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£37m investment in wellbeing in the UK


A new £37m (us$58m, €47m) initiative has been launched with the support of gov- ernment funding to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life for nearly 170,000 older people across the UK. T e Dallas – delivering assisted living


lifestyles at scale – programme will examine new methods of using innovative products and services in order to create more inde- pendent lifestyles for the elderly. Four consortia tasked with operat-


ing the initiative – developed by public body Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – have secured £25m worth of govern- ment funding. The consortia have also made fi nancial contributions towards the Dallas programme, along with funding from the UK’s National Institute for Health Research and the Scottish Government. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=d8a6K


Oetker teams up with Guerlain


The Oetker Collection has entered into an exclusive part- nership with product house Guerlain for the future joint development of branded spas, which will form part of its new masterpiece” hotels. T e fi rst property expected


to benefi t from the new agree- ment will be Palais Namaskar in Marrakech, Morocco, which opened its doors ear- lier this year. Facilities include the 650sq m (6,997sq ft) Le Spa Namaskar, which includes four individual treatment cabins with outdoor terraces and two double cab- ins with private hammams. A hair salon and an area for manicures,


pedicures and facials also form part of the spa, while treatments can also be administered within the hotel grounds or bedrooms. It will be Guerlain’s first opening in Morocco and joins its network of spas found


Palais Namaskar opened in Marrakech, Morocco earlier this year


in prime cities throughout the world, having originally been founded as a perfume house in 1828. Signature experiences will include Orchidée Impériale Prestige Treatment and the Terracotta Treatment. Products from ila are also used in Le Spa Namaskar. T e partnership will also see Oetker explore


opportunities for future openings in conjunc- tion with Guerlain, such as Le Bristol Abu Dhabi. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=U6v4W


ESPA’s fl agship Asian spa opens at Sentosa Each Elements wellness centre will have a spa


Supermarket chain Migros to launch wellness brand


T e Swiss co-operative retail giant Migros Group has unveiled its new high-end health and spa club brand, Elements. Designed specifi cally for the German


market, Elements clubs will measure up to 5,000sq m (53,800sq ſt ) and include a spa and hammam or swimming pool. Eight sites are already in the pipeline,


with the fi rst set to open in Munich at the beginning of 2013. T e remaining seven clubs will open later in 2013: three further sites for Munich, two in Frankfurt and two in Stuttgart. With annual revenues of over €20bn


(us$24bn, £16bn) and more than 80,000 employees, Migros is the country’s larg- est supermarket operator and is structured into fi ve strategic business units – co-op- erative retailing, commerce, industry and wholesaling, fi nancial services and travel It already operates 44 health and


wellness clubs, eight golf clubs and four sports centres in Switzerland. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=o1A9Z


A new 10,000sq m (107,639sq ſt ) ESPA spa opened in July at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) – one of Singapore’s fi rst inte- grated resort developments. ESPA at RWS is the com-


pany’s new flagship Asian spa and features 24 treatment rooms in total. T ey include two double spa suites and six treatment villas all overlook- ing a ‘refl ection pool’ as well as two beach treatment villas with sea views. A traditional hammam –


T ere crystal steamrooms (above) and one of Singapore’s fi rst hammams


one of the fi rst in Singapore – is among the highlights and includes a large scrub plinth, steamroom, two scrub areas and four seated washing stations. T ere’s also a relaxation area with sleep pods, a nail salon with back massage stations and the Tangerine Spa Café serving healthy cuisine.


Elsewhere, there are male and female ther-


mal facilities – supplied by Barr + Wray – with rock saunas and crystal steamrooms; gardens with vitality pools, cold plunge pools and uni- sex onsen style pools; a Zen yoga studio and a gym. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=X7g6l


PwC’s latest research for Middle East spa markets


PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has published its latest benchmark studies analysing the spa markets in Doha, Qatar; Beirut, Lebanon; and Jordan’s Dead Sea region. The studies track 11 key spa metrics between January and April 2012 and found


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that the average revenue per treatment sold in this period was highest in Doha hotel spas at us$134 (€109, £86). See Spa Business issue 2, 2012 p76 for a more in-depth analy- sis of this region’s spa performance in 2011. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=o4K5S


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