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Canyon Ranch appoints brand growth specialist Susan Docherty as CEO
BY Helen Andrews | 28 Apr 2015
Canyon Ranch founders Mel and Enid Zuckerman and Jerry Cohen have announced a new
CEO for the brand. Susan Docherty will continue to grow and develop the brand, while the
founders continue to manage Canyon Ranch’s resort locations in Tucson, Arizona and
Lenox, Massachusetts.
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New Mexico casino resort to open new-build spa at the end of April
BY Helen Andrews | 28 Apr 2015
The Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is being transformed as part of
the resort’s expansion plans to include The Green Reed Spa. Other recent enhancements
have included the addition of a new casino, extra parking facilities, a golf club and a 450-
person banquet and events centre.
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Deepak Chopra to attend Global Wellness Summit as keynote speaker
BY Helen Andrews | 28 Apr 2015
Dr Deepak Chopra will be a keynote speaker at the 2015 Global Wellness Summit (GWS)
at the St Regis Mexico City 13-15 November. Chopra is famous for raising awareness of
the concept of ‘personal wellbeing’, writing more than 80 books – 22 of which made the
New York Times best seller list – and creating the Chopra Foundation.
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Brazil's Kurotel becomes first 'cancer aware' spa in south America
BY Helen Andrews | 27 Apr 2015
The Kurotel Longevity Medical Center and Spa in Brazil is the first wellness location in
south America to become certified as ‘cancer aware’ by Wellness for Cancer – the first
organisation to establish standardised, objective, cancer-focused training and business
criteria for the spa and wellness industry.
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Greek and British spa partners team up to attract new guests: Dora Koromila
BY Dora Koromila | 27 Apr 2015
Operational differences between two spa partners, the Anazoe Spa in Greece’s Costa
Navarino and The Chelsea Day Spa in London, were highlighted by Dora Koromila – spa
director at the Anazoe Spa – in an exclusive Thought Leader column for Spa
Opportunities, following the first week of an exchange of services.
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Thai official in coma after jumping into hot spring
BY Helen Andrews | 27 Apr 2015
A senior official of the Bangkok Attorney-General’s
Office is on 24-hour watch in the intensive care unit
at a hospital in Phuket Town, Thailand, after
jumping into a hot spring in Krabi on 13 April.
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Henri Chenot to open health hotel with 6,000sq m wellness space in Azerbaijan
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Apr 2015
Health and wellness expert Henri Chenot will open the second ‘Espace Cure’ hotel – a
destination retreat – to have its entire structure dedicated to his health and wellness
programmes. This second hotel will be located in Gabala, Azerbaijan and is set to open in
Q2 2016. The first of these ‘Espace Cure’-structured hotels, which opened in 1980, is
Chenot’s flagship Palace Merano hotel in Italy.
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CIDESCO's Anna-Cari Gund joins Raison d'Etre
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Apr 2015
Spa and wellness consultancy Raison d’Etre has
appointed Anna-Cari Gund – president of
global association for beauty and spa therapist
accreditation CIDESCO International – as
managing director.
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Wahanda to launch Wahanda Academy for sales and marketing advice
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Apr 2015
European online marketplace and booking platform for hair and beauty, Wahanda is to
launch The Wahanda Academy – a series of free seminars for salons to participate in twice
a week in key cities throughout the UK, on topics such as sales, marketing and key
operational areas.
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Appleby Manor to launch thermal spa in Lake District
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Apr 2015
Appleby Manor Country House Hotel in the UK’s Lake District is set to launch a brand new
spa in mid-October 2015, projecting an influx of 200 guests a week, according to the sales
and marketing manager Grahame Devine – who spoke to Spa Opportunities.
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James Bond 'Goldfinger' bank vault to form part of luxury hotel with thermal spa
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Apr 2015
EPR Architects are working to design the hotel and spa – in collaboration with Barr+Wray
– at the upcoming Poultry Hotel in London. The five-star offering will occupy the Grade I-
listed former Midland Bank headquarters – the vault of which was portrayed as Fort Knox
for the climax of the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger.
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Wellness blogger who 'cured cancer' admits she never had illness
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Apr 2015
Australian wellness blogger, Belle Gibson, who built an online community and sold a recipe
book off the back of claims she cured terminal brain cancer through diet and lifestyle
changes alone, has admitted she never had the disease.
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