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City); Cairo, Egypt (as part of Kempinski Hotel Royal Maxim); and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (at the Kempinski Hotel Riyadh). T e Kempinski hotels that will host the new
Resense Spa plans to have 80 spas operating by the end of 2015
Winter and T émaé – although brands will be cho- sen according to spa location and target market and have been adapted for Kempinski. T e product house for Resense will be announced shortly. Set up in 2009 as a joint venture between
Kempinski, T e Spas are in Austria, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Namibia and Oman. While three more will open in China. Kempinski, T e Spa is described as a luxurious, seasonal concept and the preferred suppliers are Elemental Herbology, Daniele de
Kempinski Hotels and consultancy Raison d’Etre, Resense has 40 spas under contract and plans to have 80 spas by 2015 under the its two brands. T e company currently operates 11 Kempinski, T e Spas. Details:
www.resensespas.com
First Hello Kitty spa debuts in Dubai T e report surveyed 3,892 yoga practitioners
Australian research outlines benefi ts of yoga
A nationwide study carried out by four aca- demics in Australia is one of the fi rst pieces of the research to off er a detailed outline of the many health benefi ts of yoga. Stephen Penman and Marc Cohen from
the School of Health Sciences at RMIT University in Melbourne (see sb08/4 p44). – working with Philip Stevens from the Swan Research Institute and Sue Jackson of the School of Human Movement Studies at the University of Queensland – conducted a survey of 3,892 yoga practitioners. According to the study, yoga practice was
seen to assist in the management of specifi c issues and medical conditions. Respondents commonly started practic-
ing yoga for health and fi tness but oſt en continued practicing for stress manage- ment purposes. One in fi ve respondents practiced yoga for a specifi c health or med- ical reason which was seen to be improved through the activity. More people also used yoga for stress management and anxiety than back, neck or shoulder problems. Read more:
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T e world’s fi rst spa themed and designed on Japan’s Hello Kitty character has been unveiled at the Town Center Jumeirah shopping mall in Dubai, UAE. The 1,850sq ft (172sq m)
Hello Kitty Beauty Spa is operated on license by Sharaf Retail. T e spa targets both children and adults and hopes to appeal to both a high-end and leisure clientele and is the fi rst character-branded spa in the Middle East. Japanese artist Miyuki Okamura is behind its
Hello Kitty spa has been designed to attract children and their mothers T e spa has two separate service menus –
design, with the spa divided into three parts – the reception, a main/central treatment room and a party area. T e main treatment room con- tains hair and nail stations with a lounge, TV and karaoke system for children, while the party area includes make-up and styling stations.
one for Queens (adults) and another tailored for Princesses (children). And it is working on the creation of its own line of products. Japanese social communications fi rm Sanrio is the owner of the intellectual property rights to Hello Kitty, one of the country’s largest cultural exports. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=v2s1y
US luxury hotels sell more rooms than ever during Q1
Luxury hotels in the US sold more rooms than ever before during the fi rst quarter of 2012 (three months to March 31). According to a quarterly report by Smith
Travel Research (STR), a total of 6.75m rooms were sold at luxury properties, with the
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increase attributed to a resurgence of both corporate and high-end leisure travellers. Jan Freitag, senior vice president of opera-
tions at STR said the fi gures could be a lead indicator for where the hotel spa industry is headed (see p54 for more details).
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