news update Marriott to enter Italy with lagoon resort
T e lavish JW Marriott Resort & Spa on the island of Sacca Sessola in Italy, which is set to open at the end of 2014, has announced details of its well- ness off erings. The resort is situated 15
Founder and CEO of Yelo Spa, Nic Ronco
First Yelo Spa opens outside New York in Brazil
Nic Ronco, founder and CEO of Yelo Spa, is celebrating 25 years in the US this month. He moved from France in 1988 to build a spa business in New York City and now the company has just launched its fi rst spa out- side the US in São Paulo, Brazil. “I believed in the dream and the vision
[of the Yelo Spa concept] when it was just in my mind and on a piece of paper,” said Ronco. “Now it’s a small multinational and it’s just the very beginning. I’m very grateful for those who trusted me a few years ago.” T e new spa in São Paulo features six
signature Yelo Cabs – sleeping pods with soundproofi ng, aromatherapy and chro- motherapy – that enable guests to nap for 20 minutes. In addition, the spa off ers facials, massages, manicures and pedicures as well as a host to customise the session. Read more:
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From Mii to Vie – Accor rebrands Pullman spas
French hospitality group Accor has rolled out a new day spa brand in its Pullman hotels in Australia. Five existing day spas have been rebranded
from Mii Spa to the new Vie Spa or ‘life spa’: (vie means life in French). Vie Spas are now at Pullman Resort Bunker Bay, Quay West Resort Magenta Shores, Pullman Cairns International, Pullman Palm Cove Sea Temple Resort & Spa and Pullman Port Douglas Sea Temple Resort & Spa. Each spa will have its own tailored treat-
ment menu as well as a standard menu of treatment off erings that can be enjoyed at all Vie Spas. T e Australian-based prod- uct range iKOU will be used alongside the existing Pevonia product range. T ere are plans to further expand Vie Spa
in the Pacifi c region and two more are set to open in New South Wales before the end of the year. Read more:
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minutes by speedboat from Piazza San Marco in Venice. T e Sacca Sessola, a 40-acre (16-hectare) man-made island, is one of 118 islands in the Venetian lagoon. Spa consultancy and
management firm GOCO Hospitality has created the concept for the waterfront spa and will also operate it once it opens. T e design is being carried out by Matteo T un & Partners of Milan. Covering 1,000sq m (10,765sq ſt ), the spa
will have views over the lagoon and a back- drop of Piazza San Marco. It will feature spa suites as well as single treatment rooms, plus a bathing circuit and fi tness centre.
T e Venetian spa off ers views against a backdrop of Piazza San Marco It will off er authentic, classical treatments,
results-orientated cosmeceutical facials and male grooming in addition to weekend spa and wellness packages and mind and body classes. Set among private gardens, the spa will
also off er guests treatments in pop-up loca- tions around the island during the summer months. Read more:
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Clarins reveals fi rst Maldives My Blend Spa
Velaa Private Island, a luxury resort in the Maldives, will open at then end of 2013, with a Spa My Blend by Clarins. Privately owned and man-
aged by Czech entrepreneurs Radka and Jiri Smejc, the Petr Kolar-designed resort is made up of 43 private villas and fi ve four-bedroom resi- dences, which focus on local materials and contempo- rary fl ourishes. Each private retreat off ers a generous out- door space and private pool. T e spa facilities feature six
Velaa Private Island will have a six-suite Spa My Blend by Clarins
spa suites nestled over the island’s lagoon, with two suites for couples. Given the partnership with Spa My Blend by Clarins, exclusive prod- ucts and treatments will be on off er. T is is the fourth Spa My Blend by Clarins to open, with others in Paris, Cannes and Toronto.
T e spa will also have a thermal area with
a steamroom, sauna and the Maldives’ fi rst- ever snowroom. Alongside these features is a Cloud 9 fl oatation suite providing a cloud- shaped reclining treatment pod by Klafs and Sha. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=v0G8X
Aquis Great Barrier Reef Resort moves forward
Chinese billionaire Tony Fung’s au$4.2bn (us$3.75bn, £2.4bn) mega leisure develop- ment in Cairns, Australia has moved to the next stage, having been declared a ‘co-ordi- nated project’ – the fi rst step in the Australian government’s planning approval process.
20 Read Spa Business online
spabusiness.com / digital T e Aquis Resort at the Great Barrier Reef
project is set to feature nine luxury hotels, a 25,000-seat sports stadium, a casino and high- end retail space. In total, it will off er 3,750 hotel bedrooms, 1,180 apartments and 130 villas. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=O5j1d
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