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Technogym edges towards IPO in Italy
BY Jak Phillips | 24 Feb 2016
Italian wellness giant Technogym is pushing forward with plans for a partial IPO in Italy,
having filed preliminary papers with the country’s stock market regulators.
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Spa firm Oakworks bolsters top team with double appointment
BY Jane Kitchen | 24 Feb 2016
Spa equipment manufacturer Oakworks has added two executives to its team. Jessica
Wadley joins the company as vice president of US business development for spa and
massage, and Dafne Berlanga has been named vice president of international business
development.
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Klafs to move Thermarium division to Germany
BY Jane Kitchen | 24 Feb 2016
Spa equipment manufacturer Klafs will
integrate its Thermarium division into
the company’s corporate structure and
headquarters in Germany, closing
Thermarium’s Tirol, Austria location.
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Starwood to open Four Points in Ethiopia
BY Jane Kitchen | 23 Feb 2016
Starwood Hotels & Resorts will open a Four Points by Sheraton in Ethiopia. Developed by
Alemgenet Trade & Industries, the new-build Four Points by Sheraton Addis Ababa, Meskel
Square, is Starwood’s first new hotel in the country since its Sheraton Addis Ababa in 1998.
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New study links depression and back pain
BY Jane Kitchen | 22 Feb 2016
A new study from the University of Sydney reveals that people with depression are 60 per
cent more likely to develop low back pain in their lifetime. While patients often suffer the
two conditions, this is the first study to review all relevant research in the field and show
that depression may actually trigger back pain, with low levels of exercise and sleep cited
as contributory factors.
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L’Occitane opens first Petit Spa
BY Jane Kitchen | 18 Feb 2016
French skincare brand L’Occitane has opened its first Petit Spa in One Utama Shopping
Mall in Malaysia.
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So Sofitel to open hotel, residences in Kuala Lumpur
BY Jane Kitchen | 18 Feb 2016
Singapore-based lifestyle property developer Oxley Holdings Limited will launch a 207-
bedroom So Sofitel Hotel and a 590-key So Sofitel Residence in the heart of Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Even to open three more US properties
BY Jane Kitchen | 18 Feb 2016
InterContinental Hotel Group’s wellness hotel brand Even has signed three additional
locations in the US, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Houston, Texas; and Eugene, Oregon. All
three hotels are expected to open in 2017.
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Bain Capital looks to Japanese onsens for growth potential
BY Jane Kitchen | 16 Feb 2016
In February 2015, private investment
firm Bain Capital Partners (BCP) bought
a 100 per cent stake in Japanese hot
springs and hotel operator Ooedo
Onsens Holdings, in a move to capitalise
on tourism ahead of the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games.
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Opportunities abound for spas with growth of workplace wellness: study
BY Jane Kitchen | 16 Feb 2016
“The Future of Wellness at Work,” a new
study that will be released by the Global
Wellness Institute later this month,
examines the state of wellness of the
global workforce, predicts what the
future of work will look like and makes
the case for why wellness matters.
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