Spa business issue 3 2016

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Coco Chanel used to live at Ritz Paris

The Terma Linca Resort and Spa will be rebranded as the GOCO Retreat Thimphu

First Chanel-branded spa debuts at Ritz Paris

GOCO to develop circuit of five wellness resorts across Bhutan

The first-ever Chanel-branded spa has opened at the Ritz Paris, along with the newly renovated 17,000sq ft (1,579sq m) Ritz Club Paris – two floors dedicated to beauty and wellness. The Ritz Paris, which originally opened in 1898, closed its doors in 2012 for extensive renovations headed up by architect and designer Thierry W Despont. The Ritz Club Paris wellness space has been entirely rethought and redesigned. The area includes a heated indoor swimming pool, hammam, sauna, experience shower, fitness room, manicure and pedicure stations and hair salon. Chanel au Ritz Paris is described as a “unique and customised sensory experience,” and is a new concept dedicated to Chanel’s skincare. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=a8N9x_B

Through a partnership with an extended spa and fitness Bhutan’s Queen Mother, facility with an indoor vitality GOCO Hospitality is develpool, as well as an expansion oping projects in Bhutan’s of its on-site organic gardens. The second phase of top five tourist destinations. development will rebrand GOCO founder and CEO and rename the resort as the Ingo Schweder says the CEO Ingo Schweder GOCO Retreat Thimphu. firm has taken over the The second Bhutanese management of Terma resort will be a site in Punakha, which Linca Resort and Spa, which is the will have the most substantial wellness first and flagship development of the programming components, followed partnership and the largest of the five by sites in Paro, Gangtey and Jakar. resorts. Located just outside Bhutan’s The proposed circuit is envisioned capital of Thimphu, the Terma Linca to offer an eco-conscious, cultural resort has 30 rooms and a full-service experience that merges Bhutan’s spa with five treatment rooms. Terma Linca will undergo a soft ancient healing and spiritual traditions renovation this year, followed by more with diverse natural settings. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=G2h2f_B development in 2017 that will include

Sepielli creating spa concept for new US wellness hotel brand

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Sentierre, a new US-based hotel brand with a focus on wellbeing, will include a full-service spa created by Sylvia Sepielli in its first resort, Sentierre Padre Canyon in Utah. The resort will be built on 43 acres (17 hectares) in the Mojave Desert. The Padre Canyon Sanctuary will encompass more than 14,000sq ft (1,300sq m), including six treatment rooms.

It’s not a theme or concept – it’s who they are Sylvia Sepielli

“It’s exciting to be part of the evolution of this new hotel brand, particularly because wellness and wellbeing is part of its DNA,” says Sepielli, who’s known for her spa designs around the world. More: http://lei.sr?a=A9B7H_B


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