The complex includes a new 100-bed spa hotel and a public bathing facility which attracts one million visitors a year
The development has opened in phases over the past three years, with the final part – a 100-bed hotel and huge 4,000sq m thermal area devoted to health and wellbeing – launching in August. An upgrade of a separate public bathing facility, which attracts up to a million people a year, was completed in 2016.
The project has been backed by Sothermy, a subsidiary of the Moroccan financial institution CDG, which already manages a number of thermal facilities in the area. While Sothermy runs Moulay Yacoub’s public baths, it turned to Vichy Spa International, from the famous French spa town of Vichy, to consult on the new hotel and spa and to operate it. Sothermy believes the partnership with Vichy Spa will boost its international profile.
At the heart of Vichy Thermalia Spa Hôtel is a large pool with thermal waters sourced from 1,500m underground. The waters are said to be beneficial for rheumatology and joint pain, particularly osteoarthritis and chronic tendonitis.
There are more than 50 treatment rooms in the new spa, including 33 cabins with baths, jet showers, Vichy showers, underwater showers and special thoracic and lumbar therapy areas. A further 18 cabins include areas for traditional massages, as well as Gharieni MLX Quartz beds, Iyashi Domes and Vichy shower rooms. There’s also a hammam and facials by Laboratoiries Vichy as well as treatments from Moroccan skincare brand marocMaroc.
The MAD880 (US$93, €81, £72) Trilogie Soins Signature Experience includes repetition of a hydromassage bath, hot vegan-mineral clay wrap with Vichy minerals and Vichy shower massage with two or four hands.
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The complex includes a new 100-bed spa hotel and a public bathing facility which attracts one million visitors a year
The development has opened in phases over the past three years, with the final part – a 100-bed hotel and huge 4,000sq m thermal area devoted to health and wellbeing – launching in August. An upgrade of a separate public bathing facility, which attracts up to a million people a year, was completed in 2016.
The project has been backed by Sothermy, a subsidiary of the Moroccan financial institution CDG, which already manages a number of thermal facilities in the area. While Sothermy runs Moulay Yacoub’s public baths, it turned to Vichy Spa International, from the famous French spa town of Vichy, to consult on the new hotel and spa and to operate it. Sothermy believes the partnership with Vichy Spa will boost its international profile.
At the heart of Vichy Thermalia Spa Hôtel is a large pool with thermal waters sourced from 1,500m underground. The waters are said to be beneficial for rheumatology and joint pain, particularly osteoarthritis and chronic tendonitis.
There are more than 50 treatment rooms in the new spa, including 33 cabins with baths, jet showers, Vichy showers, underwater showers and special thoracic and lumbar therapy areas. A further 18 cabins include areas for traditional massages, as well as Gharieni MLX Quartz beds, Iyashi Domes and Vichy shower rooms. There’s also a hammam and facials by Laboratoiries Vichy as well as treatments from Moroccan skincare brand marocMaroc.
The MAD880 (US$93, €81, £72) Trilogie Soins Signature Experience includes repetition of a hydromassage bath, hot vegan-mineral clay wrap with Vichy minerals and Vichy shower massage with two or four hands.
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Spa Business’ predictions for the future include vegan spas, blue light antidotes, home wellness and plastic-free facilities
Interview: Dietmar Mueller-Elmau
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Global retreat trade show, Synergy The Retreat Show, has launched a resource called The
Source, which hosts an open-access online Transformation Series programme.
The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) charity has announced its first five-
day Living with Cancer and Beyond retreat, which will be held at Carden Park Hotel and Spa in
Cheshire, UK, between 1 and 5 September.
Patmos Aktis, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, has opened in Greece, with a renovated and
rebranded wellness offering called Ansana Wellness and Spa.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, an Autograph Collection property in Hawaii, US, has opened its
22,000 sq ft indoor-outdoor Spa at Mauna Kea as the final step in the property’s overall
renovation, which has cost more than US$180 million (€166 million, £140 mill
The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced
it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during an event on 16 November at Sopwell House
Hotel in St Albans, UK.
Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this
percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey’s Future of
Wellness 2026 research report.
Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of
a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
Global Wellness Day (GWD) marked its 15th anniversary on Saturday 13 June 2026, with the
theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of simple gestures and activities
that spark joy.
Global luxury hospitality brand, Six Senses, has partnered with longevity healthcare provider,
HUM2N, to launch a clinic at Six Senses London, at The Whiteley.
As part of its first hotel partnership, Mayrlife – the medical health resort company known for its
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