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Whopper, fries...and a sauna? Finnish Burger King wins accolades for unique spa concept
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
A Finnish Burger King has won third place in Euromonitor’s ‘2016 New Concepts in Foodservice Contest: Customisation, Technology, and New Experiences,’ for its in-store sauna.
MIT scientists develop ‘second skin’ – new polymer with the power to reshape eye bags
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin – and smooth wrinkles. They hope it could also be used to deliver drugs that help skin conditions such as eczema.
FaulknerBrowns reveal design for waterpark with 'bold health and wellbeing focus'
BY Kim Megson | 12 May 2016
FaulknerBrowns Architects partner Michael Hall has described how the studio’s planned indoor waterpark project in the British city of Coventry uses elegant and community- focused design to create a “high octane” and “holistic” type of health and fitness facility.
Cyprus’s Nicos Anastasiades becomes first president to support GWD
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
The President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has become the first president to officially support Global Wellness Day, a non-profit initiative that promotes free-of-charge wellness activities across the world, set to take place this year on 11 June.
Mövenpick collaborates with TV personality Joelle Mardinian for all-female Saudi spa
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
Mövenpick Hotel Riyadh has opened an all-female spa in collaboration with GCC TV personality Joelle Mardinian. The Aurora Spa by Joelle is the first spa project for Mardinian, who is also an influential fashion and make-up expert in the Middle East.
Dusit opening hot springs resort in Fuzhou, China
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts will open a Dusit Thani Resort in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, in 2019.
Marilyn Monroe Spas opening first Houston location
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
US day spa franchisor Marilyn Monroe Spas is opening the first of eight to ten planned locations in Houston, Texas, expanding the brand’s reach outside of its existing states of Florida, New York, California and Hawaii.
Morgans Hotel Group to be acquired by SBE
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Morgans Hotel Group – which includes a portfolio of 13 owned, operated or licensed hotel properties – will be acquired by Los Angeles hospitality company SBE.
Global Wellness Day ambassadors expanding reach of programme
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Several Global Wellness Day ambassadors around the world have found success in spreading the reach of the programme by approaching local elected officials to ask for their support.
DSM developing substantial wellness community in China
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Destination Spa Management is creating a resort and wellness community in Haikou, China, that will include a 7,000sq m (75,000sq ft) wellness facility alongside a 110- bedroom resort and a wellness village with 975 houses.
Harvard opens new centre to study happiness
BY Jane Kitchen | 09 May 2016
Harvard University in the US is establishing a new Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Drinks in a cell, dinner in the dock: London court house transformed into justice-themed hotel
BY Kim Megson | 09 May 2016
Guests staying at a luxury boutique hotel in London can enjoy a cocktail in the cramped courthouse cells which once held the Kray twins, two of the most notorious gangsters in the city’s history.
Restored Ottoman Grand Mansion at the heart of Viceroy’s first Turkish resort
BY Jane Kitchen | 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.
Inbalans creating Latvian wellness village in the centre of a forested national park
BY Jane Kitchen | 06 May 2016
Latvian wellness consultancy Inbalans Group is working together with Moscow- based international development company Griffin Partners and Jurmula City Council to develop a substantial wellness community in Latvia's Kemeri National Park.
Marriott’s holistic Spa at Coronado Island focuses on ‘art of living well’
BY Jane Kitchen | 06 May 2016
Marriott has opened a new 5,500sq ft (511sq m) Spa and Wellness Center at its Coronado Island Resort & Spa in San Diego, California. The resort is putting a focus on the “art of living well” through a refreshed focus on nutrition, exercise, movement, stress reduction and reflection, and has also opened a new two-storey 6,000sq ft (557sq m) fitness centre.
German design duo transform Swiss ski lift gondolas into lightweight mobile saunas
BY Kim Megson | 05 May 2016
German designers Toni Egger and Felix Tarantik are creating mobile saunas inside the aluminium shells of Swiss ski lift gondolas.
Massage Envy expanding internationally with first locations set to open in Australia
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
US spa franchisor Massage Envy is taking the first steps in international expansion, with the opening of its first location outside the US set to take place on 17 May in Sydney, Australia, and a second to follow a week later.
Spa Vision creating 17,000sq ft spa at 17th century British hotel
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
Spa Vision has partnered with Britain’s Ye Olde Bell Hotel to design and build a new multi- million-pound, purpose-built spa.
Arup Foresight talks to CLAD about healthy wellness buildings and holistic design
BY Kim Megson | 05 May 2016
The global foresight manager at international architecture and engineering firm Arup has told CLAD that closer collaboration between architects, designers, developers and investors is essential if the buildings of the future are to successfully boost our health and wellbeing.
Clay and ice rooms, colour therapy feature at upcoming 1,800sq m Mexican spa
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
Velas Resorts is opening a new location on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula in November that will include a 20-room, 19,375sq ft (1,800sq m) spa and hydrotherapy facility.
     
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4485 to 4504 of 9614 news stories
Whopper, fries...and a sauna? Finnish Burger King wins accolades for unique spa concept
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
A Finnish Burger King has won third place in Euromonitor’s ‘2016 New Concepts in Foodservice Contest: Customisation, Technology, and New Experiences,’ for its in-store sauna.
MIT scientists develop ‘second skin’ – new polymer with the power to reshape eye bags
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin – and smooth wrinkles. They hope it could also be used to deliver drugs that help skin conditions such as eczema.
FaulknerBrowns reveal design for waterpark with 'bold health and wellbeing focus'
BY Kim Megson | 12 May 2016
FaulknerBrowns Architects partner Michael Hall has described how the studio’s planned indoor waterpark project in the British city of Coventry uses elegant and community- focused design to create a “high octane” and “holistic” type of health and fitness facility.
Cyprus’s Nicos Anastasiades becomes first president to support GWD
BY Jane Kitchen | 12 May 2016
The President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has become the first president to officially support Global Wellness Day, a non-profit initiative that promotes free-of-charge wellness activities across the world, set to take place this year on 11 June.
Mövenpick collaborates with TV personality Joelle Mardinian for all-female Saudi spa
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
Mövenpick Hotel Riyadh has opened an all-female spa in collaboration with GCC TV personality Joelle Mardinian. The Aurora Spa by Joelle is the first spa project for Mardinian, who is also an influential fashion and make-up expert in the Middle East.
Dusit opening hot springs resort in Fuzhou, China
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
Dusit Fudu Hotels and Resorts will open a Dusit Thani Resort in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, in 2019.
Marilyn Monroe Spas opening first Houston location
BY Jane Kitchen | 11 May 2016
US day spa franchisor Marilyn Monroe Spas is opening the first of eight to ten planned locations in Houston, Texas, expanding the brand’s reach outside of its existing states of Florida, New York, California and Hawaii.
Morgans Hotel Group to be acquired by SBE
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Morgans Hotel Group – which includes a portfolio of 13 owned, operated or licensed hotel properties – will be acquired by Los Angeles hospitality company SBE.
Global Wellness Day ambassadors expanding reach of programme
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Several Global Wellness Day ambassadors around the world have found success in spreading the reach of the programme by approaching local elected officials to ask for their support.
DSM developing substantial wellness community in China
BY Jane Kitchen | 10 May 2016
Destination Spa Management is creating a resort and wellness community in Haikou, China, that will include a 7,000sq m (75,000sq ft) wellness facility alongside a 110- bedroom resort and a wellness village with 975 houses.
Harvard opens new centre to study happiness
BY Jane Kitchen | 09 May 2016
Harvard University in the US is establishing a new Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Drinks in a cell, dinner in the dock: London court house transformed into justice-themed hotel
BY Kim Megson | 09 May 2016
Guests staying at a luxury boutique hotel in London can enjoy a cocktail in the cramped courthouse cells which once held the Kray twins, two of the most notorious gangsters in the city’s history.
Restored Ottoman Grand Mansion at the heart of Viceroy’s first Turkish resort
BY Jane Kitchen | 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.
Inbalans creating Latvian wellness village in the centre of a forested national park
BY Jane Kitchen | 06 May 2016
Latvian wellness consultancy Inbalans Group is working together with Moscow- based international development company Griffin Partners and Jurmula City Council to develop a substantial wellness community in Latvia's Kemeri National Park.
Marriott’s holistic Spa at Coronado Island focuses on ‘art of living well’
BY Jane Kitchen | 06 May 2016
Marriott has opened a new 5,500sq ft (511sq m) Spa and Wellness Center at its Coronado Island Resort & Spa in San Diego, California. The resort is putting a focus on the “art of living well” through a refreshed focus on nutrition, exercise, movement, stress reduction and reflection, and has also opened a new two-storey 6,000sq ft (557sq m) fitness centre.
German design duo transform Swiss ski lift gondolas into lightweight mobile saunas
BY Kim Megson | 05 May 2016
German designers Toni Egger and Felix Tarantik are creating mobile saunas inside the aluminium shells of Swiss ski lift gondolas.
Massage Envy expanding internationally with first locations set to open in Australia
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
US spa franchisor Massage Envy is taking the first steps in international expansion, with the opening of its first location outside the US set to take place on 17 May in Sydney, Australia, and a second to follow a week later.
Spa Vision creating 17,000sq ft spa at 17th century British hotel
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
Spa Vision has partnered with Britain’s Ye Olde Bell Hotel to design and build a new multi- million-pound, purpose-built spa.
Arup Foresight talks to CLAD about healthy wellness buildings and holistic design
BY Kim Megson | 05 May 2016
The global foresight manager at international architecture and engineering firm Arup has told CLAD that closer collaboration between architects, designers, developers and investors is essential if the buildings of the future are to successfully boost our health and wellbeing.
Clay and ice rooms, colour therapy feature at upcoming 1,800sq m Mexican spa
BY Jane Kitchen | 05 May 2016
Velas Resorts is opening a new location on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula in November that will include a 20-room, 19,375sq ft (1,800sq m) spa and hydrotherapy facility.
     
 


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