Six Senses will operate one of two luxury hotels and a Six Senses Spa within a mixed-use development called Hatai in the Silom area of Bangkok, Thailand. Owned by Narai Hospitality Group, the site used to be home to the original Narai Hotel but is now being transformed by Heatherwick Studio into a building shaped like a series of stacked Thai lanterns. This is Heatherwick’s first project in Thailand. There

Aman Rosa Alpina and its Aman Spa have opened in San Cassiano, in the heart of the Italian Dolomites following an extensive renovation. The ski resort, located in the UNESCO-listed region, was reimagined by Belgian-born designer Jean-Michel Gathy of Denniston. The property now has 51 guest rooms and suites with large balconies, floor-to-ceiling windows and fireplaces. The Pizzinini family, who have owned and operated the property since 1939, commissioned the

Privately-owned hospitality company Nobis Hospitality Group will unveil a new Swedish wellness destination property called Hagastrand in Q4 this year, located next to the Brunnesviken lake in Stockholm’s royal park, Haga. When it opens, the property will join Marriott International’s luxury Autograph Collection and be known as Hagastrand, Autograph Collection. It will be the first Autograph Collection property in Scandinavia. A spokesperson for Nobis Hospitality group told Spa Business the

Bulgari Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement with UAE real estate developer Eagle Hills to open a new property called Bulgari Resort and Mansions Abu Dhabi, in 2030. The resort will be located on a private horseshoe-shaped island and will have a Bulgari Spa. Off the coast of the Abu Dhabi Corniche (an 8km waterfront promenade), Milanese design company ACPV Architects (Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel) will create the resort’s

Contrast bathing and social wellness start-up Othership has raised US$11.3 million (€10.5 million, £8.94 million) to expand its presence across the US. The Toronto-based firm is known for its social sauna and ice bath experiences, with three existing sites – two in Toronto, Canada and a US flagship in the Flatiron district of New York City. Othership will use the funds to increase the number of its sites in New

The Maybourne Riviera has unveiled its second-ever wellness and longevity members club, Surrenne, at its new hotel in France. Brand new imagery shows the 89-key hotel’s Surrenne Riviera club, which offers three floors of health and wellness facilities, with sweeping views over the French commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and the Mediterranean coast beyond. This opening follows Surrenne Belgravia’s debut in London last year – a four-floor wellness private members club within

A new bathing experience called Basin Glacial Waters will open at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, on 15 September. Basin Glacial Waters takes its name from its setting: Lake Louise is a natural basin fed by a direct glacial water source, the Victoria Glacier. The 539-key hotel, owned by Oxford properties and a capital partner, is set within more than 6,500sq km of protected pine forest in the

Italian architecture firm ABCPlus Studio has revealed plans for an environmentally-conscious mixed-use destination near the coastal town of Bibione, which is located between Venice and Trieste on the Adriatic coast. Commissioned by Italian real estate company, Bibione Darsena SRL, which also operates marinas, the project is scheduled to break ground in 2027 following completion of all required environmental and landscape approvals. The estimated opening date is 2030. The scheme will

Marriott International is expanding its luxury safari portfolio in Kenya with two tented camp resorts with spas under its Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott brands. The Ritz-Carlton Masai Mara Safari Camp and the JW Marriott Mount Kenya Rhino Reserve Safari Camp will open in partnership with hospitality and safari expedition business, the Lazizi Group of Companies, under its subsidiary firms. The Ritz-Carlton will open with Lazizi Mara Limited and The JW

Tim Gurner, Australian developer and founder of Gurner Group, is expanding the Saint Haven wellness concept across Australia, with plans for its first locations in the UAE (in Dubai) and the US by the end of this year. Gurner Group aims to open 20-30 sites globally under its various brands by 2030. Saint Haven private members clubs are designed to be immersive wellness locations that act as second homes, elevating

Fitness, wellness and spa brand, Equinox, has been announced as the operator of a new luxury hotel in Nashville, US. This will be the the second property for Equinox Hotels, following the opening of its flagship in New York City’s Hudson Yards in March 2019. Equinox Hotels has plans to expand to 33 locations globally over the next decade. Last year, the company announced plans to open a resort on

Hotel del Coronado – known as “The Del” – in San Diego, is reopening its spa after a seven-year US$550 million (€448 million, £409 million) renovation of the historic property that first opened in 1888 and was the backdrop for the Marilyn Monroe film Some Like it Hot. The hotel’s renovation The restoration of the beachfront property, which first opened in 1888, has included upgrades for all areas of the

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) says the wellness real estate market reached US$584 billion (€507 billion, £434 billion) in 2024 and the institute estimates it will double to US$1.1 trillion (€955 billion, £817 billion) by 2029. The report Build well to live well: the future reveals that wellness real estate was the fastest growing market in the 11-sector US$6.3 trillion (€5 trillion, £4.7 trillion) global wellness economy – doubling from

Therme Group has announced a strategic joint venture with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) in a deal valued at more than €1 billion (US$1.1 billion, £855 million) to create a holding company called Therme Horizon. Therme Group and CVC will become equal partners in Therme Horizon when the deal completes later this year, subject to regional regulatory approval. Therme Horizon will own existing sites Therme Erding in Germany

A new recovery brand – Re:set by Pure – will open its first studio in Hong Kong on 1 July. The ‘smart wellness studio’ concept is the brainchild of industry veterans Colin Grant, Rey Bolivar, and Richard Boyd, who already have further studios in development, along with plans to franchise. Backed by Pure Group, which operates health clubs and yoga studios in Asia and the US, the new concept has

A new social wellness concept curated by three industry veterans will open soon in Amsterdam before being rolled out to key cities. 432 – a name which comes from 432 hertz, the earth’s natural frequency – has been created by wellness consultant, Jamie Waring, Jonathan Fisher, CEO of Holmes Place and Tribute Brands and Emlyn Brown, who is currently vice president of wellbeing at Accor. Speaking in this month’s HCM,

Go Fit has invested more than €20 million in its latest development, a 22,000 square metre sports and wellness hub in Tenerife, next to Heliodoro Rodríguez López Stadium. This is the Iberian operator’s second site in the Canary Islands, following a launch in Las Palmas in 2015. Go Fit now has 21 operating sites and will expand into Italy this year. Strategic European cities are being targeted for projects where

UAE-based developer Aldar has unveiled a masterplan to turn Fahid Island into the world’s first Fitwel-certified wellness island at a development cost of AED40 billion (US$10.8 billion, €9.5 billion, £8 billion). Aldar is planning to make Fahid Island the place where entertainment and culture meet wellness. It is located between lifestyle destination Yas Island, with its theme parks and attractions and cultural centre, Saadiyat Island. The a 2.7sq mile island

Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria has unveiled its Sisley-branded spa in Brussels, Belgium, following a major refit of the entire property – with ESPA Design consulting on the wellness experience. The property’s newly-opened subterranean spa measures 1,200sq m and has six treatment rooms. It was designed in a collaboration between interior designers GA Group and ESPA to encompass organic details such as marble accents, brass elements and warm oak finishes to

Luxury hospitality group Proper Hotels has launched its first health and fitness, wellness and athletic performance membership at the Santa Monica Proper Club in Los Angeles. Proper Hotels is a hospitality company focused on luxury design and creating cultural connection. These new club memberships are the brand’s next-generation take on a modern country club – for those seeking a third space that meets their lifestyle requirements for health and fitness

Hotels incorporating significant wellness amenities experienced strong top-line recovery in 2024, generating more than twice the Total Revenue per Available Room (TRevPAR) compared to hotels with no wellness income, according to the latest Wellness Real Estate Report by RLA Global, produced in partnership with P and L benchmarking firm HotStats. The average TRevPAR at major wellness properties was 56 per cent higher than at minor wellness hotels – exceeding the

Social wellness company &Soul has unveiled a new wellness and cultural hub called Shoreditch &Soul in Shoreditch, London. &Soul is an urban hospitality operator focused on fostering community and tackling loneliness. It's led by co-founder Reza Merchant, founder of all-inclusive co-living space developer The Collective. Shoreditch &Soul, based in a former Victorian textile warehouse, has 16 private residence apartments for rent, called The Villas, which give access to a 3,252sq

IHG has signed an agreement to open the Even Hotel Dammam in Saudi Arabia, the debut property for its wellness brand in the Middle East. The 300-key property is slated to open in January 2029. The Even concept was launched in 2012 and was one of the first brands in the sector to integrate wellness features into its hospitality concept, with adaptive in-room fitness features, healthy food and beverage options

St Regis Cap Cana Resort, the first St Regis-branded spa property in the Dominican Republic, has opened in the heart of the Caribbean as the Marriott brand continues to expand its portfolio. With design by architects Acebal Canney Arquitectos and Asociados and interiors by Chapi Chapo Design, the resort’s palm-lined white beaches have inspired the look of the property’s 200 bedrooms and 36 suites. The dramatic cliffs of the coastline

The Naturhotel Forsthofgut resort has opened a health-focused extension to its existing spa in the forests of Salzburg at the base of the Asitz mountain in Austria. The 109-key hotel and land has been privately owned and managed for more than 400 years by the Schmuck family, whose hospitality philosophy is ‘harmony with nature’. The family has expanded its existing 5,700sq m WaldSpa (translated in English to Forest Spa) by

The Global Wellness Summit and Institute have announced speakers for their fourth Wellness Real Estate and Communities Symposium and released the first of ten podcast episodes about longevity. The Symposium will take place at West End Labs in New York City on 17 June and will see specialists in real estate, investment, design, architecture, public policy, technology, medicine and sustainability gather to examine how health and wellness are shaping the

Montcalm Mayfair, an Autograph Collection hotel, has opened its doors in London after a two-year renovation of the Grade II-listed Georgian building, offering guests a new genre of hospitality it calls ‘sensitive luxury’. The concept is demonstrated by the brand’s aim of providing welcoming, intuitive service as well as the hotel's softer, yet classical design. Each Montcalm hotel in the collection has a ‘Mark’ – a central theme running through