news update DIARY DATES
22-23 AUGUST 2015 Beauty Expo Australia Sydney Exhibition Centre, Glebe Island, Sydney, Australia Formerly the Sydney Spa & Beauty Expo. Encompasses all things beauty, medi, wellness and spa.
www.beautyexpoaustralia.com.au
2-4 SEPTEMBER 2015 SWAA Annual Conference Forum Lux* Resorts, Belle Mare, Mauritius The inaugural conference for the Spa & Wellness Association of Africa, featuring workshops and discussions about industry developments across the continent.
www.swaafrica.org
9-11 SEPTEMBER 2015 SpaChina Summit & Awards The Ritz-Carlton, Tianjin, China Three days of speaker sessions plus opportunities for networking. Incorporates the SpaChina Awards.
www.spachina.com
12-15 SEPTEMBER 2015 Spatec Middle East The Westin Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai One-to-one meetings between spa suppliers and leading operators from across the Middle East.
www.spatecme.com
24-26 SEPTEMBER 2015 World Spa & Well-being Convention (WSWC) Impact Exhibition & Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand The Thai Spa Association organises the WSWC, which comprises a three- day exhibition, a two-day congress and an awards night.
www.worldspawellbeing.com
26-30 SEPTEMBER 2015 Green Spa Network Congress Tenaya Lodge, California, USA Eco-minded spa professionals get together to find out about the latest sustainability innovations and issues. Organised by the Green Spa Network in the US.
www.greenspanetwork.org
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Salt caves and alfresco spa for Mexican mega-resort A 100sq ft salt cabin is one of the highlights of Spatium, which serves four onsite hotels
Grupo Vidanta has introduced a US$5m (€4.6m, £3.2m), 10,000sq ft (929sq m) spa to its Riviera Maya mega-resort in Mexico to serve four of its onsite hotels. Built in a Balinese al fresco style, Spatium features separate pavilions and casitas which are connected via wooden pathways weaving through a Mayan jungle setting. All buildings are created with a wide range of regional materials. A 100sq ft (9sq m) salt cabin for halotherapy is a particular highlight. It’s designed to replicate the healing benefits
of a salt cave with sessions lasting 25 minutes in temperatures of between 70-77ºF (21-25ºC).
Spatium also contains 10 treatment cabanas, as well as cold plunge pools and Swiss showers. It uses products from Aromatherapy Associates and Natura Bissé and features a diverse selection of treatments, from massages aimed to boost the immune system, to body wraps designed to improve circulation and vibration therapy sessions.
Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=b6Z9j_B
New Zealand government to back major spa complex
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says the government will help fund a NZ$10m (US$7.3m, €7m, £5m) spa complex which is expected to boost the country’s economy and create additional jobs. The World Spa hotel and spa complex in the hot springs region of Rotorua is being built to “reignite excitement about the spa offerings” in the area. It’s also expected to help grow the number of commercial spa visits from around 500,000 to 1.5 million. It will be the first stage of a multimillion dollar redevelopment of an 11-hectare
(27-acre) lakeside site close to Rotorua’s central business district and QE Health, an existing geothermal rehab and spa centre. World Spa director Peter Sharplin, who’s also the former general manager of QE Health, has set up the new company to work with developers Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust on the project. He wants to draw on the expertise of international spa consultants, according to the news site
stuff.co.nz. The government is to put NZ$350,000 (US$256,000) towards World Spa. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=w7N7s_B
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