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5848 to 5867 of 9615 news stories
Thailand to consider scrapping excise tax on spa fees to promote tourism
BY Helen Andrews | 30 Sep 2014
Thailand’s excise department is to consider supporting tourism by abolishing tax levied on profits made by the country’s golf courses and spas.
Two found dead in decompression chamber at Japanese spa
BY Helen Andrews | 29 Sep 2014
A man and woman have died in a decompression chamber at a Japanese hot spring spa in the Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Global Wellness Institute's branding structure revealed at GSWS 2014
BY Helen Andrews | 29 Sep 2014
Susie Ellis, chair and CEO of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS), unveiled the branding structure of new industry body the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) at the GSWS 2014, in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month.
Hospital to launch on-site spa for patients and public in Columbia, US
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
The Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge hospital in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, US, has partnered with spa and plastic surgery clinic Healing Waters to create a new spa to provide relaxation treatments to hospital patients.
Anantara to operate waterfront hotel in Dubai's Culture Village in 2018
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
Anantara Resorts Hotels & Spas will operate a luxury waterfront hotel in Dubai’s Culture Village district to launch in early 2018, directly facing the Dubai Creek.
Mandarin Oriental to support breast cancer charities through specialised spa treatments
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
Mandarin Oriental spas will be offering a new set of treatments by product house Aromatherapy Associates during the month of October, designed to contribute to the fight against breast cancer. The treatments have been developed to decrease the anxiety felt by sufferers of cancer using a variety of massage techniques.
Swiss hostel offers budget travellers 1,900sq m of wellness facilities
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
A youth hostel in the car-free glacier village of Saas-Fee, Switzerland, opened earlier this month, offering 1,900sq m (20,451sq ft) of wellness and sports facilities and declaring itself the first “wellness hostel” in the world.
Wellness Award winners announced at GSWS 2014
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The first ever Global Wellness Award winners were announced at the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month.
Paradise leased? Uninhabited Maldivian island with resort permits put on the market
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The uninhabited Maldivian island of Orivaru – one of 71 islands that form the Noonu Atoll – is up for sale with an asking price of £8.5m (US$13.9m, €10.9m).
Himalayan Ananda Spa to launch arthritis retreat in October
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The Himalayan destination spa Ananda will launch its first ‘Living with Arthritis’ retreat from 1-5 October, using Ayurvedic techniques to target the symptoms of arthritis.
Australasian Spa Association's 2014 Expo & Conference scheduled for October
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The Australasian Spa Association’s (ASpa) annual Conference & Expo will take place from 26-28 October at the five-star Langham Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.
Cheval Blanc property set to debut in the Caribbean with treatments by Guerlain
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France is set to join the Cheval Blanc portfolio when it opens on 15 October, featuring the first Guerlain treatments to reach the Caribbean at its re-imagined spa.
Massage booking site that pairs consumers with therapists for in-home treatments expands
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The “in-home” massage-on-demand service, Zeel, is expanding its service beyond New York to more parts of the US, including South Florida, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marilyn Monroe Spa to open at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Florida
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
Marilyn Monroe Spas will open a US$1.5m (€1.2m, £0.9m) 5,200sq ft (483sq m) spa and beauty salon in November at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress near Walt Disney World in Florida, US.
Stanford Prevention Research Center to recruit 'citizen scientists' for wellness tracking project
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
A new wellness project planned by the Stanford Prevention Research Center is set to launch in 2015 and will focus on wellness rather than disease – under the hypothesis that promoting wellness thwarts disease.
Obesity is the new smoking, says NHS boss in England
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
Obesity is the new smoking in terms of its impact on health and cost to the national health service (NHS), according to the organisation's England chief executive.
Homely spa design is the future, says Bill Bensley
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
Spas need to be designed more like homes, according to Bill Bensley, owner of spa design company Bensley Design Studios.
Oily massage towels left in day spa dryer cause fire
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
A fire at a day spa in Adelaide, Australia, has caused damage to the tune of AU$200,000 and will need an extensive refurbishment before it can reopen.
Andrew Gibson opens first FRHI spa since his appointment in January
BY Helen Andrews | 22 Sep 2014
FRHI Hotels & Resort’s Raffles Istanbul opened earlier this month on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, at the heart of the new Zorlu Center – a high fashion, performance, fine food and arts bazaar.
New research undertaken to explore benefits and drawbacks of hatha yoga for bipolar sufferers
BY Chris Dodd | 22 Sep 2014
A new research scheme has set out to explore the positive and negative impacts of hatha yoga on those suffering from bipolar disorder, with the investigation being led by the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in the United States.
     
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NEWS

5848 to 5867 of 9615 news stories
Thailand to consider scrapping excise tax on spa fees to promote tourism
BY Helen Andrews | 30 Sep 2014
Thailand’s excise department is to consider supporting tourism by abolishing tax levied on profits made by the country’s golf courses and spas.
Two found dead in decompression chamber at Japanese spa
BY Helen Andrews | 29 Sep 2014
A man and woman have died in a decompression chamber at a Japanese hot spring spa in the Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Global Wellness Institute's branding structure revealed at GSWS 2014
BY Helen Andrews | 29 Sep 2014
Susie Ellis, chair and CEO of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS), unveiled the branding structure of new industry body the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) at the GSWS 2014, in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month.
Hospital to launch on-site spa for patients and public in Columbia, US
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
The Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge hospital in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, US, has partnered with spa and plastic surgery clinic Healing Waters to create a new spa to provide relaxation treatments to hospital patients.
Anantara to operate waterfront hotel in Dubai's Culture Village in 2018
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
Anantara Resorts Hotels & Spas will operate a luxury waterfront hotel in Dubai’s Culture Village district to launch in early 2018, directly facing the Dubai Creek.
Mandarin Oriental to support breast cancer charities through specialised spa treatments
BY Helen Andrews | 26 Sep 2014
Mandarin Oriental spas will be offering a new set of treatments by product house Aromatherapy Associates during the month of October, designed to contribute to the fight against breast cancer. The treatments have been developed to decrease the anxiety felt by sufferers of cancer using a variety of massage techniques.
Swiss hostel offers budget travellers 1,900sq m of wellness facilities
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
A youth hostel in the car-free glacier village of Saas-Fee, Switzerland, opened earlier this month, offering 1,900sq m (20,451sq ft) of wellness and sports facilities and declaring itself the first “wellness hostel” in the world.
Wellness Award winners announced at GSWS 2014
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The first ever Global Wellness Award winners were announced at the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month.
Paradise leased? Uninhabited Maldivian island with resort permits put on the market
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The uninhabited Maldivian island of Orivaru – one of 71 islands that form the Noonu Atoll – is up for sale with an asking price of £8.5m (US$13.9m, €10.9m).
Himalayan Ananda Spa to launch arthritis retreat in October
BY Helen Andrews | 25 Sep 2014
The Himalayan destination spa Ananda will launch its first ‘Living with Arthritis’ retreat from 1-5 October, using Ayurvedic techniques to target the symptoms of arthritis.
Australasian Spa Association's 2014 Expo & Conference scheduled for October
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The Australasian Spa Association’s (ASpa) annual Conference & Expo will take place from 26-28 October at the five-star Langham Hotel in Melbourne, Australia.
Cheval Blanc property set to debut in the Caribbean with treatments by Guerlain
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France is set to join the Cheval Blanc portfolio when it opens on 15 October, featuring the first Guerlain treatments to reach the Caribbean at its re-imagined spa.
Massage booking site that pairs consumers with therapists for in-home treatments expands
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
The “in-home” massage-on-demand service, Zeel, is expanding its service beyond New York to more parts of the US, including South Florida, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Marilyn Monroe Spa to open at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Florida
BY Helen Andrews | 24 Sep 2014
Marilyn Monroe Spas will open a US$1.5m (€1.2m, £0.9m) 5,200sq ft (483sq m) spa and beauty salon in November at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress near Walt Disney World in Florida, US.
Stanford Prevention Research Center to recruit 'citizen scientists' for wellness tracking project
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
A new wellness project planned by the Stanford Prevention Research Center is set to launch in 2015 and will focus on wellness rather than disease – under the hypothesis that promoting wellness thwarts disease.
Obesity is the new smoking, says NHS boss in England
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
Obesity is the new smoking in terms of its impact on health and cost to the national health service (NHS), according to the organisation's England chief executive.
Homely spa design is the future, says Bill Bensley
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
Spas need to be designed more like homes, according to Bill Bensley, owner of spa design company Bensley Design Studios.
Oily massage towels left in day spa dryer cause fire
BY Helen Andrews | 23 Sep 2014
A fire at a day spa in Adelaide, Australia, has caused damage to the tune of AU$200,000 and will need an extensive refurbishment before it can reopen.
Andrew Gibson opens first FRHI spa since his appointment in January
BY Helen Andrews | 22 Sep 2014
FRHI Hotels & Resort’s Raffles Istanbul opened earlier this month on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, at the heart of the new Zorlu Center – a high fashion, performance, fine food and arts bazaar.
New research undertaken to explore benefits and drawbacks of hatha yoga for bipolar sufferers
BY Chris Dodd | 22 Sep 2014
A new research scheme has set out to explore the positive and negative impacts of hatha yoga on those suffering from bipolar disorder, with the investigation being led by the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in the United States.
     
 


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