Leading skincare range, Dr Burgener Switzerland, is renowned for the true customisation of skincare. Founded in Lausanne in Switzerland in 1955, the luxurious and innovative brand combines natural ingredients with advanced technology products and treatments.
With its spa line firmly established at a number of exclusive hotels, namely in Cap-Ferrat, Dubai, Moscow, St Petersburg, Seychelles, Beirut and Switzerland, mainly in Four Seasons as well as other luxury hotels; Dr Burgener is set to launch the Haute Couture range in mid 2016.
Three years in the making, the focus of Haute Couture technology is to personalise products and treatments specific to the client’s skin needs. Dr Pauline Burgener, co-founder and CEO, explains: “Haute Couture is a revolutionary skin treatment that personalises products and treatments to each person’s skin, using cutting edge technology.”
Every Haute Couture product contains natural extracts of iris and cedar wood, powerful anti-ageing ingredients. High tech ingredients include ceramides, specific peptides to relax facial muscles and chronopeptides to stimulate the natural defences of the skin, enriched with vitamin D.
Dr Burgener adds: “We’re working on restoring the mechanisms of the skin by adding elements that will improve the reaction and full functioning of the cells.”
Custom-made A Haute Couture treatment begins with an in-depth analysis of the skin, including an individual genetic pattern defining the hereditary ageing predispositions of each skin. Using special equipment in a controlled temperature and hygrometry room, depth of wrinkles, skin capillaries quality, hydration, lipids, and melanin are measured.
Dr Burgener says: “I look at the needs of the skin and the level of ingredients that are required for that skin type. The findings go to my laboratory in Switzerland and we produce a personalised product range for the client based on these results.”
The Haute Couture service continues for the client with monthly treatments, during which products are activated into the skin, improving microcirculation and boosting cell regeneration. A full re-analysis of the skin takes place every three months and Dr Burgener adapts new products to the client’s needs.
Spa requirements A spa needs to allocate two rooms to provide a complete Haute Couture service. One is for a private consultation and skin analysis and the second is dedicated to the tailor-made treatments.
Quality of excellence is also expected from the spa therapists, who will receive three months training at the Dr Burgener centre of expertise in Switzerland. “These high-end treatments are a blend of dermatology and cosmetics and the therapist should have a high level of education in dermatology and aesthetics,” Dr Burgener adds.
The Haute Couture line will launch at the Dr Burgener Haute Couture Spa at the Relais & Châteaux, Grand Hôtel du Lac in Vevey, Switzerland this summer as well as the Four Seasons Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The Four Seasons in Moscow has also engaged in advanced discussions to host the concept this year.
Dr Burgener hopes to continue to forge partnerships with other high-end hotel spas in locations like Hong Kong and New York, with plans to be in 10-15 countries by the end of 2018.
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Leading skincare range, Dr Burgener Switzerland, is renowned for the true customisation of skincare. Founded in Lausanne in Switzerland in 1955, the luxurious and innovative brand combines natural ingredients with advanced technology products and treatments.
With its spa line firmly established at a number of exclusive hotels, namely in Cap-Ferrat, Dubai, Moscow, St Petersburg, Seychelles, Beirut and Switzerland, mainly in Four Seasons as well as other luxury hotels; Dr Burgener is set to launch the Haute Couture range in mid 2016.
Three years in the making, the focus of Haute Couture technology is to personalise products and treatments specific to the client’s skin needs. Dr Pauline Burgener, co-founder and CEO, explains: “Haute Couture is a revolutionary skin treatment that personalises products and treatments to each person’s skin, using cutting edge technology.”
Every Haute Couture product contains natural extracts of iris and cedar wood, powerful anti-ageing ingredients. High tech ingredients include ceramides, specific peptides to relax facial muscles and chronopeptides to stimulate the natural defences of the skin, enriched with vitamin D.
Dr Burgener adds: “We’re working on restoring the mechanisms of the skin by adding elements that will improve the reaction and full functioning of the cells.”
Custom-made A Haute Couture treatment begins with an in-depth analysis of the skin, including an individual genetic pattern defining the hereditary ageing predispositions of each skin. Using special equipment in a controlled temperature and hygrometry room, depth of wrinkles, skin capillaries quality, hydration, lipids, and melanin are measured.
Dr Burgener says: “I look at the needs of the skin and the level of ingredients that are required for that skin type. The findings go to my laboratory in Switzerland and we produce a personalised product range for the client based on these results.”
The Haute Couture service continues for the client with monthly treatments, during which products are activated into the skin, improving microcirculation and boosting cell regeneration. A full re-analysis of the skin takes place every three months and Dr Burgener adapts new products to the client’s needs.
Spa requirements A spa needs to allocate two rooms to provide a complete Haute Couture service. One is for a private consultation and skin analysis and the second is dedicated to the tailor-made treatments.
Quality of excellence is also expected from the spa therapists, who will receive three months training at the Dr Burgener centre of expertise in Switzerland. “These high-end treatments are a blend of dermatology and cosmetics and the therapist should have a high level of education in dermatology and aesthetics,” Dr Burgener adds.
The Haute Couture line will launch at the Dr Burgener Haute Couture Spa at the Relais & Châteaux, Grand Hôtel du Lac in Vevey, Switzerland this summer as well as the Four Seasons Grand Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The Four Seasons in Moscow has also engaged in advanced discussions to host the concept this year.
Dr Burgener hopes to continue to forge partnerships with other high-end hotel spas in locations like Hong Kong and New York, with plans to be in 10-15 countries by the end of 2018.
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
View contents of Spa Business 2016 issue 2
Editor’s letter: Who will own the well-life consumer?
It’s the wild west out there and there’s a land grab going on as interested parties make their play to own the well-life consumer. It’s not clear yet how this will pan out as the industry matures, or where spa stands in the pecking order, but the threats are clear
Spa people: Tyler Gage
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Spa people: Todd Hewitt
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Spa people: James White
Thermal spa researcher and consultant to head up major overhaul of Maruia Hot Springs in New Zealand
Interview: Irene Forte
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Design: Natural wonderland
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Science: Skin deep
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Promotional feature: Clarins
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(GWD) agenda with activations rooted in nature and shaped by four pillars of Joy – in
alignment with the day’s theme #JoyMagenta.
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) will celebrate its 20th anniversary at the 2026 event in
Phuket, Thailand, later this year with the theme: The Science, Art and Soul of Wellness.
Auko, an all-inclusive development, is opening in Phong Nha in Vietnam in Q3 2026, with a
series of 30 tented eco-lodges and wellness hospitality operations by Lumina Wellbeing.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Naples Beach Club, a Four Seasons Resort, has opened a 2,800sq m spa called The Sanctuary,
with the design and concept inspired by the Native American people that populated Florida’s
Southwest coast – the Calusa.
Swire Hotels’ luxury hospitality brand Upper House has revealed it will roll out its two-day
House of Healing retreats at its three hotels in Hong Kong, Chengdu and Shanghai.
LVMH-owned beauty house Guerlain will launch up to five spas with partners a year as part of
its plan to expand globally, according to the brand’s international spa and wellness director,
Diane Davody.
A new global study by Kevin Kelly and Peter Yesawich, called WELLSurvey 2.0, has revealed
more than half of consumers in the UK, US and Germany would not choose numerous high-
profile wellness resort brands for a future trip.
Luxury hospitality and wellness pioneer Jeremy McCarthy has launched Leisure Alchemy, a
digital platform that will provide professionals with strategic guidance on how to build
transformational leisure experiences that drive profit.
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education, meaningful connection and commercial insight. [more...]
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