19 June 2007
For the latest in detox and relaxation, Enjoy England has selected some of the best new spas across the country so you can lie back, and Just Relax…
Swap meetings for mud masks and exchange business suits and heels for fluffy robes and slippers. For the latest in detox and relaxation, Enjoy England has selected some of the best new spas across the country so you can lie back, and Just Relax…
For more information on the Just Relax campaign from Enjoy England, visit
www.enjoyengland.com/relax, or call 0845 603 6953 for a free brochure.
NEW ON THE SCENE
Viternal Retreat Facial at Chessgrove Day Spa - opened April 2007
Chessgrove Day Spa is set in a converted barn in the beautiful Worcestershire countryside. Indulge in the Rolls Royce of facials, the Viternal Retreat facial and begin with a poppy seed exfoliation, followed by a hibiscus shell mask with the active extracts of everlasting desert flowers. With many other treatments on offer, this spa is guaranteed to make even the most stressed of city dwellers glow. www.chessgrove.co.uk
The Signature Treatment at Fistral Spa - opened April 2007
If the Cornish coast alone is not relaxing enough, there is a new spa to complete the job. Fistral Spa in Newquay has nine treatment rooms where visitors can experience lymphatic skin brushing, hot oil massaging, moisturizing with wild yam and skin conditioning with Marine Mud, all part of The Signature Treatment offered at Fistral Spa. www.fistral-spa.co.uk
Affordable luxury at Spa London - opened May 2007
Spa London is the UK’s first public sector day spa and offers a luxury spa experience at an affordable price. Located in the heart of London’s East End, Spa London breathes new life into Bethnal Green’s former Turkish baths. Indulge in century-old therapies with the Thermal Spa experience, a heat treatment designed to cleanse the body; then succumb to a comforting massage or slimming wrap. Emerge into the busy city looking a million dollars, for a price that is nowhere near. www.spa-london.org
Rookery Hall – new spa for the Cheshire set - opened June 2007
The four star Rookery Hall Hotel in Nantwich has opened a new health club and spa with an 18 metre swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool and ‘Rasul’ – a steam chamber for Turkish mud treatments. A range of ESPA and Clarins treatments are available, including a good selection for men and mums-to-be. The spa is part of a £10million redevelopment at the country-house hotel and includes 39 sumptuous new bedrooms. www.handpicked.co.uk
COMING SOON
Spa 6 at the Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel and Resort - opening August 2007
This resort, nestled into the grasslands of the Cotswold Water Park will house a luxurious spa, Spa 6, with seven exclusive beauty rooms offering the best in beauty and wellbeing treatments. Rest weary bones and detox in the aromatic herbal sauna, crystal steam rooms or with an exotic Rasul session, a traditional Middle Eastern cleansing ritual. August is just around the corner, so pencil this one in. www.four-pillars.co.uk
Maison Talbooth Country House Hotel – opening April 2008
Maison Talbooth in Colchester is set for a £1.5m revamp. The property – owned by Milsom Hotels – will feature an outdoor swimming pool complex with a sun terrace, hot tub and summer treatment room. Three further treatment rooms will be created, with a spa menu from top product houses. Potential clients will be counting down the days until April 2008, when refurbishment is completed and the stampede begins. www.milsomhotels.com
For the perfect relaxing break, call 0845 603 6953 or go online at www.enjoyengland.com/relax to order a free copy of Enjoy England’s brochure, Just
For further press information on Just Relax please contact:
Tess Sullivan / Lindsey Porter
Enjoy England Press Office
Tel: 020 8563 3351/3378
Email: tess.sullivan@visitbritain.org / Lindsey.porter@visitbritain.org
Notes to editors:
The nine regions involved in the campaign include the Heart of England, East Midlands, East of England, North East, Yorkshire, England’s Northwest, the South West, London and the South East.
· VisitBritain is responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and for developing England’s visitor economy. Enjoy England builds the value of tourism in England by working in partnership to develop and promote the destination. For more information, visit www.visitbritain.com/corporate.
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