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Thermal wellbeing organisation and developer Therme Group has unveiled its updated plans for Therme Manchester, the UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort at TraffordCity in Manchester, UK. Therme Group is working in partnership with Peel L&P to deliver the project, at a cost of over £250m (US$328.5m, €299.3m).
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The winners of the World Spa and Wellness (WSW) Awards have been crowned as part of the official 2022 WSW Conference, hosted on 3 and 4 April at Excel Centre in London. The accolades recognise destinations that set the standards in client service and care, business management and leadership. The winners –
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designstudio ltd has revealed the inspiration behind its recently unveiled project, the AWAY Spa at the W Philadelphia. The 3,000sq ft spa is part of the 51-story dual-branded hotel in Philadelphia, billed as a love letter to Philadelphia. “The AWAY Spa is a luxury wellness and beauty sanctuary and rounds out W
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Wellness festival Harvest Kaplankaya will return to Six Senses Kaplankaya, Turkey, from 11– 15 May 2022. Harvest is a bi-annual meeting of ideas, discovery, music and connection. The meeting sees attendants discuss and experiment with new ways of thinking and living in relation to oneself, one another and the
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High-end fashion house Armani has chosen to open its third global hotel location in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. In line with Armani’s existing hotels in Dubai and Milan, Armani Hotel Diriyah will feature a luxury Armani/SPA and be managed by Dubai’s Emaar Hospitality Group. Overlooking Diriyah's luxury
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The 2022 World Spa and Wellness Convention will kick off this weekend, hosted from 3-4 April at London’s ExCeL exhibition centre. The two-day in-person conference is curated for international spa and hotel directors to network and share their experience of operating successful spas, as well as engaging in
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Auberge Resorts Collection has been appointed to manage Wildflower Farms, a new resort nestled on 140 secluded acres in New York’s Hudson Valley. Located 90 minutes from New York City, the 65-key Wildflower Farms, Auberge Resorts Collection is being designed as an oasis of nature underpinned by wellness. The
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Sardinian resort Forte Village is revealing its refreshed spa and wellness facility next month after undergoing a large-scale redevelopment programme costing €2.5m (£2.1m, US$2.8m). The destination’s Acquaforte Thalasso & Spa is anchored by six seawater pools – varying in salinity levels and temperature – and set
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Singing, listening to or playing music can improve mental wellbeing and quality of life, according to a recent research review. Results were concluded following a meta-analysis of 26 existing studies which explore the effect of musical interventions on wellbeing. 10 of the studies involved participants
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French skincare brand Biologique Recherche has opened its second urban beauty institute in Paris named Ambassade Biologique Recherche Rive Gauche. Biologique Recherche co-owner Rupert Schmid told Spa Business this new facility’s design will be used as a blueprint for the future Ambassades Biologique
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Spa development firm TLEE Spas + Wellness has named Jeanie Klueter as its new architect and design specialist. Klueter brings over 30 years of experience in the architectural profession, including a focus on spa and wellness design for over 20 years. A licensed architect and certified LEED AP, she spent
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG) has announced a management agreement to rebrand the Shepheard Hotel in Cairo, marking its first foray into Egypt. First opened in 1841, The Shepheard Hotel is undergoing a comprehensive renovation with Paris-based interior designer Sybille de Margerie tasked with preserving
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Dr Wilkinson’s Backyard Resort & Mineral Springs, the resort and spa claimed to first bring mud baths to the Californian spa town of Calistoga, has completed a multimillion-dollar restoration. Founded in 1952 by wellness pioneers Dr John “Doc” and Edy Wilkinson, the resort has become a celebrated wellness
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The North American thermal spa industry will come together once again on 9-12 May in Hot Springs, Arkansas, for the annual Hot Springs Connection conference. US and Canadian owners and operators of thermal mineral pools, spas and resorts will meet at Hot Springs National Park to celebrate the fourth installation
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Consumers’ growing interest in exercise, health and wellness have been highlighted by changes to the UK government’s inflationary measures, with sportswear and healthy food in the ascendance and participation in exercise and activity making its first-ever appearance. Inflation is calculated based on a ‘basket of
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American film and TV producer Paramount Pictures has opened the doors to its brand new hotel and spa inspired by cinema and entertainment in central Dubai. With 281 contemporary rooms and a selection of suites, Paramount Hotel Midtown is located in Business Bay Dubai, just a stone’s throw from the Burj Khalifa
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The first Ritz-Carlton location in Costa Rica will launch in 2024, situated within the 1,400-acre private club and resort community Peninsula Papagayo. Located in Guanacaste, Peninsula Papagayo sits on the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica, deemed to be a nature haven and one of the most biodiverse locations in
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The new Holte Spa has opened at the historic Swan Hotel & Spa in England's Lake District as part of a multi-million-pound investment in the property. The hotel sits on the banks of the River Leven, two miles from Lake Windermere. The 8,000sq ft destination spa has six treatment rooms, along with a spa boutique
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Hospitality group Banyan Tree Group has launched a new wellbeing brand named Banyan Tree Veya in response to the pandemic. Veya aims to address a world with an urgent need for reconnecting mind and body on a daily basis. Opening today (18 March), the flagship Banyan Tree Veya in Phuket is a wellbeing-centred
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The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) is launching a new initiative dedicated to psychedelics and psychedelic healing. The launch of this project, which joins the GWI’s portfolio of 33 collaborative initiatives, comes at a time when the FDA has granted some psychedelics “breakthrough” status as new mental health
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German architect Ole Scheeren has won a design competition for his vision for a tropical resort complex in the beachfront city of Sanya, on the Chinese island of Hainan. Scheduled to open in 2026, Sanya Horizons has been designed for developer CDF Investment & Development and will be sited on 83,500sq m of lush
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Music psychology specialist, Brian d’Souza, has launched a sound wellness business to offer transformative sound experiences to the spa, wellness and hospitality industries. Called Swell, the company delivers bespoke music and sound solutions combining field recording, music composition, nature and sound therapy
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Plans for a new spa in Leeds have been unveiled by The Bannatyne Group as part of a £1m (€1.2m, US$1.3m) investment programme at its Cardigan Fields, Leeds health club. Construction work at the Kirkstall Road site is due to be completed in June as part of an overhaul project, which has already seen a new café bar
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The Over-Water Spa at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has a new look following a multi-million dollar refurbishment project by architects Yuji Yamazaki and WATG. Relaunched this March, the spa has been reconceptualised to inspire and reinvigorate guests’ bodies, minds and souls visiting the Maldivian resort.
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Italian wellness architecture firm Studio Apostoli is on board to renovate the Terme di Grado wellness facility in the Italian spa town of Grado. Located on an island in the North-East of Italy, Grado has a historic reputation as a bathing hotspot thanks to its marine thermal springs which, up until the 19th
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