3,000sq m Resense spa in Ghana one of four upcoming Kempinski spas
Five new hotels will join Kempinski’s portfolio in 2016, in Europe, Asia the Middle East and Africa.
Partly opened since November 2015, the 269-room Kempinski Gold Coast City Accra in Ghana will include a 3,000sq m (32,292sq ft) Resense Spa, billed as the largest in West Africa. The spa will include ten treatment rooms, relaxation areas, a hammam and yoga studio.
The Resense spa will be finished in natural tones, from gold mosaics to stone and wood. The Resense ‘kur’ – a combination of steam, heat, water and soap massage – will combine ancient Roman bathing traditions with a holistic approach of natural therapies.
The hotel will also include a 25m outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, tennis court, yoga studios and organic food bar; it expects a full opening in Q2 2016.
Kempinski will also open the Kempinski Hotel Fuzhou in China – the capital of Fujian province – in the second quarter of 2016. Located in the Jin An business district, the hotel will be part of a larger master development that includes a residential component, offices, entertainment and a shopping village.
The 327-bedroom Kempinski Hotel Fuzhou will include a 550sq m (5,920sq ft) Kempinski The Spa, managed by Resense, as well as a fitness club eight restaurants and bars and an outdoor garden.
The 153-bedroom Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort in Beirut is also scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2016. The resort is being built on the Lebanese coastline over an area of 65,000sq m (16 acres), and will include a 1,500sq m (16,146sq ft) Resense spa, several pools, water-skiing, sailing and diving, as well as a 5,000sq m (53,820sq ft) private sandy beach and a 47-berth marina.
Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia will have 218 bedrooms, a fitness studio and a Resense Spa. It is also due to open in Q2 2016.
Set in a former monastery on a private island in Venice, the San Clemente Palace Kempinski will open on 24 March, and features lush gardens, antique courtyards and a church built in the 12th century. The hotel has no spa at this point, but offers massage treatments for guests, as well as a heated outdoor pool, jogging trail, tennis court and a pitch & putt course. It hopes to open a spa in 2017, a spokesperson for Kempinski confirmed to Spa Opportunities.
Kempinski also has hotels planned for Muscat, Oman and Riga, Latvia, set to open in the first half of 2017.
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