Image: The new wellness centre will open next year

Xiangshan Hot Spring and Wellness Center in China, a new oceanfront bathing attraction reported to cost US$25m (EUR20m, £16m), is scheduled to open in August 2013.

Located next to the Hilton Ningbo Xiangshan Resort, the centre is designed by US-based WATG and Thailand-based GOCO Hospitality to include a 6,000sq m (64,583sq ft) standalone building.

The building will house 24 treatment rooms - including two suites and a spa pavilion. Meanwhile, a medi-spa and a weight management clinic with seven suites will provide a "unique" selling point.

The Xiangshan Hot Spring and Wellness Center will offer results-orientated wellness programmes that address specific health concerns.

Other indoor facilities will include a women's beauty salon; a male grooming area; relaxation areas and quiet zones; and water experiences such as vitality pools.

A 5,000sq m (53,820sq ft) outdoor bathing area will offer mineral and thermal springs.

GOCO is the sole consultant working on the spa, which is owned by resort developer Sanil Guo Yuan. GOCO is to provide feasibility, concept and design services. It will then manage the centre and springs.

Details: www.goco.co