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www.spabusiness.com/ezine Work starts on Yangcheng resort
IMC Octave – the real estate and hospitality arm of Singapore-based diversifi ed company IMC Group – has started work on a 28,000sq m (301,389sq ſt ) wellness retreat hotel at Yangcheng Lake just outside of Shanghai, China. Due to open in early 2015,
the 90-bedroom property is being designed by US-based Tsao and McKown Architects and will include a 6,000sq m (64,583sq ſt ) spa and an inte- grated medicine and executive health centre. T e spa will contain 40 treatment rooms
China’s online beauty sales to reach US$20bn by 2016
A study published by Kline & Company has found that internet beauty sales in China are expected to be worth more than us$20bn (€16.3bn £12.8bn) by 2016. T e report – Beauty Retailing T rough
Direct Sales in Emerging Markets: Channel Analysis and Opportunities – examines trends in the world’s emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. According to the research group, China’s
T e project includes a 6,000sq m wellness centre with 40 treatment rooms
and two aquatonic pools – one indoor and one outdoor – which off er experiences such hydromassage stations using therapeutic jet streams, micro-bubbles and geysers to relieve stress and promote healing. A thermal area will house separate male and female sections, as well as a co-ed area
including the indoor aquatonic pool and up to fi ve other thermal experiences. Elsewhere, a mind-body centre will off er
activities such as yoga and pilates; meditation spaces; and a fi tness suite, along with an out- door yoga area and meditation garden. GOCO Hospitality is working on the
design of the spa at the wellness retreat hotel. Details:
www.imcgroup.info
Viceroy signs deal for two Turkish spa resorts
Viceroy Hotel Group is to make its fi rst move into Turkey with the opening of two new prop- erties – Viceroy Istanbul and Viceroy Bodrum – during the next two years. T e group has been named operator of the Nef Bebeköy development in Istanbul, which is
being led by developer Nef and will include a resort spanning 68,000sq m (732,000sq ſt ). WATG are the project architects, with
Viceroy Istanbul due to open in late 2013. Facilities will include a full-service spa. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=Q3F5n
Japan’s fi rst Evian-branded spa for Tokyo
Japan’s first Evian-branded spa has been unveiled at Palace Hotel Tokyo – part of a us$1.2bn (€980m, £770m) mixed-use development in the heart of the city. Located on the fi ſt h fl oor
of the hotel, the 1,200sq m (12,197sq ſt ) spa is inspired by the Alpine journey taken by the France-based company’s natural mineral water. Facilities include fi ve treat-
T e treetop spa is part of a major redevelopment
New Treetop Spa for private island of Petit St Vincent
Entrepreneurs Phil Stephenson and Robin Paterson, owners of the Petit Saint Vincent private island in the Caribbean Sea, have opened a new treetop spa as part of a major redevelopment of the resort. The PSV Spa is designed to blend in
with its surroundings and has been craſt ed entirely using coconut trees, driftwood and natural wood. Facilities include four open-air treatment rooms, outdoor show- ers and a relaxation area. Each treatment will be tailored to the individual guest. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=D8j6S
McCarthy publishes book on the psychology of spas
Evian plans to develop its spa concept further for future projects
ment rooms and a spa suite – named aſt er Alpine peaks, as well as heated baths, two sau- nas and a cold plunge pool. Men’s and women’s relaxation lounges also form part of the Evian spa, which boasts views overlooking Tokyo’s Imperial Palace Gardens and Mount Fuji. T e treatment menu – like the spa’s design
– has taken inspiration from the purifying journey of Evian’s natural mineral water and
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uses products from French spa skincare com- panies Omnisens and Anne Semonin. MEC Design International Corporation led the design of the Evian Spa. Consultant Patrick Saussay, previously gen-
eral manager of Swiss spa and skincare fi rm Aſt er the Rain, has been appointed to develop the Evian spa concept for future projects. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=A8X7K
Jeremy McCarthy, director of global spa development and operations at Starwood Hotels & Resorts (see sb10/3 p24), has written a book – T e Psychology of Spas & Wellbeing: A guide to the Science of Holistic Healing. The new title draws on McCarthy’s
20-year career as a spa operator and his studies of applied positive psychology (APP). McCarthy recently received a mas- ter’s degree in APP from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, US. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=H8O7Q
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online sector has been growing at a rate of 200 per cent since 2006 and is already worth nearly us$8bn (€6.5bn, £5.1bn). Read more:
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