Spa Opportunities 11th May 2018 Issue 293

a sPa business Publication

tm

Find great staff

spa opportunities Daily news & jobs: www.spaopportunities.com

11-24 may 2018 ISSUE 293

Six Senses launches wellness programme for kids Six Senses has introduced a new activities, yoga and mindfulness, l o c a l c u ltu re , s u s t ai n abi l it y ‘Grow With Six Senses’ programme for the resorts’ youngest guests, and social experiences. designed to give children useful There’s also the chance to pamper life skills and wellness knowledge with tailor-made spa treatments. The during their holiday. focus is on offering something a little Grow With Six Senses incorporates out of the ordinary to attract even the different approaches to wellness most reticent. Children can learn how into all activities for children, to make their own toothpaste, facial and is company’s new approach mask, body scrub, after-sun lotion to kids and family wellness. and edible water bubbles. “Grow Wit h Si x S e ns e s Cookery, yoga, treasure hunts, incorporates the six dimensions of ball games and fitness challenges wellness (social, environmental, are also available. physical, spiritual, emotional and Grow With Six Senses includes yoga, spa treatments, cookery and more Activities at Six Senses Yao Noi intellectual) and brings kids ‘back to include roselle harvesting and flying basics’ in order to reconnect with nature and The approach is to learn through natural yoga, while at Six Senses Fiji, kids can make others around them,” said Anna Bjurstam, vice play, and is designed as an adventure. their own snacks using a solar oven. Six president of spa and wellness. “This framework As ch i l d re n j ou r ne y t h rou g h e a ch Senses Laamu has a garden for salad foraging ensures a holistic offering for the minds of activity, they’ll get a new stamp for their and offers junior Zumba and healthy cookie our little guests. We’re really proud of what personal Six Senses passport. making. But it’s not all about doing; there are each resort has created, and we know families Programmes vary from resort to resort, plenty of ‘being’ options as well. are going to love the experience too.” and introduce specifically designed physical Continued on back cover

Appointments

l

Assistant Centre Manager Membership Sales Supervisor

see pAge 12

GEt Spa OppS

Mandarin Oriental to open Omani hotel Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will manage a ne w res or t and brande d residences in Muscat, the capital of Oman, which is expected to open in 2021. Mandarin Oriental, Muscat will feature 150 guestrooms and suites, five restaurants and bars, a Spa at Mandarin Oriental and an outdoor swimming pool. The spa will include eight treatment rooms: three single men’s, three single women’s, one couples room, and one signature Persian hammam suite. A hammam purification ritual will be offered to all guests in the heat and water facilities and will include heat, steam, a complimentary body scrub by a spa therapist, a vitality pool and a cold deluge shower.

McCarthy is Mandarin’s director of spa and wellness

The resort will also feature an outdoor Oriental meditation garden for relaxing before and after spa experiences, which will also include a labyrinth for walking meditation. The Persian hammam suite will be used for private hammam rituals and couples’ experiences, along with the couples’ treatment room. continued on back cover