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Como Hotels and Resorts has announced the detailed design concept for the Point
Yamu resort in Phuket, Thailand - Italian architect and designer Paola Navone's
first hospitality scheme.

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Centara Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of a new resort under its
Centra value brand - Centra Coconut Beach Resort Samui - on the Thai island of
Koh Samui.

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The world's first spa themed and designed on Japan's Hello Kitty character has
opened at the Town Center Jumeirah shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Hilton Bursa Convention Centre and Spa has been launched as part of the global
operator's first dual-branded property in Turkey, alongside the Hampton By
Hilton Bursa.

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Marriott International has signed an agreement with Weligama Hotel Properties -
a wholly-owned subsidiary of East West Properties - to open its first property
in Sri Lanka.

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A nationwide study carried out by four academics in Australia is one of the first pieces of the research to
offer a detailed outline of the many benefits of yoga to human health.

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InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort - a new 197-bedroom property
overlooking the South China Sea - has opened on the Son Tra Peninsula near Da
Nang, Vietnam.

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Jeremy McCarthy, director of global spa development and operations at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, has
published a new book titled The Psychology of Spas & Wellbeing: A guide to the Science of Holistic
Healing.

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Holiday park operator Center Parcs has announced the launch its own bespoke spa products range - Aqua
Sana - for use across its UK spa estate.

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Entrepreneurs Phil Stephenson and Robin Paterson, owners of the Petit Saint Vincent private island in the
Caribbean Sea, have announced the opening of a treetop spa as part of a major redevelopment of the
resort.

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Swiss co-operative the Migros Group has unveiled its new high-end health and spa club brand, Elements.

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Centara Hotels and Resorts is to open its first Cense by SPA Cenvaree-branded
value spa at Centara Hotel and Convention Centre Khon Kaen, Thailand, next month.

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Concept development

Special experiences are created when spa concepts are expressed through great design. Kate Corney talks to WTS president Gary Henkin and business partner Doug Chambers, principal of Blu Spas, about concept and branding |
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