http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/Leisure Opportunities: News and Jobs for the leisure industryen-us© Copyright 2005, The Leisure Media Co Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Sunday 01 August 2010Sunday 01 August 2010Leisure Opportunities: World News60 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/images/rssheader.gif http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/ http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=203273 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=203273A Rainforest Spa is to open at the Jalousie Plantation Sugar Beach on the Caribbean island of St Lucia in October 2010. 14 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=202013 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=202013Sara Jones has become the new spa director of Sense, A Rosewood Spa at the Rosewood Mayakobá on the Riviera Maya in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. 08 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=201733 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=201733Accor shareholders have approved the separation of Accor Hospitality and Accor Services, whose names have changed to Accor and Edenred respectively. Accor keeps the control of Hospitality Business including hotels Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis and Formule 1.06 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=200903 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=200903In a franchise agreement with Libertador Hotels Resorts & Spas, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has opened Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection resort in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas near the town of Urubamba.01 Jul 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=199733 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=199733 The Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort in Arenal, Costa Rica, has achieved the Luxury Eco Certification Standard (LECS), becoming the first hotel in the country and the second in the world to pass all the requirements required for certification to be awarded. 24 Jun 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=197993 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=197993The Grupo Mariana Family of Resorts and Wyndham Worldwide Hotels & Resorts have gone into partnership to create the US$30m (£20.3m, €24.4m), 330-room Wyndham Mariana Resort & Casino in Nicaragua. 15 Jun 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=197643 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=197643Julia Leone has joined The Jalousie Plantation Sugar Beach on the eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia as the new director of health and wellness. 14 Jun 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=192263 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=192263Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Immobiliare Real Estate Development, a Panamanian real estate company, are to develop the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Panama and the first Hyatt Place hotel in Latin America. 13 May 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=191903 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=191903The InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to open its first Crowne Plaza Hotel in El Salvador.11 May 2010 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=191703 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=191703Two rejuvenating spa packages have been introduced to The Spa at Sandy Lane in Barbados. 10 May 2010