news update Freshwater swimming holes inspire new Hyatt spa
Dita Von Teese partners with Canyon Ranch
Lopo Champalimaud, CEO and founder
Wahanda increases European acquisitions
Wahanda, the online beauty book- ing platform, has acquired both the French equivalent company ZenSoon and Dutch booking website Treatwell as part of its ambitious European expansion plans. Wahanda’s Japanese owner,
Recruit, has released a further €65m (US$73m, £47m) to the company to invest in its development across France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. This is in addition to the €42m (US$47m, £30m) raised in May that has been assigned to grow the UK and German markets. Read more:
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The 314-bedroom Grand Hyatt Playa del Carmen has opened on the Riviera Maya in Mexico, along with the property’s 6,000sq ft (557sq m) Cenote Spa, which takes its inspiration from the local fresh- water swimming holes of the same name. The natural cenotes in the surrounding areas of the Yucatan peninsula are formed by geological rock formations and consid- ered by many to be natural energy centres, as their waters contain high concentra- tions of minerals and nutrients. The Cenote Spa, designed by archi-
tect Javier Sordo Maladeno and New York-based Rockwell Group, incorporates cenote-style features, including a dramatic relaxation area (pictured) to give guests the feeling of being in a cenote. Speaking to Spa Business, spa manager Luis Aguilar described the Cenote Spa as “a relaxed, peaceful and serene environment which allows guests to re-energise and recuperate.”
The spa features eight treatment rooms, including two double suites. It offers spa and beauty services, a hydrotherapy area, fi tness centre and an 82ft (25m) lap pool. Skincare is from Natura Bissé. Read more:
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The relaxation area emulates natural cenotes
Robert De Niro developing hotel and spa in Barbuda
University to off er new MBA in spa management
The FH Joanneum university in Austria is offering an MBA course in International Hospitality and Spa Management beginning this October. The part-time programme promises to focus “on the practical require- ments at the interface between hotel and spa management.” Taught in English, it requires two separate weeks of attendance per semester, with face-to-face lectures taking place, followed by extensive e-learning components.
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spabusiness.com issue 3 2015 ©CYBERTREK 2015 Robert De Niro also co-owns the Shibui Spa
Film star Robert De Niro is to develop a US$250m (€223m, £158.8m) hotel and spa resort in Barbuda, the lesser known twin island of Antigua, according to the Caribbean Journal newspaper. The project includes the refurbishment and expansion of K-Club, a resort that was famous in the 90s as a hideaway for Princess Diana, but closed eight years ago. The newspaper says De Niro is
partnering with Australian media mogul James Packer on the deal. Packer also owns Crowns Resorts, which has three major developments – two in Australia and the City of Dreams in Macau China – with multiple spas.
De Niro is no stranger to the leisure
industry. He co-owns The Greenwich hotel and Shibui Spa in New York (see SB11/1 p44) and is a shareholder in a number of Nobu facilities, including the fi rst Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Read more:
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