HOLIDAY VILLAGE SPA
Full steam ahead
The new Aqua Sana at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, UK, has 25 multi-sensory heat and wet experiences at the core of its off ering and is reaping the benefi ts of its unique spa model. Katie Barnes fi nds out more
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Don Camilleri was the construction director of the new £250m Center Parcs site
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hen I spoke with Don Camilleri, construction director for Center Parcs UK, in February, he said he’d be spend-
ing £1m a day for the four months running up to the opening of the company’s new holiday village in Woburn Forest. It gives an indication of the scale of the project. Ten years in the making, Center Parcs
Woburn Forest opened in June after a £250m (US$427.8m, €316.2m) investment from US owner, Blackstone and other banks. At full capacity the 625 lodges and 75-bed hotel, situated in a 362-acre (146-hectare) forest setting, will be able to accommodate 3,000 people. The Woburn site is Center Parcs’ fi fth holiday village in the UK and all are popular
with families and groups of friends alike: last year average occupancy across the four sites was an astonishing 97.2 per cent. The new Woburn village features a whole roster of leisure activities – over 100 in fact – from pony trekking and watersports to a state of the art pool complex. and every type of sport. For those who want to escape the hubbub, however, there’s the Aqua Sana spa.
Hot spot Around £17.5m (US$29.9m, €22.1m) was carved out of the budget for the Aqua Sana which spans 7,200sq m (77,500sq ft), but according to Camilleri the amount was never questioned, as spas are considered a valuable asset. Altogether, the four existing spas welcome more than 300,000 guests a year and contribute £15m
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