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Buxton Crescent, one of the UK’s first spa hotels, has launched a three-night retreat blending nature immersion, hiking and thermal bathing. Featuring two private hikes and three spa treatments, the Achieve Peak Health in the Peak District programme is designed to make the most of Northern England’s picturesque
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will manage a new hotel and spa in Costa Navarino, Greece, scheduled to open in Q1 2023. The group’s first property in Greece – named Mandarin Oriental, Costa Navarino – will be located on the southwest coast of the Peloponnese and be part of Costa Navarino, a well-established
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Six Senses will enter the UAE market in 2024 with a 61-room hotel and 162 branded residences along a private stretch of beach on Palm Jumeirah’s West Crescent in Dubai. The project is the result of a management agreement signed between Six Senses, real estate developer and investment company Select Group and
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Spa consultancy Raison d’Etre has introduced sustainability modules into its global online spa management course. Raison d’Etre says the move was motivated by customers’ increasing awareness of the climate crisis and how this has consequently shifted their expectations of spas. Spa businesses are now under
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Canyon Ranch Lenox Resort in Massachusetts has unveiled a freshly renovated spa designed to inspire self-discovery and lifetime wellness. Canyon Ranch is a US-based luxury wellness lifestyle brand operating two destination spa resorts in Arizona and Massachusetts, a day spa in Las Vegas and a retreat property
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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has launched its annual trends report revealing the top 10 new trends for the year ahead in health and wellness. The Future of Wellness 2022 contains individual chapters dedicated to each trend and goes in-depth on the major shifts ahead in spa, nutrition, wellness travel,
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Lone Mountain Land Company and Kerzner International will launch the first One&Only resort and residential community in the US in 2024. One&Only Moonlight Basin will represent the brand’s first alpine resort and be designed by architect Olson Kundig. Located between the Lone Peak and Spanish Peaks
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The Bannatyne Group has opened the doors to its first airport spa at Teesside International Airport, in Northern England. Following a £100,000 (US$135,000, €118,000) investment, the travel spa launched in the airport’s departure lounge and is open to all passengers travelling from the newly refurbished airport.
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Les Mills has created a VR version of its Bodycombat workout and made it available in the Metaverse. The global group fitness specialist has teamed up with VR specialist Odders Labs to transform the Bodycombat programme into a high-octane VR gaming app on the Quest platform. The game pits players against
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An international team of scientists has carried out a study to help gauge how and why exercise performed at different times of the day can have different effects on the body. The research focused on how the body produces different health-promoting signalling molecules which have a broad impact on health,
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Industry veteran Zoe Wall has begun a new role as global wellness director for resort developer and operator Kerzner International. Kerzner is also the owner of One&Only Resorts, Atlantis Resort & Residences, Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort and SIRO Hotels. Wall’s appointment marks Kerzner’s first global director of
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Royal Caribbean is preparing to launch its new 18-deck ship, Wonder of the Seas, which it claims is the world’s largest-ever cruise liner. Wonder will make its debut in Florida on 4 March to begin sailing seven-night tours to the Caribbean before heading to Barcelona and Rome, to deliver summer
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A new mental health platform hopes to make looking after mental health "as normal as going to the gym". MindLabs uses live and on-demand content to help people overcome stress, anxiety and low mood and to help improve their sleep patterns. The "video-first mental wellness platform" is backed by neuroscience and
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The Dorchester Spa in London’s upmarket area of Mayfair has refreshed its offering with a new intravenous (IV) drip clinic and a residency with evidence-based cosmetic and aesthetic treatment specialist Dr Uliana Gout. Gout is the founder of Harley Street’s London Aesthetic Medicine (LAM) Clinic and is working
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Raffles Hotels and Resorts is set to make its North American debut in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, in 2022. Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences is coming to fruition after a US$400mn (€358.5mn, £298.5mn) investment and sees Raffes increase its global development pipeline to 14 properties.
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English rail industry body Rail Delivery Group has launched a rewards platform to support commuters returning to work after the government has eased Covid-19 restrictions. The national Commuter Rewards website has been launched to help rail commuters going back to office work make the most of their travel time,
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Multi-Grammy award-winning musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is creating a beachfront resort in The Bahamas in partnership with Miami Beach-based hospitality entrepreneur David Grutman. Named Somewhere Else, the project marks the duo’s third hospitality project. Their portfolio already includes an
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More than 110,000 premature deaths could be prevented each year in the US if adults over the age of 40 added just 10 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity to their daily routine, according to research. The study found that the more people exercised, the more death rates decreased. Researchers at the
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Chiva-Som, has announced Sandie Johannessen as the new director of health and wellness at Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, the brand’s first international outpost alongside its flagship in Thailand. With a grand opening scheduled for February, Chiva-Som claims Zulal will become the largest wellness
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Two Asian-inspired wellness sanctuaries by Banyan Tree will open on luxury private islands off the coast of Mozambique in Q4 2022. The first, a signature Banyan Tree spa, will open at Banyan Tree Ilha Caldeira – a new private island getaway. The resort will be joined by a sister island, Banyan Tree Veya Ilha
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“Valentine's Day should be a success both in terms of guest experience and securing success for your spa’s top and bottom line,” says Verena Lasvigne, industry figure, consultant and seasoned spa director. Speaking exclusively to Spa Business, Lasvigne explained that Valentine’s Day holds significant
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Hotel operator Scandic Hotels has announced plans to create a climate-neutral hotel in the northern Swedish city of Sundsvall in 2024. The new 210-room location – called Scandic Sundsvall Central – is the product of a long-term lease agreement signed between Scandic and Sweden-based construction and development
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The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA), is celebrating its fourth anniversary by striking up a partnership with World Wellness Weekend (WWW) – a global wellness event created to help people adopt healthier lifestyles. The new partnership will see select WWW Ambassadors, from various parts of the world, become
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People with early-stage Parkinson’s should do regular exercise to slow down the progression of the disease. The finding comes from a six-year study that followed 237 people who were developing Parkinson’s. The participants in the study had an average age of 63. Their exercise levels at the start of the
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The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) has named Preidlhof’s spa director and transformational wellness coach Patrizia Bortolin its global co-ambassador for wellness tourism. Launched in 2001, the WFTA is a non-profit organisation with a mission to preserve and promote culinary cultures through hospitality and
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