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Gold company profile
ESPA
Guided by 30 years’ experience ESPA creates deeply sensorial and personalised wellness experiences to nurture and nourish the holistic wellbeing, bringing harmony and balance to the mind, body and spirit.
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ESPA: News and press releases
14 Apr 2026
The €200m (US$221.3 million, £169.7 million) Pical Resort, Valamar Collection has opened in
Croatia with the country’s first ESPA spa.
18 Feb 2026
A raft of operators have been in touch with Spa Business recently, to tell us how they are
extending the spa experience by introducing in-room wellness offerings, such supercharged
wellness mini-bar menus.
13 Jan 2026
The Langley, Buckinghamshire, a Luxury Collection Hotel, announces its partnership with the
leading wellness brand ESPA to unveil a completely reimagined spa experience.
16 Oct 2025
Valamar Riviera, a Croatian tourism company and hotel operator, will open its Pical Resort with
Croatia’s first ESPA spa in March 2026.
03 Oct 2025
ESPA has recrafted its hand-poured aromatherapy candle collection in white ceramic vessels
that have a soft matte glaze and refined ribbed detailing.
10 Jul 2025
Abigail James, facialist to the stars and known in the global press as “the queen of skin”,
has been appointed as ESPA’s training director.
30 May 2025
Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria has unveiled its Sisley-branded spa in Brussels, Belgium, following
a major refit of the entire property – with ESPA Design consulting on the wellness experience.
08 Jan 2025
English spa and wellbeing brand Wildsmith Skin has appointed seasoned industry veteran Jamie Pagan to its
senior leadership team. Pagan brings more than three decades of experience in the global spa and wellness
sector to the role and will focus on expanding and enhancing the botany-inspired brand’s wellbeing offerings
worldwide.
07 Oct 2024
Family-run Scottish hospitality group SimpsInns has announced plans to launch a new spa at
The Waterside Hotel in West Kilbride, Scotland, set to open in Q2 2025.
25 Sep 2024
The sixth annual Destination Deluxe Awards recently took place in Bangkok, Thailand, to honour
the industry leaders, innovators and destinations shaping the future of wellness, beauty and
luxury travel.
18 Sep 2024
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has announced the opening of a brand-new hotel and luxury
spa in Morocco’s capital city of Rabat.
23 Aug 2024
Professional spa and skincare brand Espa has created new gel undereye patches to revive and
hydrate the delicate eye area and eye contour.
23 Aug 2024
The world’s first ESPA Suite has debuted at Manchester’s King Street Townhouse, merging
luxury and wellness with exclusive in-room treatments and complimentary ESPA experiences.
24 Jun 2024
The 15th annual Good Spa Guide (GSG) Awards winners were unveiled tonight (24 June) at a
gala dinner during the Spa Life Convention in Hampshire, UK.
10 May 2024
The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds, Lake Oconee in the southeastern US state of Georgia is celebrating a
new milestone after unveiling its newly renovated 27,000sq ft destination spa.
10 Apr 2024
Luxury lakeside retreat The Ritz-Carlton-Reynolds, Lake Oconee in Georgia, US, is gearing up to
unveil its new-look destination spa this May following a comprehensive makeover.
26 Feb 2024
A new three-floor Espa spa has opened in Tbilisi – the capital city of Georgia – at Marriott's
new hotel, Paragraph Freedom Square, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Tbilisi.
22 Feb 2024
Encapsulating the essence of Espa in one beautiful, ornamental art piece, the new Espa
Alabastros Bergamot & Jasmine Candle honours the senses with precious aromatherapy
ingredients and natural materials.
15 Feb 2024
A new urban wellness retreat has opened in downtown Portland, Oregon, at the recently
opened luxury hotel The Ritz-Carlton, Portland.
20 Nov 2023
ESPA has expanded its Optimal Skin Pro collection with a new oil-to-milk cleanser; the
Optimal Skin Cleansing Oil.
10 Nov 2023
Five-star Tuscan retreat Castelfalfi has celebrated the relaunch of its spa with a partnership
with integrative wellness and medical retreat RAKxa based in Bangkok, Thailand.
11 Oct 2023
Luxury hotel and spa operator Auberge Resorts Collection has named Vivianne Garcia-Tunon as
its first-ever global vice president of wellbeing.
15 Sep 2023
Samantha Ashton has stepped up to a new role as director of spa UK & Ireland at UK-based
global spa and wellbeing brand ESPA.
08 Aug 2023
Kerry Turpin has been appointed by luxury international hotel brand Corinthia Hotels to
spearhead its spa and wellness agenda.
02 Aug 2023
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, part of Marriott International's portfolio of 31 hotel brands,
has opened The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan.
03 Jul 2023
With refreshed formulas and eco-friendly packaging, the next generation of ESPA Men is
inspired by the dynamic, rugged nature of the Earth – balanced with its organic grace and
energy.
29 Jun 2023
Skincare and spa brand ESPA has refreshed its ESPA Men’s collection with more sustainable
packaging and all-new formulas.
09 Feb 2023
Spa and wellness veteran Teresa Flyger has left her position as director of global brand wellness
at Hilton Worldwide.
18 Aug 2022
The Sequoia Spa, at five-star UK hotel The Grove, has been updated with new wellness facilities
and a refreshed menu of treatments, following a six-month refurbishment.
11 Jul 2022
Global spa brand ESPA has produced exclusive wellness programming, named Meaningful
Wellness Journeys, for select Ritz-Carlton hotel spas across the globe.
23 Mar 2022
British skincare and spa brand Espa has unveiled a suite of new treatments to showcase its
Modern Alchemy range, first launched in 2020.
23 Feb 2022
Espa has launched a line of nutritional supplements to promote beauty and wellness from the
inside out.
21 Oct 2021
Luxury resort operator One&Only Resorts and international skincare and spa brand ESPA have
partnered to bring new spa programming to select One&Only resorts.
21 Sep 2021
A new spa has opened in Budapest, with design influenced by the city’s historical links to thermal
bathing and the graceful forms of swans.
13 Sep 2021
Jessica Grant Sloyan has been named the new spa and wellness director at luxury country
house hotel and spa Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa in Wiltshire, UK.
02 Aug 2021
A brand new nature immersive wellbeing retreat island named Joali Being will launch on
the tropical Maldivian island of Bodufushi in late 2021.
13 Jul 2021
Today’s consumers have high expectations for brands to tackle sustainability head-on.
05 Jul 2021
Luxury ethnobotanical skincare and spa brand Seed to Skin has appointed Terry Prager as
global operations manager to further develop and grow the brand's presence.
02 Jul 2021
Capella Hotel Group has unveiled the first installation of its sister-brand Patina Hotels &
Resorts in the tranquil setting of the Maldives’ North Malé Atoll.
25 Jun 2021
Accor’s vibrant lifestyle brand SO/ Hotels & Resorts, together with Sotogrande SA,
developer and creator of the namesake destination, will unveil the first SO/ property in
Spain in July 2021.
15 Apr 2021
Katie Towersey has been appointed as the new spa director for Rockliffe Hall, the five-star
luxury golf and spa resort in Northern England’s County Durham countryside.
14 Apr 2021
Espa, a skincare brand specialising in natural and wellbeing products, has unveiled a brand
new Aromatic Essential Oil Diffuser Pod to bring a sense of wellbeing to everyday modern
living.
10 Mar 2021
Spa and wellness industry event SpaFest has announced industry legend Sue Harmsworth
MBE will keynote its 2021 conference, hosted at five-star eco-resort, Gwel an Mor in
Cornwall, UK, from 12-14 October.
22 Feb 2021
ESPA has unveiled its Active Nutrients collection, incorporating its existing best-
selling Optimal Skin line.
27 Jan 2021
ESPA has launched a lifestyle collection, encompassing two loungewear pieces for moments
when people need a little self-care but can’t find the time to dedicate to a spa day.
10 Dec 2020
Boutique operator FitSpace has opened its second studio in London, within the ESPA Life luxury spa
at the Corinthia hotel.
25 Nov 2020
The Spa at Carden in Northern England has been named the UK’s Best New Spa at this year’s
Good Spa Guide (GSG) Awards 2020.
02 Nov 2020
Representing a milestone in its ongoing journey to deliver effective products in harmony
with nature, ESPA has launched its most sustainable range yet: The Essentials Collection.
30 Sep 2020
Sue Harmsworth, industry influencer and founder of ESPA, has recently announced the launch
of the Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC).
22 Sep 2020
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced the appointment of C. Victor Brick, CEO of
Planet Fitness Growth Partners (PFGP) and chair of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation,
to its 12-person advisory board.
11 Sep 2020
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has recently opened a new luxury resort and spa in Japan,
expanding its luxury Asia Pacific portfolio into the historic mountain region of Nikko.
27 Aug 2020
The Hut Group (THG), owner of ESPA, has announced plans for a £4.5bn IPO, after several
years mulling the prospect.
08 Jun 2020
Espa has announced three new changes to enhance its commitment to being a natural and
environmentally-friendly skincare brand.
26 May 2020
Laura Parsons, Robert Vance and Jennifer Wayland-Smith have announced they are
collaborating to launch a brand new spa consultancy named The Spa Collective.
30 Apr 2020
ESPA has launched its Modern Alchemy Collection, a skincare range designed to rejuvenate skin,
body and mind and create multi-sensorial experiences.
19 Mar 2020
Sue Harmsworth, industry influencer and founder of ESPA, has brought together a group of owners
and founders of leading training providers in the UK and Ireland to create the Standards Authority
for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC).
19 Feb 2020
The original Corinthia Hotel in Malta – the Corinthia Palace Hotel – has revealed further details
of its new Athenaeum Spa which is scheduled to open March 2020, following a €9m (US$10m,
£7.5m) year-
long site-wide refurbishment.
17 Jan 2020
ESPA, a skincare brand specialising in natural and wellbeing products, has expanded its line of
Signature Blends for the first time since the company was founded in 1992.
26 Dec 2019
Spanish skincare brand Natura Bissé has appointed Terry Prager as executive director of hotel
and day spas.
11 Dec 2019
Bvlgari Spa London, UK, has recently launched an exclusive collaboration with CBD brand
KLORIS for the creation of the KLORIS Stress Melting Ritual.
10 Dec 2019
Italian skincare brand, Comfort Zone, has announced two new appointments to its team.
21 Nov 2019
The Good Spa Guide (GSG), in association with ESPA Skincare, recently revealed the winners
of its 10th annual awards at the UK SpaLife conference.
19 Nov 2019
The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, UK, has a new £15m (US$19m, €18m) spa
following an overhaul of the entire property.
29 Oct 2019
The Sequoia spa at five-star The Grove hotel, UK, has appointed Kirsty MacCormick as spa
director.
02 Oct 2019
Spa designers, Sparcstudio, have unveiled the £14million Cottonmill Spa for Sopwell House
Hotel, after 21 months construction.
29 Jul 2019
Hastings Hotels has launched a range of treatments for guests living with cancer at its
Culloden Estate & Spa and Slieve Donard resorts.
11 Jun 2019
Cottonmill, a new private members' spa, is set to open at Sopwell House in St Albans,
Hertfordshire, this summer, following a £14m investment.
18 Jan 2019
Luxury skincare brand ESPA is set to launch a brand new facial treatment.
07 Jan 2019
The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket, UK, has expanded its treatment offering to
include ESPA's Nurturing & Support rituals designed specially for guests currently
undergoing cancer and post-cancer treatments.
18 Oct 2018
Luxury boutique hotel collection, the Eden Hotel Collection has announced a new
partnership with the International Beauty and Holistic Academy, to launch a new
apprenticeship scheme that will enable Level 2-qualified beauty therapists to earn as they
learn.
12 Feb 2018
Luxury skincare brand ESPA has expanded its
treatment offering with the addition of the
Strength and Resilience massage.
01 Dec 2017
At first glance it may appear as just another cruise ship moored in Southampton – but
look closer and you will see it is, in fact, a new spa hotel.
15 Nov 2017
The Spa at Gleneagles by ESPA has been named the best UK spa at this year’s 2017 Good
Spa Guide Awards.
31 Oct 2017
The One&Only Le Saint Géran in Mauritius is preparing to reopen to guests following a multi-
million dollar redevelopment and upgrading of its facilities.
07 Sep 2017
Online health and beauty retailer The Hut Group is acquiring spa and skincare brand ESPA
from
affiliates of KSL Capital Partners in a reported £100m deal.
01 Aug 2017
The new spa at the recently opened Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan,
will feature a seasonal treatment menu.
29 Jun 2017
The newly opened SoJo Spa Club in New Jersey, US will launch a hotel to add to its urban New York-
area spa resort.
20 Jun 2017
The spa at Lucknam Park in Bath is relaunching next month in partnership with skincare brand ESPA
– one of only three ESPA-branded spas in the UK.
27 Apr 2017
A 2,850sq m ESPA spa will be part of the One&Only Sanya, set to open later this year.
04 Apr 2017
ESPA has been announced as the official spa partner for hotel operator sbe’s Mondrian
Doha, which is due to launch in Q2 2017.
30 Mar 2017
The 16,000sq ft (1,486sq m) Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Miami has been re-
imagined with a fresh redesign, outdoor treatment menu, state-of-the-art fitness facility
and destination-inspired therapies.
29 Mar 2017
Susan Harmsworth, founder of ESPA, believes if you can’t do wellness well, then you
shouldn’t do it at all.
10 Mar 2017
Located on the beachfront, the five star Nikki Beach Resort & Spa in Dubai has opened its doors, with
the 1,650sq m (17,760sq ft) Nikki Spa opening in April 2017.
09 Mar 2017
The Venice-inspired Lloyds Bank building in Bristol is one of two former banks that have
been merged together form the newly-opened Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa.
08 Feb 2017
The International SPA Association (ISPA) will present the 2017 ISPA Visionary Award to
ESPA International chair and founder Sue Harmsworth at the 27th annual ISPA Conference
& Expo in Las Vegas, from 16-18 October, 2017.
01 Feb 2017
The first spa to open in Warwickshire for more than a decade, Elan Spa at Mallory Court
Hotel, will be established in April.
19 Dec 2016
Former ESPA director of spa development Paula Perkins has launched a new spa
consultancy, based near London.
14 Dec 2016
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has released its eight trends to look out for in 2017 in
spa and wellness, identifying saunas, architecture, art, beauty, mental wellness, wellness
for cancer, inequality and – whisper it – silence as influential themes in 2017.
23 Oct 2016
Skincare brand and spa development company ESPA has teamed with nonprofit Wellness
for Cancer to create a new collection of face and body rituals.
12 Oct 2016
Aqua Sana Woburn Forest, Center Parcs' in-house spa in Bedfordshire, England, will host
three pop-up spas from different product houses from January to June, 2017.
25 Aug 2016
A farm estate in the English countryside has opened a new purpose-built spa on its
grounds with a focus on combining wellness and the natural environment.
28 Jul 2016
England’s Boringdon Hall in the Devon countryside is set to open its 1,800sq m (19,375sq
ft) wellness spa on Monday, 1 August.
28 Jul 2016
Spa supplier and operator ESPA has launched a series of mindfulness and
sleep therapies at its flagship spa, ESPA Life at Corinthia London, with the intention of
rolling some of the treatments out across its global portfolio at a later date.
04 Jul 2016
The Ritz-Carlton, St Louis has unveiled a new fitness centre and spa featuring indigenous
therapies inspired by Missouri’s natural elements.
15 Jun 2016
Pacific Hotel Group has opened the Pasea Hotel & Spa in Huntington Beach, California,
steps from the Huntington Beach Pier and overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
18 May 2016
The newly launched InterContinental London – The O2 hotel, has opened its 1,000sq m
(10,764sq ft) spa, which features a bespoke treatment menu from ESPA.
09 May 2016
Viceroy is opening its first property in Turkey in Q3 2016,
located in a secluded cove in the
Princes’ Islands, just outside Istanbul.
31 Mar 2016
ESPA has formulated an overnight rehydrating
mask for all skin types.
The Overnight Hydration Therapy cream-gel mask
is designed to revive skin overnight.
17 Mar 2016
Skincare brand and spa development company ESPA has entered into an ongoing exclusive partnership of ESPA-branded spas in Saudi Arabia with Al Khozama Management
Company.
26 Feb 2016
Marriott has unveiled a new spa concept for its luxury Ritz-Carlton brand, set to roll out
across 60 existing properties and more than 25 pipeline projects, and to take the spas
“from excellent to exceptional,” Kenneth Ryan, senior director of global spa operations for
Marriott International, told Spa Business in an exclusive interview.
ESPA: featured in our publications
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About ESPA
Background
Founded in 1992 by Susan Harmsworth, ESPA combines the conceptualisation, development and management of five-star spas with expertly crafted and effective natural products and treatments. Guided by 30 years’ experience we create deeply sensorial and personalised wellness experiences to nurture and nourish the holistic wellbeing, bringing harmony and balance to the mind, body and spirit.
Main products and services
ESPA prides itself on offering turnkey spa services and support including product and treatment development & supply, spa design and development, management and business solutions and industry recognized training and education. Our partners can choose a selection or all services from our spa modules to suit their individual business needs.
Aromatherapy, natural activities, and sensorial experiences are at the core of ESPA. Our expansive product ranges are expertly crafted from the finest natural ingredients, combining aromatherapy and biochemistry to create our innovative skincare. Each formulation is designed to nourish and delight the senses, whilst revitalising the skin to deliver clinically proven and independently tested results you can see and feel.
Bringing together the most effective techniques from around the world, our treatments combine our natural effective skincare with the latest technology, advanced ancient and modern therapies. From results driven facials to signature body rituals, each treatment has been specially created to enable the therapist to personalise according to the individual client’s changing needs, creating a holistic experience and ensuring only the very best results.
USPs
By offering real flexibility with our premium spa services, we provide an unprecedented opportunity to grow your spa business through ESPA. We can design, develop and launch your spa and help you run it efficiently and profitably.
As a flexible spa partner, ESPA has a proven track record of implementation, execution and commercial success in the worldwide spa and wellness market to establish your spa at the forefront of world-renowned spas.
Our global team of professionals hold vast experience in the luxury spa industry and a collective expertise that is unrivalled.
The global nature of our business and having designed, pre-opened and operated luxury spas all over the world, has afforded us a profound understanding of varying international requirements and considerations across the cultural spectrum.
Where in the world?
We have a wide reaching portfolio operating and distributing to 55 countries, this continues to grow and evolve.
Plans for the next 12 months
Our vision for the brand is to establish ESPA as the global leader in the wellness space. Strategically we are focused on continuing to expand into new markets and exciting partnerships in the year ahead.
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