HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Spas

HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Spas http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T03:04:17Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Spas Stockholm: No More Birch Beatings At Grand Hotel Stockholm's New Spa http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/13/94334/967 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/spa.jpg" class="top"> OK so normally we wouldnt be so excited by the idea of a Nordic spa. In our heads, Scandi beauty treatments scream naked saunas, self-flagellation with birch sticks and lots of snow. But were making an exception for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Grand+H%F4Tel+Stockholm/ian/109325">Grand Hotel</a> in Stockholm which opened a subtly different Nordic-inspired spa, Raison dEtre, yesterday. Yes, they have the birch harvested from local forests, dont you know but they do far more exciting stuff than beat you with it. The Be Rested package is a massage ad hot birch pack to make you sleep, while the Be Balanced treatment claims to gently realign your bones through the power of, um, mung bean pillows. Theyre pretty pricey juliab 2009-11-13T09:52:00-05:00 Palm Springs: The New Spa at The Parker Palm Springs Believes in a Good Stiff Drink http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/11047/307 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/PSYC_pool_yoga_tent.jpg" class="top"> Heading down to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Parker+Palm+Springs/local/717">Parker Palm Springs</a> for a relaxing weekend in the desert? It turns out there's more to do there than just lay by the pool and sip on cocktails. The hotel has just finished renovating their <a href="http://www.palmspringsyachtclub.com ">Palm Springs Yacht Club</a> spa (PSYC) and it's not exactly what you would expect. Take a look at the spa's mission statement: <blockquote> We believe in the American country club experience: mixed doubles, a long steam, and a stiff cocktail. </blockquote>And indeed the new spa space makes access to a cocktail just as important as access to a heavy-handed masseuse.The spa has created a new lounge with dark leather chairs, coffee tables and lit by juliana 2009-11-10T15:42:13-05:00 Rich Teens Get Everything, Even Custom Spa Treatments at The Four Seasons http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/3/9183/72112 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/FS_SB_spa.jpg" class="top"> Some days we wake up and wish we were teens, dont you? We could forget about the economic crisis and just worry about vampires and texting and when our parents were taking us on the next fancy vacation to buy our affection. OK, so if we were going to be teens, wed have to be the Gossip Girl variety, able to throw debauched parties in our fabulous uptown pads, or jet off to exotic resorts at any second. And if we were, like, to do that? We would totally book ourselves in for one of the new teen treatments offered by certain Four Seasons spas. Only, its so hard to choose! * At the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Four+Seasons+Bora+Bora/ian/264203">Four Seasons MsRebecca 2009-11-03T10:44:21-05:00 Bruges: No More Creepy Couples Massages at the Kempinski Dukes Palace http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/2/85134/5087 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/bruges.jpg" class="top"> Weve been itching to go to the fabulous-looking <a rhef="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kempinski%20Hotels">Kempinksi</a> <a rhef="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Kempinski+Hotel+Dukes+Palace/ian/263416">Dukes Palace</a> in a 15th-century castle in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotels/city/be/Bruges">Bruges</a> since it opened, and every time we hear some more news about it, we get closer to opening up our wallets. This time its the new spa menu taking our fancy. Its using the French Thalgo line (nice) for some pretty well-priced treatments including a Detox (scrub, detox gel, sauna and massage, 85) for after you've gone overboard on the local chocolate, and the cozy-sounding Mothers Cocoon (massage, facial and foot treatment, 140) for the preggers among you. Best of all, theyre making an admirable break from the creepy couples massage their Harmony for Two treatment juliab 2009-11-02T14:14:21-05:00 Jolly Harbor: Antigua's New Sugar Ridge Has A Sweet Opening Deal http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/26/15021/099 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Sugar_Ridge_Antigua_Room.jpg" class="top"> Picture a hotel called Sugar Ridge and you might imagine some place on the ridge of a hill bordered by sugar cane and that's exactly what the new Sugar Ridge hotel in Antigua looks like. Four years after they started building (and no doubt a while after they had serious doubts whether building a hotel was the right thing to do at the moment) the Sugar Ridge is ready to open on December 1.They're aiming for luxury and affordability, often a tricky combination, and the luxury includes the Sugar Club Spa the first Aveda spa on Antigua. There are just 60 rooms but there are two restaurants, along with two swimming pools and a shopping amandak 2009-10-28T08:49:17-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/