2192008: Hilton Los Cabos Announces Spa Package
Are the two of you looking for a spa getaway? We just received a new spa package from the Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort. The 'Indulgence Package' offers guests a day of pampering at the newly renovated Spa Oasis as part of a four-day spa vacation getaway. One thing that makes this spa package different is that it features the healing powers of the Balsamic Total Wellness concept, an aromatic ritual that combines the fragrance of fresh grapes, blueberries and balsamic vinegar to deliver antioxidants that heal the skin and purify the body, mind and spirit.
The Package: The Balsamic Total Wellness experience begins with your choice of a gentle Swedish or revitalizing deep tissue massage to promote stress relief and muscle renewal and continues with an invigorating Vinotherapy body treatment and then a hydrating express facial. The day of pampering concludes by relaxing on the beach in a private palapa or alongside the Hilton's dramatic infinity pool, where guests will enjoy complimentary amenities including refreshing frozen-flavored ice treats and fresh fruit kabobs.
Price: Starts at $1,225 for four days based on a double occupancy, taxes not included. Additionally, guests will receive a welcome fruit basket upon arrival and daily breakfast for two.
Dates: Available now through May 19, 2008
Why It's Dreamy: The newly renovated Spa Oasis includes thirteen treatment rooms and two VIP suites with private lounge area and couples treatment room with spacious bathtubs for two. This is a AAA Four Diamond resort with 375 guest rooms and suites. Guests enjoy views of the Sea of Cortés, four ocean view dinng venues, the new Spa Oasis, draped beach front palapas, two lighted tennis courts, 'Vacation Station' children's program, a full service spa and fitness center, infinity edge swimming pool, and more.
For more information:• call 1-800-HILTONS
• visit
www.hiltonloscabos.comLabels: Mexico, spa
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2112008: Grenada's LaSource Reopens
If you want a luxury spa and a pampering resort experience and he wants activity in the form of land and watersports, there's a place where the two of you will both be happy: Grenada's LaSource. This Caribbean resort has reopened this month following three years of extensive renovations and offers a true body holiday with everything from seaweed wraps to windsurfing.
With its unique all-inclusive program, guests over the age of 16 receive a spa treatment each day of their stay and can be as active or laid-back as they choose in their free time.
Staying Busy: Guests at LaSource can enjoy a variety of land and water sports, which include snorkeling, diving, water skiing, windsurfing, hydro-boarding, tennis, archery and golf, among other activities.
The Spa: After a busy day of activities, guests can find their respite at the Oasis Spa to take advantage of their complimentary spa services. Soothing treatments at the Oasis include Swedish Massage, as well as back and full-body massages, Seaweed Wrap, Salt and Oil Loofah Body Buff, Chandra Massage, a special foot massage, facials and a couples’ massage for honeymooners. The Oasis Spa has been completely transformed and features 17 treatment rooms, including three wet rooms - 2 Vichy shower rooms and 1 hydro-tub, in addition to a new salon with cushy manicure and pedicure chairs.
Why It's Dreamy: The 100-room LaSource was always a dreamy destination; now, following several years of renovations, the resort is
dreamier. The resort added Oscar’s Beach Bar & Restaurant, a new pool with enlarged Jacuzzi, expanded pool deck and boardwalk, new dive and watersports center, a new Café Deli with courtyard and fountains, an expansive Terrace Bar and Lounge, and more. And to keep the atmosphere relaxed, the minimum age for guests at LaSource is 16 years, except from June 20 to September 8, 2008 when the minimum age is 10 years.
For more information:• visit
www.theamazingholiday.com• call 1-888-527-0044
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2062008: Keystone Lodge & Spa Offers Free Spa Treatment
What could be better after an afternoon on the slopes than a free massage? There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but at Keystone Lodge & Spa, A RockResort in Keystone, Colorado, there IS such a thing as a free massage!
This winter, guests staying three nights at the AAA Four Diamond Award-winning Keystone Lodge & Spa will be rewarded with a free 50-minute spa treatment of your choice at the resort’s newly-enhanced and environmentally-friendly RockResorts Spa.
Price: Rates start at $209 per night for this offer based on double occupancy.
Dates: This special free massage offer is valid now through April 13, 2008. Blackout dates apply. Tax, gratuity, and parking are not included.
Why It's Dreamy: The 10,000-square-foot, 10-room RockResorts Spa opened in November 2007 and is 100 percent powered by wind. It features organic products, indigenous ingredients, natural light and a number of other elements that connect the spa to its mountain surroundings. It is one of the first spas in the country to commit to renewable energy sources. Signature treatments include the unique three-hour ritual called Li-Tya (Dreaming) which includes a full Mala Mayi body wrap, Paudi head massage, Miji Jina foot session, Kodo body therapy, Mirri facial and Miji Polma hand treatment.
Keystone is home to three mountains with distinctive experiences for snowriders – groomed trails for carving on Dercum Mountain, big bumps on North Peak and deep powder and gladed terrain on Keystone’s Outback. Adventure seekers also can hike to the steeps and glades of the Windows or get on board for a guided snowcat tour to Bergman and Erickson bowls for untouched powder. Keystone boasts one of the largest night skiing/riding operations in the country, as well as one of the largest night parks. Off the slopes, Keystone offers great dining, shopping, entertainment, and nightlife.
For more information:• visit
www.rockresorts.com or
www.keystoneresort.com• call 866-455-ROCK (7625) OR 877-753-9786
Photo courtesy Keystone Lodge & Spa, A RockResortLabels: spa, USA
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08202007: Grenada's LaSource Set to Reopen
A spa treatment a day...keeps vacation tension away! On the Caribbean island of Grenada, LaSource, a luxury spa resort, is going to be reopening on December 15 in Grenada after three years of renovations. The resort will start taking reservations on September 1, 2007 for travel beginning February 1, 2008. Best of all: as part of the all-inclusive program, guests over the age of 16 receive a spa treatment each day of their stay.
What It Includes: Guests at LaSource can enjoy snorkeling, waterskiing, Sunfish sailing, windsurfing, aqua aerobics, Hobie Cat sailing, ocean kayaking, hydro-boarding and scuba diving, among other activities. Certified divers are entitled to one complimentary dive per day during their stay. Additional dives can be arranged at an extra charge. Land activities include tennis, archery, fencing, aerobics and stretch classes, bicycle tours and a nine-hole, par three executive golf course. LaSource also offers a range of holistic activities such as yoga, Tai’Chi, meditation and stress management, with special Master Classes scheduled throughout the year.
After a busy day of activities, guests can find their respite at the Oasis Spa to take advantage of their complimentary spa services. Soothing treatments at the Oasis include Swedish Massage, as well as back and full-body massages, Seaweed Wrap, Salt and Oil Loofah Body Buff, Chandra Massage, a special foot massage, facials and a couples’ massage for honeymooners.
Romantic Dining: To complement the holistic nature of the resort, Cuisine LaSource is designed for healthier eating without sacrificing flavor. Dining options include buffet-style breakfasts and lunches in the Garden Restaurant, a la carte dinners in the Great House Restaurant and both a la carte lunches and dinners at Oscar's Beach Restaurant. Light lunches, snacks and afternoon tea are served in the Café Deli. Guests can visit one of LaSource’s three bars – The Terrace Bar, Beach Bar or Piano Bar – for a pre-dinner cocktail or evening nightcap.
Why It's Dreamy: With just 100 guest rooms, LaSource offers a personalized first-class, all-inclusive holiday experience that imaginatively combines the best of an active beach vacation with a relaxed spa retreat, designed to provide complete body and mind rejuvenation. Keeping the mood romantic, there's a minimum age for guests at LaSource of 16 years, except from June 20, 2008 to September 8, 2008 when the minimum age is 10 years.
For more information:• visit
www.theamazingholiday.com • call 1-888-527-0044
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182007-Guys' Spa Getaway at Florida's Hyatt Regency Bonaventure
Looking for a bachelor party option to suggest to your guy? Or some pre-wedding pampering for your sweetie? The new Red Door Lifestyle Spa, located at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure in Weston, Florida, is offering a "Red Door Lifestyle Men's Club" package, ideal for grooms.
The Package: This package includes:
• two-night deluxe accommodations at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure
• unlimited access to the Red Door Lifestyle Spa facilities
• healthy spa cuisine including a breakfast and lunch at the Spa Café
• one 60-minute personal training session, and pampering spa treatments including:
•• Deep tissue massage
•• E-Solutions clarifying facial or E-Solutions clarifying back facial
•• Vichy shower
•• Sport manicure and pedicure
•• Balancing scalp treatment
•• Haircut and blow dry
Before and after treatments, guests can enjoy use of the state of the art fitness and weight center, relaxation rooms, Zen Garden, steam room, sauna, whirlpool, private outdoor pool and luxurious spa locker room (the men's locker room is equipped with a flat screen TV so there is no stress about missing a game).
Rates: Priced at $1,175 per person. Rate does not include taxes and gratuities and cannot be combined with other offers and discounts
Dates: The package is valid January 1-31 and February 7 - June 1, 2007.
For more information:• visit
www.reddoorspas.com• call 954-389-3300
Labels: spa, USA
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Top 10 Spa Trends for 2007
The experts over at
Spa Finder have come up with their top 10 trends for spas for the coming year, many of special interest to romantic travelers:
1. Sleep Because of a sleep deprived population, look for a greater emphasis on creating ideal sleep environments through minimal light and sound, aromatherapy, ultra-relaxing spa treatments, etc. At destination spas (some of which already offer sleep programs) sleep specialists will help educate, diagnose and treat sleep apnea, insomnia and other disorders. More spas will focus on good sleep hygiene, offering sleep yoga programs and life coaches who address the underlying issues associated with poor sleep. Stay spas will also re-schedule their programs to start morning hikes and exercise programs a bit later (so people can sleep in) and allow for naps. Even day spas will get in on the sleep craze by offering relaxation lounges for a post treatment nap.
2. DetoxIn the past detox denoted alcohol or drug rehabilitation, but today that definition has expanded to express any transition from unhealthful habits to healthful habits. As the culture continues to identify more toxins such as dietary no-no's, stress, and environmental pollution ˆ look for more people to turn to spas for a range of detox solutions, including relaxation, all-organic diets, sweating (exercise, steams and saunas), and the purging of emotional baggage through one-on-one or group therapy work.
3. Spa Retreats For years destination spas have offered occasional specialty weeks where experts are brought in and like-minded people gather to focus on a specific area of interest, such as yoga, sexual health, or to address medical concerns such as arthritis or quitting smoking.
Now resorts and hotels are getting into the retreat business, adding specialty programs or special accommodations that appeal to their past guests, in effect becoming destination spas for a period of time. Look for offerings such as wellness workshops, spiritual retreats, boot camps, or find your inner artist getaways to energize resort and hotel spa programs, attracting solo travelers with group events, workshops and shared meals.
4. Medical Tourism In 2007 more and more people will travel to another city, state or country for medical spa experiences, creating a new trend: medical tourism.
A range of new technologies will attract these medical tourists: DNA analysis, for example, and new generations of anti-aging medicines, injectables and lasers. But another big draw will be cost. Squeezed by domestic health care costs, many Americans are going online and discovering global destinations that offer cutting-edge medical procedures for a fraction of the cost --- often in beautiful, culturally rich locales like Bangkok, South Africa and India, to name a few. Also look for some travel agents to act as lifestyle coaches, helping to plan vacations that include preventive medical procedures and aesthetic med spa treatments as part of the journey.
5. Move Into a Spa Lifestyle CommunitySpa Finder initially identified the genesis of the spa real estate trend at the end of 2004, and already the company is tracking 200 such properties in various stages of development. This growth will continue in 2007 as spa residences move beyond being the retirement option of choice for aging baby boomers to also attract younger families with children. More spa lifestyle communities will offer structured outdoor/exercise activities and healthy eating options just for children. This trend will also provide a great perk for older empty nesters, since the grandkids will have plenty to do when they visit.
6. The Bottom Line Becomes a Top-Line ConsiderationMore spa trends in the New Year will be driven by the bottom line, which will play an ever-larger role in shaping the competitive landscape and determining what the industry will offer. For example, the highest outlay for U.S. spa businesses is labor costs, which can consume over 50% of a spa‚s revenue. Domestically, this is one reason we‚ll be seeing an increase in de-staffed spa treatments, like heat and water experiences, which allow for a higher guest-to-therapist ratio.
7. Social Spa-ingCommunity is the new privacy. Spa Finder is predicting that the search for solitude will be trumped by the natural desire for community and a growing awareness that social interaction is an important aspect of health.
8. How Green Is My Spa?
Consumers are now factoring in a spa's green commitment when they choose a spa, and they're looking for a spa that does more than just recycle and offer organic food. Spas and spa consumers are getting serious about terms like natural, organic, holistic, green, eco-friendly, and sustainable.
9. Beauty Inside-Out and Outside-InSpa Finder forecasts that the spa industry will continue to lead innovation in skincare with new technologies and programs that recognize that beauty is much more than skin deep.
Spa visitors will continue to pursue maximum results by focusing on full-scale beauty regimens, from the inside out with anti-aging foods rich in antioxidants such as berries, dark green leafy vegetables, salmon, and nuts. There is also a renewed interest in natural and organic products, spurred on by skin-care companies making purity a priority, not a false promise.
And there's plenty of science to learn about in the current beauty products market, including skin-care serums that penetrate the skin with peptides and nanotechnology, and basically work from the skin's deeper layers up.
10. Spa FusionThai massage (a fusion of yoga stretches and massage), Watsu (water and shiatsu), wellness (well-being and fitness) and yogalates (yoga and pilates) are just a few examples of spa fusion that Spa Finder has seen in years past.
Ryu-Jitsu (Japanese for Dragon Magic), a spa treatment recently launched in Manhattan at NAO Salon and Spa, is a good example of what you'll bee seeing more of in '07. The treatment begins with work on the Body Master machine, then progresses to sweating in a hot stone spa room, then to a combination of Shiatsu and Thai massage. Other popular fusions will include: facials with breathwork, jacuzzis with light therapy, massage with sound therapy, Neurobics (mind aerobics), and Kinesis, which is a new combination mind/body exercise experience.
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