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Costa Rica’s first-ever waterpark with thermal water opens
One of the largest waterparks in Costa Rica has opened in the Arenal region, with the bonus that it features thermal water as it’s been built on top of a hot spring. Located near La Fortuna de San Carlos, Kalambu Hot Springs Water Park com- bines the health benefits of a hydrothermal attraction with the fun of a waterpark. The park’s two pools – one of which is for adults only – are heated from a vol- canic hot spring and they give visitors a chance to relax after a day of activity in the rest of the waterpark. The park says the thermal waters have therapeutic quali- ties too. It claims that the water can help to ease muscle and joint pain and also aid the body’s metabolism. This is the first time that a waterpark in Costa Rica includes thermal waters.
The Kalambu Hot Springs Water Park has two naturally-heated thermal pools
Other facilities at the park include an interactive area for children with water cannon and a giant tipping bucket. There are also three toboggan slides built into a single tower. Meanwhile, in a stand-alone
tower is the largest slide – the Mammoth which is 12.6m (41.3ft) high and 114m (374ft) in length. A restaurant and pool bar complete the offering. Read more:
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This case will affect employment law
US corporate wellness programme challenged
Deep Nature to manage three spas in New Caledonia The Deep Nature Spa at the Le Méridien Ile des Pins hotel will open in Q4 2014
Spa management firm Deep Nature has won contracts to run three spas for Starwood in New Caledonia in the Pacific. It already operates three spas in the region and founder Julien Patty previously told Spa Business: “The government in New Caledonia wants to boost leisure and tour- ism and has looked at what we’ve done in French Polynesia” (see SB14/3 p34). The properties include Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Resort & Spa Hotel, due to
open in early 2015, Le Méridien Nouméa Hotel and Le Méridien Ile des Pins. Deep Nature hopes to increase spa
revenue by offering promotions that allow guests to all three locations. l Elsewhere, Deep Nature has appointed Magali Marco as director of development in Turkey. Marco’s been in the industry for over 12 years, most recently working for L'Occitane in Europe and the Middle East. Read more:
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US firm Orion Energy Systems has been accused of overstepping its bounds by requiring an employee to undergo medical exams which a law- suit contends were not job-related or necessary for business. Employee Wendy Schobert was
asked to go through multiple range- of-motion tests and provide a complete medical history as part of Orion’s mandatory corporate well- ness programme. Orion fired her when she did not comply. The lawsuit, brought by fed- eral body the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is the first to directly challenge a com- pany wellness programme under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read more:
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