A family-run rural enterprise with interests in livestock, farming, forestry and field sports is transforming an existing hotel in Scotland into a luxury hotel and spa at a cost of £7m (US$12m, €9m).
Ballogie Estate Enterprises is developing the site of the former 60-bedroom Potarch Hotel and surrounding land in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, into a 40-bedroom hotel including a stand alone spa with a projected opening date of Q3 2016. The hotel will be called The Ballogie Hotel & Spa.
The investment will cover the complete renovation of the former hotel in addition to the construction of an entirely new £1.7m (US$3m, €2m) spa facility.
Blue Spa & Leisure are operating as consultants for the six-treatment room spa, which will be built on an existing dyke that runs from road to river and is separate from the hotel.
The 500sq m (5,382sq ft) barn structure will feature an indoor-outdoor hydro pool, rasul room, laconicum (an intensely hot sauna), caldarium (a sauna with a plunge pool) in addition to a herbal steamroom.
A full range of Scottish spa treatments will be on offer including full body massages, facials, manicures, pedicures and rasul mud treatments. The house products used are by the Natural Spa Factory.
“It’s a pleasure to be working on such an innovative project – it’s going to be a breath of fresh air for Scotland,” said Jeremy Smith, co-founder of Blue Spa & Leisure.
The spa will be run in-house and its particular opening date is yet to be confirmed between 2016 and 2017.
Other revamps include the development of a wedding and events venue and extensive new accommodation.
