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Regulation looming for CBD Spa and wellness businesses offering CBD services may be affected by proposed legislation from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). CBD is now regularly found in spa and cosmetic products, oils and food, and has rapidly grown in popularity in the industry, with CBD products and treatments gaining popularity in spas globally. The FSA has issued a warning about CBD, urging those who’re pregnant, breastfeeding or taking medication to completely avoid consumption. The FSA has set CBD businesses a deadline of the 31 March 2021 to submit applications to achieve ‘novel
■■The FSA has set a deadline of 31 March 2021 for
food authorisation’. Only products
CBD products to achieve 'novel food authorisation'
which have been validated will be allowed to remain on the market after
for the industry. “Operators and suppliers
this date, while unregulated products
need to tread carefully when it comes
will be removed from shelves.
to offering CBD treatments, to ensure
Liz Terry, editorial director of Spa
the industry stays in line with the latest
Business and Spa Opportunities, says
science and is mindful of best practice.”
increased regulation will have implications
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Operators and suppliers need to tread carefully when offering CBD treatments Liz Terry
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RESEARCH
Dubai's spa in the sky opens, with design by goCo Spa opens on sky-bridge conjoined by two towers
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research study launched into power of touch How does touch affect our health and wellbeing?
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spa opps people Therme Group CEO Robert Hanea reveals details of partnership with Wund Holding and global growth plans
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EO and founder of
developments, and see the
Therme Group, Dr Robert
two companies collaborate
Hanea, has revelead
to deliver high standards in
details of the brand's strategic
customer experience and
partnership with thermal
sustainability. The agreement
leisure operator Wund Holding
has been kicked off with
to accelerate business growth.
the consolidation of both company’s architectural and
Therme Group creates water-based wellbeing
technical capabilities in a newly
resorts, while Wund Holdings
formed business, Therme ARC.
specialises in operating
Hanea commented: “This
thermal leisure parks.
partnership is a natural step
Therme group has been
for both companies and will
responsible for Thermen Badewelt Sinsheim,
consolidate our future position ■■CEO and founder of Therme Group, Dr Robert Hanea
Badeparadies Schwarzwald
This partnership is a natural step for both companies and will consolidate our future position
Titisee and Thermen and Badewelt Euskirchen and has four further thermal leisure destinations under
as a wellbeing leader. “Josef Wund was the father of the modern thermal world and this ongoing partnership will enable us to continue to create advanced family-
€205.7m) waterpark and spa.
development or awaiting
wellbeing project Therme
planning. This includes
Manchester in the UK,
The new partnership
plans for a proposed 28-acre
a £175m (US$228.7m,
will underpin these future
friendly wellbeing resorts for customers worldwide.” More: http://lei.sr/w2h5c_S Read moRe online
CIDESCO International president Sandy Fuhr announces partnership with BABOR for student scholarship programme
B
eauty and spa therapy educational organisation CIDESCO International
This important programme will make the CIDESCO Diploma and Certificate more accessible
has entered into an
agreement with skincare brand
more students to achieve
BABOR to launch a Student
their beauty career dreams.”
Scholarship programme.
people the opportunity
are invited to apply for the
to reach their full
CIDESCO International
programme for students
potential in professional
president Sandy Fuhr
needing financial support,
cosmetic training.
commented: “We’re delighted
which will cover up to €5,500
■■Fuhr said that this scheme
to partner with BABOR on
(US$6,026, £4,659) per
its ampoule Gold Edition
will be expanded in future to
this important and generous
year to support their study
“with love” sets comprising
programme which will make
in the CIDESCO Diploma or
seven golden beauty shots,
the Diploma and Certificate
Certificate. Only CIDESCO
donating one euro per sale
more accessible. We'll roll this
institutions in the US and South
towards the programme.
out in the short term to enable
Africa are eligible to apply.
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Announcing the partnership,
offer multiple scholarships
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CIDESCO accredited schools
The aim of this scholarship is to give young
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Our industry has lost a true icon. Hannelore loved to talk spa, live spa, eat spa – it was her way
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Hannelore Leavy founder of Day Spa Association dies at 77
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Supplier News
■■Hannelore Leavy began her industry career in the 1970s
F
ounder of the Day Spa
Spa Association, in 1991
Association (DSA) and
where she served as
Spa Industry Association
executive director for
(SIA) Hannelore Leavy has
nearly 20 years until she
died aged 77 years.
retired in 2010 and was
Originally from Austria, Leavy began her career in
More recently, she set up her own consultancy firm –
director for the US office of
HR Leavy Spa & Wellness
the Austrian National Tourism
Business Consultancy. Commenting on her
European spa excursions.
passing, Share said: “Our
She then progressed to
industry has lost a true icon.
become VP of sales and
“Hannelore loved to talk
marketing and associate
spa, live spa, eat spa...it was
publisher at Spa Finder, where
her way. Being from Austria
she helped establish Spa
she had the European feeling
Finder Travel Arrangements.
for what spa really meant
Leavy founded the
and wanted the US market
DSA and SIA, originally
to adopt a true model.”
the International Medical
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GHM continues global expansion, GOCO Hospitality designs spa in the sky for Emaar Hospitality Group, make your own natural cosmetics at Six Senses spa Gstaad and a new spa for original Corinthia hotel in Malta
Upcoming conferences, exhibitions and trade shows around the world
A global study investigates how touch affects our minds and bodies and Sweden's floating hotel and spa
The latest in products and innovations
succeeded by Allan Share.
the 1970s as the marketing
Board, where she organised
Robert Hanea reveals details of partnership with Wund Holding, Sandy Fuhr announces CIDESCO's partnership with Babor for a student scholarship programme and Hannelore Leavy passes away aged 77
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Six Senses appoints Bryan Gabriel as chief commercial officer to support brand expansion, sales and marketing
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he rapidly expanding Six Senses business, recently acquired by
Six Senses has great energy and we're armed with the latest systems to support our expansion
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in a US$300m deal, has appointed IHG
brand’s expansion and
veteran Bryan Gabriel as chief
oversee sales and marketing.
commercial officer (CCO).
worked with InterContinental Hotels Group for 15 years
He’s worked with IHG for
of commercial for America, for IHG from 2016. Educated in Canberra and Melbourne, Gabriel began
15 years, starting as director
his career in Australia.
time in the group’s expansion
of sales and marketing at
His new appointment is
is very exciting and I’m
InterContinental Jakarta,
based in Bangkok.
looking forward to leading the
then moving through roles
team into a new era,” said
in Singapore, Hong Kong,
to South East Asia, which
Gabriel. “Six Senses has
Shanghai and Delhi. Prior
was very instrumental
great energy and we're armed
to his CCO appointment,
in my initial years in the
with the latest systems to
Gabriel was based in Atlanta,
hospitality sector,” he said.
support our expansion.”
Georgia, where he was head
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“Joining Six Senses at this
■■Bryan Gabriel previously
Gabriel will support the
“It’s wonderful to return
Flexology founders Alina and Anna Epeykina announce international expansion plans for 'uK's first stretch studio'
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lexology, which markets
to feel different, while also
itself as “the UK’s
keeping an organic and
first dedicated stretch
natural environment, because
studio”, is planning to
there aren't many relaxing
expand across London – and
spaces for people living in
ultimately take the concept
London," Epeykina said.
to a global audience.
The sisters now plan to
The independently-owned
expand Flexology's presence
brand, launched by sisters Alina
across the capital.
and Anna Epeykina, opened
“Our second London site
its first studio in London’s
will open imminently, and
Canary Wharf in October 2019,
then we plan to open one
offering a “three-dimensional
every six months, focusing
wellness experience”. Flexology offers six different
on London to start with, but ■■Alina and Anna Epeykina founded Flexology (pictured)
assisted stretches of three
Anna Epeykina said:
We're offering a three-dimensional wellness experience while keeping an organic and natural environment
different lengths of time: 15, 25 and 55 minutes, combined with healthy snacks and smoothies at the on-site café. Alina Epeykina describes
eventually going international.” “We're also planning to create a Flexology Institute, where therapists can do the training and become
combined with elements
“We're offering a new
certified flexperts, even if
the studio's design as having
of nature, to create an
experience for most people
they're not working with us.”
a "futuristic spaceship feel,
out-of-reality experience.
so we wanted the space
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Six Senses debuts in India with recovery spa Six Senses has opened
yoga, meditation and
its first location in India
stretching sessions.
in the World Crest Tower
Dr Jitendra Varshney
by Lodha, Mumbai, on
has been appointed as
20 February 2020.
wellness director.
Spread across the two
Varsheny said: “Six Senses
floors, the 1,522sq m
Spa Mumbai promotes
Six Senses Spa Mumbai
health from the inside
focuses on functional fitness,
out and offers residents,
recovery and wellness
members and day guests
journeys and includes
an urban oasis to recharge
seven treatment rooms,
and pursue personal goals.
including two for couples.
“We’ll guide all guests
A Technogym-equipped
along a personal path to
fitness centre offers daily
wellness with a high-tech,
wellness classes, live and
high-touch approach.”
on-demand from over 500
The spa’s menu focuses
experts, and also includes
on facials, wraps and scrubs,
a swimming pool and
as well as offering signature
outdoor sports arena.
Six Senses therapies and
■■The spa focuses on functional fitness, recovery and wellness
Ayurvedic Aromatherapy
Six Senses Mumbai promotes health from the inside out
to wellness activities
options by Subtle Energies.
Dr Jitendra Varshney
including private fitness
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Guests have access
AgreemeNt
Champneys settles out of court in cancer advice case Spa operator, Champneys, has come to an out-of-court agreement with West Sussex County Council in the UK in relation to charges brought against it relating to food safety and consumer protection laws.
■■The operator will no longer face legal action
The operator will no longer face legal action after the council and
This is a matter that all spa operators can learn from Liz Terry
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Champneys told Spa Opportunities it
the company came to an agreement
‘accepted a caution’ on three charges out
to keep the matter out of court.
of 19, but the remainder were dropped.
The council’s legal team alleged
Liz Terry, editorial director of Spa
that Champneys claimed certain
Business and Spa Opportunities said:
items on its menu, such as an apple
“This is a matter that all spa and
dessert, could cut the risks of cancer,
wellness operators can learn from.”
cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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VIE Hotel Bankok partners with Thai-Danish celebrity VIE Hotel Bangkok has relaunched its
■■Sririta Jensen is a Thai-Danish celebrity
spa following a four-month renovation and partnered with Thai spa brand
facials and scrubs, designed to calm
ORGANIKA, the organic spa brand created
and purify the body and mind.
by Thai-Danish actress Sririta Jensen.
journey – called The Organika Aromatic
MGallery Hotel Collection owned by Accor.
Candle Massage – uses pure essential
The 580sq m VIE Spa by ORGANIKA spa has six treatment rooms – three of which are suitable
Our spa treatments rejuvenate the body, mind and soul nicolas Peth
The spa’s signature 90-minute
The luxury boutique hotel is part of the
oils to help nourish and moisturise the skin, as well as to relieve stress. Nicolas Peth, GM of VIE Hotel Bangkok,
for couples – a Thai massage room
said: “The ORGANIKA partnership will
and a spa suite with a jacuzzi.
allow our guests to access a range of
Guests can choose from a range
unique natural spa treatment experiences
of aromatherapy packages and
to rejuvenate the body, mind and soul.”
full-body treatments, massages,
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BOutIque wellNeSS
House of Wisdom wellness space opens A self-help studio marketing
The studio will offer annual
itself as a “first-of-its-kind
memberships with unlimited
self-development wellness
access to classes for £1,000.
space” will open in London in March 2020. The House of Wisdom (HOW) will focus on
There will also be the option of attending drop-in classes, priced from £22. HOW was founded by Luca
empowering the mind and
Maggiora, Cristina Garces,
body through talks and
Stephanie Reynolds, Giacomo
workshops, aiming to help
Favero and Federica Ferro.
visitors “deconstruct limiting
“The concept was born out
beliefs and reconnect
of our collective dedication
with their inner power”.
towards creating a space
Designed to provide a multisensorial wellness sanctuary,
to develop and explore
the 2,500sq m HOW has
techniques for making positive
been inspired by artists such
changes in their own lives.
as James Turrell and Olafur
Our commitment is to create
Elliason. Classes range from
a space that empowers
movement (yoga, tai chi and
people to be the very best
capoeira) to mindfulness,
version of themselves.”
breathing and relaxation.
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■■The House of Wisdom wellness space will open in March 2020
where people could gather
Our commitment is to create a space that empowers people Luca Maggiora
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spa & wellness news exPANSION
GHM continues global growth Maldives Hotel group GHM has
“Our plans for The Chedi
revealed details of The
Kudavillingili will showcase
Chedi Kudavillingili, its first
the enduring beauty of the
resort in the Maldives, that
Maldives and its people,
will open later this year.
but we’ll also remain true
The development is part
to GHM’s tenets of intuitive
of GHM’s global expansion
luxury, timeless designs,
plan which kicked off in its
bespoke experiences
third decade. As well as
and quality service,” said
the new Maldives hotel,
Hans R Jenni, GHM’s
the group has a further five
co-founder and president.
properties under development
“The Chedi Kudavillingili
in Taiwan, India and the UAE.
is to be the best yet.”
Located on a coral island
Established in 1992,
called Kudavillingili, the
GHM is a hotel group based
mixed-use resort development
in Southeast Asia which
will feature a spa with eight
conceptualises, develops and
overwater treatment rooms.
operates hotels and resorts.
■■The property is one of five under development by GHM
comprised of 63 island
including four destinations
villas and 36 overwater
in the UAE, Montenegro,
Chedi Kudavillingili will showcase the enduring beauty of the Maldives
villas, with all units offered
Oman and Switzerland.
Hans R Jenni
as residences for sale.
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Accommodation will be
It has a portfolio
DeSIgN
Dubai's spa in the sky opens, with design by goCo GOCO Hospitality has conceptualised and designed a spa for Dubai’s recently opened luxury hotel Address Sky View. Emaar Hospitality Group owns the property and has opened a collection of hotels in Dubai under the name Address Hotels + Resorts, where
■■The spa features an open-air rooftop infinity pool
GOCO was also responsible for the spa concept and operation design. The 169-room-hotel is spread over 13
It was an honour to work with Emaar Hospitality Group Ingo Schweder
10
levels within two towers, which are joined
rooms and one suite with views of Dubai’s skyline. The spa also includes an open-air rooftop infinity pool.
by a dramatic three-level sky bridge.
“It was an honour to work with Emaar
The 1,400sq m Address Sky View
Hospitality Group,” said Ingo Schweder,
spa was created by GOCO’s design
founder and CEO of GOCO Hospitality.
team and features eight treatment
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Six Senses' alchemy wellbeing workshops Guests at Six Senses Spa at
are blended to create aromatic
Alpina Gstaad, Switzerland
scrubs, bath soaks, poultices
can make their own bath
and masks. The workshop
bombs and natural cosmetics
costs CHF195 (£152,
in alchemy wellbeing
US$199, €181) and will be
workshops that harness the
running until 15 March 2020.
power of natural ingredients.
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Antonis Sarris, head
During the 60-minute
therapist and trainer at Alpina
workshop, guests will create
Gstaad, said: “The Alchemy
personalised products
Hosts know how to best
using fresh, seasonal and
the on-site organic garden.
The Alchemy Bar Hosts cater to individual wellbeing needs
On the menu are 100
Antonis Sarris
organic ingredients, some of which are sourced from
use nature’s resources in an easy way to cater to your individual wellbeing needs. The Alchemy bar offers a sustainable solution that
natural and exotic ingredients,
anyone can create at home.”
such as fruits and herbs which
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new Mediterranean spa for original Corinthia hotel The original Corinthia Hotel in Malta – the Corinthia Palace Hotel – has revealed further
■■The spa is scheduled to open in March 2020
details of its new Athenaeum
following a site-wide refurbishment
Spa which is scheduled to open March 2020, following a
collaborating with Maltese
€9m (US$10m, £7.5m) year-
artisan aromatherapist
long site-wide refurbishment.
Stephen Cordina to design a bespoke treatment
The interiors of the 2,000sq m Meditteranean-inspired spa
range to harness natural
have been created by interior
ingredients evocative of
designers Goddard Littard.
local healing traditions. Susanne Fisch, spa director,
Once complete, the spa will include a garden plunge pool,
commented: “We're excited
steamroom, pergola adorned
to create a spa experience
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AMAALA reveals Advisory Board line-up
Develop a talent
Nicholas Naples, CEO
AMAALA is working
of luxury development
with professionals in
project AMAALA, in Saudi
wellness, hospitality,
Arabia, has announced
sustainability, sport, real
the appointment of Neil
estate development, finance
Jacobs, Ingo Schweder and
and arts and culture. Nicholas Naples, AMAALA
Susan Harmsworth to the
CEO, said: “We’re creating
project’s advisory board.
an integrative approach
The board will guide the
to health, well-being and
creation of the 31.4sq
for
km (12.1sq mi) project’s masterplan, with a phased approach, in order to support
managing your talent.
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economic diversification while promoting cultural
The board's range of expertise and diversity will be imperative going forward nicholas naples
and ecological preservation
experiential luxury. With the scale of AMAALA, the broad range of expertise and diversity of our board will be imperative moving forward as a business.” More: http://lei.sr/5e6e6_S Read moRe online
for the development.
PrOgrAmmINg
preidlhof launches transformational Wellness retreat Luxury destination spa Preidlhof in South Tyrol, Italy, is offering a Transformational Wellness Programme which
■■The retreat runs for four, five, six or 10 nights
claims to help people become ‘open to change,
durations include trauma
expand and flourish’.
touch therapy during 80-minute Glowing Flow
The programme features daily Kneipp experiences,
sessions, developed by
both Kalari and Colour
Stefano Battaglia, claimed
Healing massages and Anmo
to release emotional
Tuina sessions – a massage
blocks and tension using
based on Traditional
bodywork techniques.
Chinese Medicine.
Spa director Patrizia Bortolin
The retreat runs for four, five, six or 10 nights with
said: “We’ve developed a
person. Excluding the four-
We have an integrated and multi-generational approach to wellbeing
day retreat, all programme
Patrizia Bortolin
a starting price of €1,569 (£1325, US$1,714) per
truly integrated and multigenerational approach to wellbeing, healing and emotional transformation.” More: http://lei.sr/V6b6F_S Read moRe online
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24 February 2020 Global Beauty and Wellness exchange montage Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, United States This event brings together suppliers and buyers for personal networking, oneon-one product vetting meetings, and educational sessions designed to improve the way you do business.
tel: + 1 415 987 0012 www.globalbeautyexchange2020.converve.io
4 March 2020 UK Spa Association Spring networking event Carden Park Hotel, Chester, UK
■■ISPA's inaugural Talent Symposium will focus solely on workforce issues
15 april 2020
Featuring keynote speakers, among the event's main focuses is to highlight
industry members to build their network,
iSPA Talent Symposium The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, California, US
learn from other professionals and keep
The two-day event will be the first of
up with trends. Attendees will also be
its kind for the spa industry. It is set
experienceispa.com tel: +1 859 226 4326
able to attend a range of educational
to focus solely on workforce issues.
Organised by the UK Spa Association, this event provides an opportunity for
energetic and innovative approaches to solving workforce challenges.
sessions.
tel: +44 (0) 01372 200 111 www.spa-uk.org
12-16 March 2020
29-30 March 2020
Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna Fair district, Bologna, Italy A custom exhibition with three different
World Spa & Wellness london exCeL London, London, UK
areas dedicated to specific industries
The convention is an opportunity for spa
A trade fair for cosmetics, wellness and
and distribution channels, with each show
and hotel directors to come together
spa professionals, which attracts around
opening and closing on different dates in
and network to share their experiences
55,000 trade visitors from 76 countries.
order to facilitate the flow of visitor traffic
of operating successful spas, as well
tel: +49 (0) 211 / 4560-7602 www.beauty-duesseldorf.com
and make the most of opportunities for
asengaging in panels with leaders from
networking and doing business.
within the industry.
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6-8 March 2020 BeAUTY Düsseldorf düsseldorf exhibition Centre, düsseldorf, Germany
8-10 March 2020 international esthetics, Cosmetics and Spa Conference - new York Javits Convention Center, New York, US
14-16 april 2020 19-20 March 2020
World Fitness & Wellness Summit Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
for spa and wellness professionals
Wellness Tourism Summit Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort, Noosa, Queensland, australia
to discover and buy products as well
The Wellness Tourism Summit is
and hospitality executives including
as build on industry knowledge at
designed specifically for wellness or
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the event's Conference Program.
tourism operators to grow their business
networking and product launches.
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The power of touch A new global study into touch will investigate how touch affects our minds and bodies in social situations
A
global touch study has been launched to “explore our attitudes towards the physical experience of touch” and investigate whether contemporary society experiences ‘touch hunger’.
The Touch Test is an online
questionnaire developed by researchers at Goldsmiths university of London and launched by the BBC with the Wellcome Collection. It seeks answers about the similarities and differences in our experiences of touch, with the aim of increasing our understanding of its role in health and wellbeing. The questionnaire will explore issues such as how our attitudes towards touch vary by age, nationality and gender and whether contemporary society allows us to get enough touch. The power of touch is a pillar of the
■■Touch has been proven to lower stress levels and boost the immune system
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■■The study's results will be explored in a BBC series later this year
Touch can play a huge role in our development, social interactions, personal perceptions and our health and wellbeing “Touch is an incredibly powerful force
to our previous studies into rest
in our daily lives, often it’s not until we
and loneliness, and I’m hoping for a
stop to think about it that we realise
similarly positive response to this
how much of a role it actually plays,”
exploration of attitudes towards touch.
said Banissy. “It plays a role in so many
“Like rest and loneliness, touch affects
human behaviours ranging from the
us all – and is more complex than you
aggressive to the most intimate and it
might think. The Touch Test gives
can play a huge role in our development,
people the opportunity to contribute
our social interactions, perceptions of
to large-scale, pioneering research.
ourselves and our health and wellbeing.
I’m really looking forward to analysing
“We know a lot about how we process touch but we tend to know a lot less about the use of touch
the results of the study in a series of programmes on Radio 4 later this year.” With the rise of the #MeToo
socially and how we use it in a
movement, touch has become a hot topic
■■Professor of pyschology Michael
communicative way,” said Banissy.
in the media and a sensitive concept in
Banissy, has been comissioned
The study was launched on BBC
society more widely, as expectations
by the Wellcome Collection to
Radio 4’s All In The Mind programme
and standards have changed around
conduct the Touch Test
– which explores the limits and
physical contact and consent.
potential of the human mind. Presenter Claudia Hammond
The study’s results will be announced at a live event at the Wellcome
previously worked on BBC studies
Collection in London in Q3 2020 and will
into rest and loneliness. Hammond
be explored in an upcoming BBC series,
said: “Over 70,000 people contributed
The Anatomy of Touch, later this year. ●
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■■The circular, wooden structure is finished with logs at varying vertical angles and a tangle of logs on its roof
Free-floating wellness A floating hotel and spa has opened on one of Sweden's longest rivers
T
he Arctic Bath Hotel and spa,
a log jam, while the overall design of the
designed by Bertil Harström,
hotel was influenced by the local swedish
Johan Krauppi and AnnKathrin
tradition of log-driving.
Lundqvist, has opened on one
finished with logs at varying vertical
the small village of Harads in
angles around its side and a tangle of logs
swedish Lapland.
on its roof, reminiscent of the log jams
First announced in 2017, it was
conceived to be a year-round Arctic
that would frequently occur. The spa has one treatment room and
wellness destination that will float on
offers a variety of treatments such as
■■Bertil Harström is one of the
the Lule River during the summer and be
massages, facials, and body treatments.
designers behind the hotel
frozen into the ice during the winter. The circular 12-room hotel was inspired by
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Its circular, wooden structure is
of sweden's longest rivers near
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■■The spa has one treatment room and offers a variety of treatments including massages, facial and body treatments
brand’s sister skincare range ANDA,
watching, northern lights photography,
water’s edge and six larger cabins and
which is both organic and vegan.
dog sledging, nature walks, snowshoe
suites on the shore.
Additional facilities include the outdoor cold bath – a circular pool at the
hiking, cross-country skiing and yoga. Arctic Bath is working with local wild
The cabin interiors, designed – along with the rest of the hotel interiors – by
building’s centre – as well as saunas,
herb expert eva Gunnare to give guests
AnnKathrin Lundqvist and Input Interior,
thermal baths and a steam sauna.
an insight into local healing traditions.
make use of natural materials from the
The outdoor cold bath is available all
Gunnare is working with Arctic Bath to
surrounding area, including wood, leather,
year, as during the winter the pool will be
offer guided forest walks with followed
stone and luxurious textiles.
kept free from ice. During summer, the
by a fireside relaxation session with
midnight sun will allow guests to swim
homemade herbal teas, listening to
create Arctic Bath during the opening of
outside both day and night.
traditional stories and healing songs.
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T
he award is designed to ensure on-site team members are fully trained to respond quickly and effectively to an emergency within the swimming pool environment,
when the alarm has been raised. The emergency responder can be
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Complies with HSE Guidance Paragraph 113 of the HSE publication Health and Safety in Swimming Pools
■ ER-Pool provides knowledge and practical training
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Suppliers tell Spa Opportunities about their latest product, design and technology launches
■ The experience is designed to help 'reset' customer's brains
Sensync's Vessel VR pod 'unlocks new approaches for relaxation', says Adam Gazzaley
I
mmersive wellness
competing types of attention
company Sensync
(bottom-up and top-down) which
nature experiences that are
has partnered with Four
define all human interactions
personalised in real-time using
with the world around us.”
recordings of the guest’s
Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina, Hawaii, to launch a VR spa experience.
physiological responses. The pod monitors real-time data such as respiration and heart
Massage treatments are
of tranquillity. The idea is that
rates, and electrodermal
delivered in The Vessel
guests’ focus is pulled away from
activity and then adjusts the
– a VR pod designed to
goal-directed thoughts, allowing a
treatment accordingly.
"displace guests from the
much-needed restoration
burdens of their mind and
from cognitive fatigue.
relaxation and restoration". Sensync co-founder Adam
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to help 'reset' customer's
Sensync’s Deep Brain
■ Adam Gazzaley, Sensync
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In the pod guests see, hear,
Four Seasons Oahu at Ko Olina is offering 20-minute and 40-minute treatments, costing
smell, feel and experience
US$75 (£58, €70) and US$135
sensations of nature. These
(£105, €125) respectively.
Gazzaley said: “The Deep Brain
are presented in unison
Massage relies on the push-
to leverage the power of
pull relationship between two
sensory synchronisation.
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SUPPLIER NEWS New ESPA blend provides 'burst of happiness', says Sarah Colton
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SPA, a skincare brand specialising in natural and wellbeing products,
has expanded its line of Signature Blends for the first time since the company was founded in 1992.
■ ESPA's Positivity Blend is the brand's first new blend since 1992
The new Positivity Blend is
■ Sarah Colton, ESPA
a 100 per cent natural blend
to uplift, while bergamot
potent aromatherapy actives
of pure essential oils and
and sweet orange essential
such as jasmine, gardenia
was formulated by a team
oils enhance mood.
and rose geranium, to provide
of biochemists, skin experts and aromatherapists.
READ MORE ONLINE
Designed to inspire
Sarah Colton, VP of Design Development at ESPA, says:
a burst of happiness." The blend is available in a
"This year we are adding
bath and body oil, a shower gel
self-confidence and boost opti-
to our Signature Blends
and a positivity pulse point oil.
mism, the blend contains a
range of bath and body
'harmonious' blend of jasmine,
oils with the new Positivity
gardenia and rose geranium
blend, which harnesses
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Thomas Kiesenebner introduces the Sea Climate Chamber
S
oleum Spa, an Austria-
Billed as a 'complete wellness
READ MORE ONLINE
"Thalassotherapy has been
based steam bath
experience', the Sea Climate
around for millions of years," said
specialist, has developed
Chamber is designed to be used
Thomas Kiesenebner, designer
the Sea Climate Chamber, a
in spas and wellness centres. It
and CEO at Soleum Spa.
new healing and relaxation
offers moist brine mist inhalation,
concept that combines
designed to mimic the effect of
would send their patients to
thalassotherapy with a more
ocean mist in a warm breeze, to
live near warm oceans, believ-
traditional sauna experience.
aid respiration and ease stress.
ing that the airborne water mist
"Often, doctors and healers
and minerals were therapeutic. "Our spas are unique in the world. No one else offers
■ Thomas Kiesenebner,
all of these benefits in their
Soleum Spa
steam baths. Soleum is the leading edge of innovation in
can be used for brine/saltwater
an ancient healing technology."
mist, tea mist and steam baths.
The chamber is designed to
lights and music, that can be
relaxing properties of a
adapted to suit the user's needs
tradtional sauna/steam bath
via a smartphone. Customisable
and is available in three styles:
finishes are also available.
Omega, Egg and Ellipses. Each is equipped with a built-in induction ■ The Sea Climate Chamber is designed to mimic the ocean breeze
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