Spa Opportunities 16th March 2018 Issue 289

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Four Seasons debuts on Seychelles private island The highly anticipated Four Seasons T he sp a a ls o of fe rs d ai ly Connection Ceremonies, which Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island are complimentary to guests. A – the only resort on the island – has opened, complete with a sensory spa Morning Awakening includes simple designed to offer guests a connection mantras to open the body and mind, to place and to themselves. while the Evening Reflection is a meditative journey from sound to The resort’s Circle of Connection Spa features five treatment suites, silence, designed to unwind the body including one couples’ suite, all and mind and invite reflection. with views of the surrounding Sandie Johannessen is senior flora and fauna. The spa menu – spa director at the resort, and also designed for Four Seasons by Terres oversees nine spas in the region. D’Afrique – is designed to evoke the The spa includes Gharieni’s MLW series spa tables along with five senses, and includes Sensory other Gharieni furniture and Connection Rituals that incorporate The resort includes a spa with treatments created by Terres D’Afrique equipment. Yoga programs with the island’s African heritage. The Rhythms of Desroches, for instance, The Flavours of Desroches treatment draws in-house yogi Ganga Sadhuka include is a 2.5-hour ritual that combines music on the island’s edible ingredients, including Hatha, Nidra, meditation, Pranayama and and massage with a sea-inspired sand, lemongrass, pineapple and cardamom, while Ashtanga in a dedicated pavilion or on the salt and aloe scrub and body mask, and the Textures of Desroches is a four-handed beach, and there is also a fully-equipped uses chimes, rain sticks and singing bowls, massage that uses feathers, crystals, African fitness studio for weight and cardio training and incorporates a massage that uses combs, coconut beads and an exfoliating as well as an open-air floodlit tennis court. Details: http://lei.sr?a=G5d3h_S eggs filled with heated baobab seeds. sand and coconut bead body mask.

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Mindbody to acquire Booker for US$150m Software company Mindbody will acquire rival Booker Software in a deal worth US$150m. The agreement is expected to be completed by the end of Q2 2018. The deal will add around 11,000 locations to the Mindbody portfolio, bringing together Mindbody’s clientele of boutique fitness studios and consumer network with Booker’s network of spas and day spas. Booker earned around US$25m in subscription and payments revenue in 2017, while its platform processed over $US1.4bn in payments volume in 2017. “Our intention is to rapidly expand our wellness and beauty platform by delivering more value to customers, consumers and partners alike,” said Rick Stollmeyer, Mindbody CEO. “By combining our

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technology and teams, we will help our customers grow, by connecting them to even larger consumer audiences.” Jo s h Mc C a r t e r, C E O o f B o o k e r, commented: “By joining forces, we can deliver the game-changing technologies and accelerate growth for our customers.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=V9T9J_S