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The Ranch to open second property in Sonoma

The Ranch – which operates a weight and regain mental clarity well-known destination fitness and peace of mind. Chiropractic, and wellness retreat in Malibu, guided imagery and self- California – will open a new property defense sessions are also offered. in Sonoma, California in 2017. The setting does not have Wifi Similar to The Ranch Malibu, or cell phone reception, and guests The Ranch Sonoma will host have limited access to computers and an intimate, intensive weekly phones in order to encourage them to programme limited to 24 guests. focus their energies on being present The Sonoma location sits on 2,700 in the natural, serene surroundings. acres and is tucked into nature with First opened in 2010 by owners Alex a 2.5 mile (4km) creek running and Sue Glasscock, the programme through the property – a remote, features specialists including a secluded setting designed for guests doctor of Eastern Medicine, a to feel sequestered, much as they licensed nutritionist/dietician, do at the original location – and The retreat combines mountain hikes with a 1,600-calorie-a-day diet physical trainers and outdoor will feature the substantial hiking hiking and wilderness guides. programme the retreat is known for. includes four to five hours of group In 2013, The Ranch grew the brand to The Ranch Malibu is an endurance, mountain hiking each day, as well as core include The Ranch 4.0, a four-day version wellness and nutrition programme designed and ab weights, daily yoga sessions, a private of the programme in partnership with the to re-calibrate guests’ lifestyles towards afternoon massage – and a restricted, California Health & Longevity Institute achieving and sustaining their health goals. 1,600-calorie, organic, vegetarian diet. at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village. Popular with celebrities, the The Ranch The programme aims to help guests lose Details: http://lei.sr?a=j3H3W_S

Wellness in Architecture Seabourn, Steiner initiative launches partner with Dr Weil

The nonprofit Global Wellness Luxury cruise line Seabourn and The Onboard Institute is launching a Wellness Spa by Steiner have created a fleet-wide in Architecture Initiative. mindful living programme in partnership with The initiative’s mission is to integrative medicine pioneer Dr Andrew Weil. bring together diverse thought The programme is designed to offer guests leaders to raise the awareness on a holistic spa and wellness experience that how our surroundings affect us. integrates physical, social, environmental Initiative members will gather and spiritual wellbeing. It will be led by Dr Weil is a pioneer in integrative medicine emerging evidence of the effects The Wellness Guide – a newly established that the built environment has on position – who will be a certified yoga and “By partnering with Dr Weil, a pioneer in humankind – diving into scientific meditation practitioner whose job will integrative medicine, we will deliver an even corners of academia, interviewing be to inspire and educate guests through greater degree of mind and body programmes experts within the building industry, classes and gatherings during voyages. that ensure you can break away, relax and collecting personal experiences “This new wellness programme will offer rejuvenate while you travel with us.” of healing spaces, and more. our guests an experience they simply won’t The programme will to kick off in January Continued on back cover find anywhere else in the industry,” said 2017 on Seabourn Encore’s inaugural cruise. Richard Meadows, president of Seabourn. Continued on back cover

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CONTACT US Forest cave spa debuts in Mexico The Leisure Media Company Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Starwood Hotels has Hitchin, Herts SG5 1DJ, UK expanded its Latin American Tel: +44 (0)1462 431385 portfolio with the opening Fax: +44 (0)1462 433909 of the 119-bedroom e-mail: please use contacts' W Punta de Mita in [email protected] Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit. Owned by Fideicomiso Los Subscriptions Veneros, the new hotel is part Denise Adams +44 (0)1462 471930 of the multi-use oceanfront [email protected] development Los Veneros. The hotel’s 4,000sq ft (372sq Editor m) Away Spa is designed Liz Terry +44 (0)1462 431385 to feel like a forest cave. Centered in the room is a Head of news hanging chandelier of glass Matthew Campelli +44 (0) 1462 471912 flowers in the colours of a Mexican sunset, alongside a The W Punta de Mita is located in Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit News editor beauty bar with stations for Jane Kitchen +44 (0)1462 471929 manicures, pedicures, waxing and blow outs. Designed by ASET/AOMA in collaboration The spa’s relaxation deck features intricate with Oakland, California-based design firm Reporters cutouts in the wood to accommodate the roots Mister Important Design and Starwood’s Tom Anstey +44 (0)1462 471916 of surrounding guardian fig trees, and each in-house design team, W Punta de Mita of the five treatment rooms incorporate water is inspired by the local bohemian surf Kim Megson +44 (0)1462 471915 into the design, with beds placed over glass culture found on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Publisher cutouts in the floor to overlook a fish pond. The hotel aims to convey a sense of colourful Therapy Pools beside a natural spring Mexico, including the blues of the bay and the Astrid Ros +44 (0)1462 471911 offer hydrotherapy, cold mist, hydro coast surrounding Puerto Vallarta and features Product editor jets, pressure showers and waterfalls traditional patterns of the Huichol people. with varied temperatures. Details: http://lei.sr?a=b7Q7P_S Kate Corney +44 (0)1462 471927

Design Ed Gallagher +44 (0)1905 20198 Duniye Spas to operate Hurawalhi spa Internet Spa consultancy and Michael Paramore +44 (0)1462 471926 management company Duniye Dean Fox +44 (0)1462 471900 Spas will operate the spa the the upcoming Hurawalhi Emma Harris +44 (0)1462 471921 Resort in the Maldives, an Tim Nash +44 (0)1462 471917 eco-conscious resort set to open 1 November. Circulation manager The 600sq m (6,458sq ft) Michael Emmerson +44 (0)1462 471932 spa will feature five overwater treatment rooms with outdoor baths and glass floors – Subscribe to Spa Opportunities: designed for clients to watch Online: www.leisuresubs.com fish and ocean creatures as Email: [email protected] they have a treatment, said Tel: +44 (0)1462 471913 Renate Hermes, group spa Annual subscription rates are UK £20, director for Duniye Spas. Rest of world £26, students (UK) £13. Treatment rooms The eco-friendly resort will also feature an underwater restaurant Spa Opportunities is published fortnightly by have “a spectacular The Leisure Media Company Limited, Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1DJ, UK The views expressed in this view over the ocean – you enjoy a bath be seen in the menu, including treatments publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent experience sitting in your tub while floating inspired by traditional cultures. those of the publisher The Leisure Media Co Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored above the ocean,” said Hermes. A Tree Top Yoga and Tranquility Lounge in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means, The spa menu will focus on holistic overlooks a lagoon and beaches, and fits with electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recorded or otherwise, wellness, including Reiki, sound healing, Duniye’s focus on creating a connection with without the prior permission of the copyright holder, Cybertrek Ltd. Printed by Preview Cromatic Ltd. Distributed by Royal Mail herbal treatments, yoga and meditation, and self, body and nature. The resort itself, designed Group Ltd and Whistl Ltd in the UK and Total Mail Ltd globally. will use custom products from HealingEarth by New York architect Yuji Yamazaki, features ©Cybertrek Ltd 2016. ISSN Print: 1753-3430 Digital: 2397-2408 To subscribe to Spa Opportunities log on to www.leisuresubs. Africa. A strong influence from the a contemporary collection of 90 villas. com or email: [email protected] or call +44 1462 471930. healing traditions of Asia and Africa can Details: http://lei.sr?a=t3Z3j_S

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Rancho la Puerta adding new villas Destination spa Rancho la Puerta is opening three new Villas Cielo, or ‘Heavenly Villas,’ this October. The private villas – Azul, Terra and Verde – are designed with wellness and relaxation in mind, and are designed to be highly customisable. “The Villas Cielo are a natural expansion of The Francois Cimon-Kingsley is from Montreal Ranch,” said CEO Roberto Cimon-Kingsley joins the Arjona. “They embody our philosophy of nourishing St Kitts Marriott Resort the mind, body, and spirit, and they fulfil our guests’ Francois Cimon-Kingsley has been named requests for casitas with more The villas use local materials such as Mexican tiles and timber director of spa at the St. Kitts Marriott privacy and personalisation.” Resort & The Royal Beach Casino. Each villa features a master suite with a Mexican-inspired art and custom furniture. Cimon-Kingsley brings more than living room that can be transformed into a Each casita is themed with its own name, a decade of experience to the St. Kitts residential gym or business office. With 2,200 colour and style: the soft blue Cielo Azul Marriott Resort team, and began his career square feet of indoor and outdoor space, the represents water, calm and stillness; the green- as the spa and recreation manager at the villas include meditation cushions, indoor/ hued Cielo Verde represents nature and life; Ritz Carlton Cancun. He has also held outdoor speakers that play tranquil music, and Cielo Terra uses shades of warm terracotta. positions at several other spas throughout organic mattresses, outdoor showers, salt Spa services are available for Villas Cielo Mexico, including Le Meridien Cancun and water dipping pools, daybeds and hammocks. guests, in-room or on the private terraces. the Spa at Las Ventanas in Los Cabos. Designed by Nicole Petersen of Petersen On Fridays, guests are treated to an in-room In 2002, he joined Villagroup Resorts, Design Management, the villas aim to capture custom 90-minute restorative spa treatment. where he designed and opened The Desert the spirit of Mexico through artisan decor and Details: http://lei.sr?a=T9b7d_S Spa, the largest spa and fitness facility in Baja California, Mexico. Most recently, Cimon-Kingsley was the area director for the company Super Fitness Mexico, where Spa takes inspiration from Lake District he oversaw several large fitness centres. Details: http://lei.sr?a=n3H9x_S The Langdale Estate in England’s picturesque Lake District will open a new Viceroy to open hotel in 900sq m (9,688sq ft) spa in November, available Buenos Aires development exclusively to guests at its Brimstone Hotel, Langdale Viceroy Hotel Group will Hotel or timeshare lodges. open a hotel in the mixed-use The Brimstone Spa will development of Madero Harbour in offer a spa experience Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2019. inspired by the Lake District Designed by architect Carlos Ott, landscapes, complete with ten the 125-bedroom hotel will feature treatment rooms, a private spa 30 residences, a signature restaurant, suite for two, seven thermal bar, lounge, swimming pool and spa. experiences, an infinity pool, The hotel will anchor the upscale and a range of “chill out areas.” planned community, which will Spa consultant Claire Spa consultant Claire Caddick of Sparticulate worked on the project feature a shopping centre with Caddick of Sparticulate 120 elite retail outlets, restaurants, worked on the project. Thermal experiences will include a cinemas, nightlife and a heliport. The Bubble, Brimstone Spa’s private Himalayan salt steam grotto, fragrance Viceroy also recently announced another suite, will be available to hire in its entirety columns, foot-spas and a lava sauna. An property in development in Panama by the half day or full day, and will be infinity pool will span from indoor to outdoor, for 2019, the Viceroy Bocas del Toro, equipped with twin treatment beds, an air leading to a covered outdoor space with wood- which will feature 42 overwater villas as bath, thermal experiences, a double shower burning stove, relaxation beds and sauna. well as a spa with private rejuvenation and a double bed. It will also offer a Venik Brimstone Spa will use Pure Alchemy pools tucked in blossoming treatment, using birch branches gathered and Elemis in its treatments. pockets of the rainforest. from trees growing locally in the estate. Details: http://lei.sr?a=x6E5T_S Details: http://lei.sr?a=E3T5W_S

New spa for Alpamare waterpark Alpamare Scarborough, a new £14m (US$18m, €16.6m) Alpine-themed attraction in Yorkshire, England, will open a European-style wellness spa in January 2017. Located on the second fl oor of the water attraction, the spa will extend across 900sq m MULTI-LOCATION (9,688sq ft ) and will include SPA, LEISURE & WELLNESS a viewing terrace looking MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE out over the sea. Th e spa will include a hammam as well as a classical Alpine spa with stone and aromatic wood settings. Th e Alpine spa will feature Th e spa will include a hammam as well as a classical Alpine spa sauna rituals and special events every hour, including storytelling, music with therapeutic muds, Sicalick pool with or sauna infusions scented with honey, fruits, hot water and underwater music and salt or ice-mint. It will include a salt sauna, pine hammam treatments such as soap massage. sauna, clay sauna, ice fountain and aromatic Spa treatments will include evening showers with chromo-aromatherapy. packages designed for post-work The hammam will feature a Sogukluk relaxation, foam peeling massages and steam bath, Binguil purifying Turkish radiofrequency treatments, among others. bath with 100 per cent humidity, rhassoul Details: http://lei.sr?a=3U6N9_S

Eco-headquarters for Comfort Zone Next year, skincare brand Comfort Zone will open its new €25m (US$28.1m, £19.5m) headquarters in Parma, Italy, creating what chair Davide Bollati has dubbed a “house for sustainable beauty.” Bollati is passionate about the ways beauty, innovation and architecture intersect, and about creating sustainability in each of those areas. “This goes beyond corporate social responsibility; it goes to the core of sustainability,” he said. The Matteo Thun- Th e Matteo Th un-designed headquarters will cover 11,000sq m designed uber-green headquarters will cover 11,000sq m he wanted to the architecture to reflect (118,400sq ft ) and is dubbed Davines Village, that. But he also wanted to create an even aft er Comfort Zone’s parent company. more environmentally-friendly building, When completed towards the end of 2017, and to foster quality of life for his employees. Davines Village will feature a skin bar where “We have a humanistic approach,” he visitors can try Comfort Zone’s products, as explained. “It’s a way that puts people at well as education zones, and the company’s the centre. There is a certain sensibility PREMIER-CORE.COM/BRIDGESPA development laboratories – all set around for quality of life and for self-realisation a greenhouse and organic gardens, which of people in the working environment.” 01543 466580 will provide food for the company’s central Bollati chose Th un because of his record of organic restaurant as well as plants for the creating buildings with low carbon emissions skincare products. Traditionally, Parma and integrating buildings into the landscape. is an agricultural region, and Bollati said Details: http://lei.sr?a=z2y3e_S

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Attendees at the 2016 SpaChina Summit, a three-day gathering of industry leaders SpaChina Summit 2016 The annual SpaChina Summit & Awards took place 1-3 September in Lijiang, China, with three days of speaker sessions and networking. Lisa Starr reports.

pas are always looking for new The large hospitality brands have their Another issue is that the existing spas have clients; just imagine if you had 600 own training programs and are producing not really evolved beyond a standard facial million potential options! That’s the quality therapists, but there will continue to and massage treatment menu. S projected population of the Chinese be a shortage due to the growing demand. The Spa China Summit is an annual middle class in the next 10 years, according gathering of industry leaders to address to a report by Nielsen and cited by Spa China these and other issues pertaining to editor-in-chief Fifi Kao in her opening successful spa operations. The three- remarks at the Spa China Summit in day event, held this year 1-3 September Lijiang, China earlier this month. in Lijiang, attracted 230 people, and The Chinese middle class growth rate is included cocktail parties, general sessions, projected to exceed 20 per cent on an annual networking events, sponsor demonstrations, basis, but it’s not just the growth in numbers and a gala awards dinner. – but also in tastes – that’s appealing to spas. Speakers included noted spa architect The Chinese middle-class consumer used Karl Landauer, spa consultant Samantha to be happy just to go to a spa, and their Foster, Kempinski’s regional director Emlyn demands were few. But as the market evolves SpaChina Awards 2016 Awards Brown, and myself, among others. and the outbound travel market grows, these O Best Hotel Spa of the Year Topics presented include branding and consumers come back from visits to spas Banyan Tree Spa, Macau marketing, business and product trends, and resorts in other countries with much O Best Destination Spa of the Year sustainable beauty, and a panel on the cruise higher expectations for their home markets. Six Senses Spa at Qing Cheng Mountain ship market in China, which is growing fast. It is estimated that there as many as O Best Hot Spring Spa Resort of the Year Attendees also enjoyed a pedicure 20,000 to 30,000 spas in China already, Bolian Hotel Hot Spring & Spa, Kunming demonstration by Bastien Gonzalez and his although this number is difficult to O Best Newly-opened Spa of the Year team members, and three research segments substantiate. The hotel and resort market MI XUN Spa at The Temple House of audience polling – all done through continues to expand, including many of the O Best Day Spa of the Year WeChat, providing immediate feedback and established spa brands such as Shangri-la’s Green Massage fun. The event is held in a different location Chi, Langham’s Chuan, Banyan Tree and O Best Club Spa of the Year in China each year, giving attendees a real Mandarin Oriental. Hilton, Starwood and Hai Shang Hui flavor for the diversity within the country. Marriott all have large pipelines in Asia, O Best Chain Spa of the Year bringing more spas online in the next couple Rubis Spa of years, and Kempinski will be doubling the O Best Spa Concept of the Year About the author number of their hotel spas in China in the Bliss Spa at W Hong Kong Lisa Starr is a senior near future. O Best Spa Design of the Year But as you might expect, all of this growth naked Stables naked Leaf consultant at spa management training comes with challenges too. China has no O Best Spa Water Facility of the Year licensing for beauty therapy; although Zensa Spa at Studio City Macau company Wynne Business. Email: [email protected] there are schools, only a small fraction of O Best Spa Service of the Year potential therapists can attend them due to The Spa at Park Hyatt Guangzhou Twitter: @StarrTalk distance and expense.

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20-23 September 2016 Spatec Middle East Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Brings together spa operators and suppliers for a series of one-to-one meetings. Tel: +356 9945 8305 www.spatecevents.com/middleeast

22-24 September 2016 World Spa & Well-being Convention Impact Exhibition & Convention Center Bangkok, Thailand A three-day exhibition, a two-day congress and an awards night. www.worldspawellbeing.com

22-26 September 2016 64th CIDESCO World Congress & Exhibition Hotel Intercontinental Dublin Dublin, Ireland The second annual Spa & Wellness Association of Africa conference will take place at Shanti Maurice Exhibition and lecture programme with discussions on the latest trends. www.cidescoireland2016.com 19-21 September 2016 to address the growing African spa SWAA Forum market. The two-day event also includes 25-28 September 2016 Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa the SWAA Students Challenge, featuring Spatec Fall North America Mauritius students from the Rushmore Business JW Marriott Tucson, Arizona, US The second-annual conference for the School. Brings together spa operators and suppliers Spa & Wellness Association of Africa, Tel: +44 740 445 0557 for a series of one-to-one meetings. which includes speakers and networking www.swaafrica.org Tel: +1 843 375 9224 www.spatecevents.com/northamerica-fall

25-28 September 2016 17-19 October 2016 15-16 November 2016 Green Spa Network Congress Global Wellness Summit Spa Life UK Devil’s Thumb Ranch KitzKongress Telford International Centre Colorado, US Kitzbuhel, Tyrol, Austria Telford, UK Brings spa professionals who care A key industry event that brings Conference for the UK spa industry that about sustainability together. together top wellness leaders. includes speakers and networking. Tel: +1 800 275 3045 Tel: +1 212 716 1199 Tel: +44 (0)1268 745892 www.greenspanetwork.org www.globalwellnesssumit.com www.spa-life.co.uk 18-19 October 2016

27-30 September 2016 18-19 October 2016 15-18 November 2016 Interbad Independent Hotel Show Cosmoprof Asia Messe Stuttgart, Germany Olympia West Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre An international event on the theme of London, UK Hong Kong swimming pools, saunas and spas. Brings together the independent hotel sector. Asian business-to-business show featuring Tel: +49 711 185600 Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 3089 cosmetics and toiletries, natural health, www.messe-stuttgart.de/en/interbad/ www.independenthotelshow.co.uk beauty salon, hair salon and nail accessories. www.cosmoprof-asia.com 2-3 October 2016 24-26 October 2016 Olympia Beauty Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Europe 27-29 November 2016 Olympia Exhibition Centre Paris, France Spameeting EMEA London, UK Organised by Organic Monitor, this Dubai, UAE UK beauty trade show. summit covers major sustainability Brings suppliers from the spa industry to Tel: +44 (0)ß1959 569867 developments in the beauty industry. meet face-to-face with project leaders. www.olympiabeauty.co.uk www.sustainablecosmeticssummit.com www.spameeting.com

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Visions for water worlds.

Be inspired! Whether you are a planner, pool operator or hotelier – Experience with all the senses the latest bath, sauna, pool and spa trends for your target groups. We’ll see you at interbad! www.interbad.de Q Sign up for your FREE digital subscription: www.spaopportunities.com/green Sanderson developing wellness city

Thematic entertainment design and construction firm Sanderson Group have been EVERYTHING WELLNESS. named as masterplanners for a US$5bn (€4.47bn, ESADORE WET. £3.87bn) development in Bali, Design . Manufacture . Installation Indonesia, dubbed a “new Project Management . Turnkey wonder” by its founders. Margarana Dream City – which covers 2.5sq km (0.95sq m) – follows a theme of “innergy,” with a pyramid- like tower at the heart of the development “drawing the positive ‘chi’ into a green city.” The mixed-use development off ers a variety Th e US$5bn development has been dubbed a ‘new wonder’ of nature health, wellness and relaxation options. Green Haven will also include an attraction Included in the expansive plans will be based around horticulture where visitors hotels and resorts among a slew of attractions can learn the secrets to growing their including stone age – an area where visitors favourite plants. Th e development will also can “get rid of crowded modern life”, feature 404,000sq m (100 acres) of movie travelling back to a time where they can studios and a “City of Lights” arena. explore ancient wisdoms of Indonesia. Th e Details: http://lei.sr?a=j3A2J_S London exhibition explores bathing

A new London exhibition is set to explore communal bathing culture through the work of contemporary architects and designers. The immersive show – called Soak, Steam, Dream and organised as part of the 2016 London Design Festival – uses photography, film and archive objects to showcase international bathhouse projects by designers as varied as Peter Zumthor, Kengo Kuma and H3T architekti. Each project has been chosen for its role in re-imagining the bathhouse as a social space in the 21st century, particularly in an era of water shortages. Th e aim is “to Th e immersive show is part of the London Design Festival revalue and reconnect to water and use it more responsively and responsibly.” since ancient times. With the arrival of the Th e show will also compare today’s western private bathroom and a more clinical approach spas, described by organisers as “invariably to sanitation and wellbeing, we have lost this a place of privilege and luxury,” with the leisurely sense of the bathhouse as a place not bathhouse, “which has more inclusive roots.” just for wellbeing and relaxation but also a A particular focus will be placed on how the place for social exchange and community life. reduction of living spaces and changes in the “Gone too is the sensorial dimension of built environment are shifting boundaries an architecture of stillness and reflection, between public and private bathhouses. designed to be seen floating, or through a Exhibition curator Jane Withers said: “Th ere veil of steam. Soak, Steam, Dream aims to has been an extraordinarily rich architecture reveal a new emerging bathing culture.” and culture associated with communal bathing Details: http://lei.sr?a=9r5b7_S

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Elemis’ Superfood Facial Oil Supplier Spotlight Elemis has launched a new POWERED BY Superfood Facial Oil that spa-kit.net combines the power of concen- For more information, or to contact any of these trated superfoods like broccoli, companies, log on to www.spa-kit.net and type daikon radish and rice bran, the company name under ‘keyword search’ with the science of skincare. Th e Superfood Facial Oil is delicately silky in texture, rich in antioxidants and minerals and fatty acids, and hydrates and soft ens the skin. “Th is oil acts like a personal trainer for the skin, and benefi ts directly from the powerful nutritional elements,” says Noella Gabriel, co-founder of Elemis. Broccoli seed oil, poppy seed oil, cucumber seed oil, macadamia oil, rice bran oil, daikon radish oil, rosehip oil, fl axseed oil and meadowfoam seed oil are all combined to create “skin health in a bottle,” says Gabriel. Broccoli seed oil hydrates and soft ens the skin; fl ax seed oil boasts soaring levels of Omega-3, ; and daikon radish helps everything absorb for increased levels of nourishment. KEYWORD: ELEMIS

Aromatherapy Associates debuts new Inner Strength line

Aromatherapy Associates has launched and botanical active ingredients, including a new Inner Strength skincare collection, camomile essential oil, to calm the mind and specifi cally developed for sensitive skin soothe the skin; prebiotics technology to and designed to rebuild the skin’s natural rebuild and protect the skin’s defence system; strength and shield it from the eff ects of cotton thistle fl ower; and arnica fl ower. emotional and environmental stress. Th e line includes a Soothing Cleansing Dermatologically tested to rebuild Balm, Soothing Serum, Soothing Facial Oil, the skin’s natural defence system and to Skin Recovery Moisturiser, and Soothing counter skin infl ammation Inner Strength Repair Mask. is formulated with a blend of essential oils KEYWORD: AROMATHERAPY ASSOCIATES

Architects transform ski gondolas into saunas

German designers Toni Egger and Felix Mycoocoon launches Tarantik are off ering spas mobile saunas Color-Institute App made from the aluminium shells of Swiss ski-lift gondolas. Th e four to eight-person Colour-therapy specialist mycoocoon has Saunagondel can withstand extreme launched a new Color-Institute App that weather conditions and are small and features a simple colour test to determine a lightweight. user’s ‘Personal Color Profi le,’ which will then Th e sauna is fi tted with custom-made help them select the a light immersion session silver fi r wood interiors and a 4.5 kW to balance their energy needs. or 6kW electric heater that can reach Th e app can be used as a stand-alone temperatures of 100˚C (212˚F). An application for colour therapy, or as a remote installation planned at a Swiss wellness spa control for the mycoocoon and Lumencure near the mountains of Graubündenin. mood lighting products and instruments. KEYWORD: TARANTIK & EGGER KEYWORD: MYCOOCOON

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The 15th edition of SpaMeeting will take place 27-29 November in Dubai, and offers spa professionals one of the best business platforms for networking

paMeeting, a private business Attending this event is the most cost- meeting and conference effective and time-efficient way to do event organised by Informa business, with pre-arranged meetings Exhibitions, will be back in between hosted buyers and brands taking S Dubai for its 15th edition from place in a one-to-one tabletop format. 27th to 29th November at the luxurious St SpaMeeting uses a unique software, Regis Hotels and Resort in Dubai. designed to prepare a successful event by The corporate-tailored platform, matching common interests in two days – designed for spa professionals and budding enough time to get to know each other, yet entrepreneurs from the wellness and quick enough not to load busy schedules. spa industry, is adding Asia Pacific to its The 2nd edition of the conference on geographical zones of project holders and 27th November will feature diverse topics spa chains at this year’s event. presented by panel members who have been Hotel and spa project holders, distributors carefully chosen for their expertise. The and spa operators from the regions of Asia conference session is designed to enhance Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa the flow of experience and innovative ideas will gather to meet innovative, market- among spa professionals and groups. leading suppliers to discuss and find Panelists will discuss trends, investment, possible business partnerships. promotion, operations, customer service Join us at this edition of one of the best www.spameeting.com and team management, especially in the business platforms for networking. European, Asian and Middle East markets.

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