INTERVIEW: LEE DAVID STEPHENS
MSpa International portfolio THAILAND
KOREA
n Anantara Spa, Anantara Phuket n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Golden Triangle Chiang Rai n Anantara Spa, Anantara Hua Hin n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Bo Phut Koh Samui n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Lawana, Koh Samui n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Riverside Bangkok n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Sikao, Trang n The Spa, Four Seasons
hotel Bangkok n Mandara Spa, JW Marriott
Phuket Resort & Spa n Royal Garden Spa, Pattaya
Marriott Resort & Spa n Mandara Spa, Sheraton
Krabi Beach Resort n Mandara Spa, The Royal Orchid
Sheraton hotel Bangkok n Elemis Spa, The St
Regis Bangkok hotel n Anantara Spa, Anantara Rasananda, Koh Phangan
Stephens thinks Africa is a very exciting market that’s ripe for spa development – out of 30 potential future projects, 10 are planned on the continent
Morocco, Mozambique and in East Africa, with more development also underway in Tanzania. “It’s a very exciting market,” Stephens says. “We talk about the BRIC nations, but Africa has huge potential. It has an abundance of natural beauty and although you need to fix the infrastructure and make it accessible, African properties are absolutely waiting to happen.” Neither is Stephens ruling out more spa
brand development, revealing that MSpa is in discussions with a few external compa- nies about creating a spa concept for them. He concludes: “We’re growing very rap- idly and as we do our strength and expertise grow so we become even more appealing to owners. We get calls all the time, so we can afford to be choosy with what we do and who we partner with. It’s not a bad predic- ament to have!” l
CHINA
n Mandara Spa, Marco Polo Shenzhen n Mandara Spa, JW Marriott
hotel Shanghai n Mandara Spa, Pullman
Lijiang Resort & Spa n Mandara Spa, Renaissance
Shanghai Putuo hotel n Mandara Spa, Sheraton
Sanya Resort n Anantara Spa, The
PuLi Hotel & Spa n Anantara Spa, Anantara Sanya n Anantara Spa, Anantara Xishuangbanna
INDONESIA
n Anantara Spa, Anantara Seminyak, Bali n Anantara Spa, Anantara Uluwatu, Bali
n Aequalis Spa, Sheraton Seoul D Cube City
MALDIVES
n Anantara Spa, Anantara Dhigu n Anantara Spa, Anantara
Kihavah Villas n Anantara Spa, Anantara Veli n In-house spa, Naladhu n Per Aquum, Huvafen Fushi n Per Aquum, Niyama
VIETNAM
n Anantara Spa, Anantara Mui Ne n Anantara Spa, Anantara Hoi-An n Avani Spa, Avani Quy Nhon
MALAYSIA
n The Spa, Golden Palmtree Resort, Sepang
TANZANIA
n Anantara Spa, Hyatt Regency, Dar es Salaam n Anantara Spa, Melia Zanzibar
UAE
n Anantara Spa, Desert Islands Resort by Anantara n Anantara Spa, Qasr Al Sarab
Desert Resort by Anantara n Anantara Spa, The
Emirates Palace hotel n Anantara Spa, Eastern
Mangroves by Anantara n Desert Palm by Per Aquum, Dubai
EGYPT n Mandara Spa, JW Marriott Cairo
JORDAN
n Anantara Spa, Kempinski Ishtar Dead Sea
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