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French hospital to be converted into a three- storey thermal bath spa
Spanish architectural firm Francisco Mangado has been appointed as the mas- ter-planner of a French thermal spa project following a global design competition. Francisco Mangado, along with five other architects, will transform an old mili- tary thermal hospital in the municipality of Amélie-les-Bains in southern France into a spa covering 3,143sq m (33,830sq ft). Due to open by 2017, the €6.5m (US$9m, £5.3m) spa will be set over three floors and feature extensive thermal and bathing facilities – using water from the town’s natural resources – as well as a spa with over 10 wet and dry treatment rooms. A hot zone will comprise three sau- nas and three Turkish baths in addition to a Roman-style caldarium steam- room. Meanwhile a cold zone will boast
The €6.5m spa is due to open by 2017 and will be master planned by Francisco Mangado architects
experience showers, a tepidarium and a frigidarium. On top of this, there will be a large interior bathing area leading to an outdoor relaxation courtyard, plus a sun terrace and bar.
The proposed renovation will see glass surfaces superimposed on the hospital’s solid stone walls to give it a more modern look, while retaining the original architecture. Read more:
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Hotel development to soar in Dubai for 2020 Expo
Dubai has relaxed hotel development regulations in preparation for an expected influx of 25 million visitors over the course of the six-month World Expo in 2020. The pre-approval stage in hotel develop- ment has been shortened from six months to two months. Fees for ‘change of use of land’ for hotel operations have also been scrapped and more incentives will follow. Dubai needs to double its hotel inventory, adding over 80,000 bedrooms, in the next seven years to meet the tourist demand. Read more:
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The Seychelles spa industry is growing New hotels are likely to have spa facilities
New tourism academy with spa for Seychelles
Striking design revealed for Norwegian spa hotel The hotel is designed to blend into the landscape Spa Business 2 2014 ©Cybertrek 2014
Plans have been unveiled for the coil- shaped Lofoten Opera Hotel, which is to be built in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago. The curvaceous design by Snøhetta Architects will help the 95-room hotel blend into the surrounding seascape. It will fea- ture a spa and amphitheatre as well as hiking resources – Lofoten is a very popular walking and nature destination in Norway. Construction started in December 2013 and the estimated cost is NOK300m (US$49.6m, €35.9m, £30m). Read more:
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A full-service spa training facility is to be included in a purpose-built tourism academy in the Seychelles. The government is funding the
new site for The Seychelles Tourism Academy – the islands’ only tourism college. The first 15 classrooms are to open in July, with the main admin block and restaurant/demonstration kitchen to follow. Work on a hotel and spa training facility will start in January. 2015 The academy already offers a two-year spa certificate qualification in partnership with the Constance Hospitality Academy in Mauritius. Read more:
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