Megavi Wellness, an operator of standalone, hotel and airport spas in India, has opened a Meghavi Spa Lounge at Mumbai International Airport today, as part of a strategy to increase its footprint to 100 outlets by 2026.

Meghavi Wellness operates under a mixed model, with contracts for three airport spas, 35 hotel spas and the remaining 17 at standalone urban day spa locations. The Meghavi Wellness hotel spas can be found in 3-star to 5-star operations such as Marriott, Novotel, Radisson, Lemon Tree and Holiday Inn.

The company moved into airport spa operations in 2022, when Meghavi first signed a deal to operate a facility within Bhopal Airport.

Co-founder Megha Dinesh, told Spa Business, “Airports are ideal for Meghavi because our core mission is to provide accessible, high-quality wellness to people in high-stress, high-transit environments. Travellers often face physical exhaustion and stress due to long flights or layovers. Our airport spas offer immediate relaxation and rejuvenation. The format also aligns well with our brand’s premium yet accessible ethos.

Mumbai International Meghavi Spa Lounge

The new Mumbai International Meghavi Spa Lounge at T2 measures 871sq ft and has four treatment rooms, including a couple’s room.

Treatments will include reflexology, facials and body treatments. The lounge will also have zero gravity chairs and vibroacoustic beds.

Mumbai Domestic Terminal

The opening of this spa comes hot on the heels of another opening last month at Mumbai Domestic Terminal.

Prashant Jain, another co-founder, told Spa Business that since opening, the Meghavi Spa Lounge at Mumbai Domestic Terminal on 15th July, the spa has served more than 1,000 customers and expects to serve more than 15,000 guests annually. He says peak demand will take place during business travel hours and holiday seasons.

Meghavi Wellness is in discussions with other key airports across India for future expansion. Jain revealed that airport spa contracts are typically long-term, ranging from five years – depending on the airport authority and specific commercial agreements.

Sometimes the spas are operated as white-label facilities, “to better suit the airport branding standards and passenger-facing naming conventions,” Jain added.

Meghavi Wellness

The business was established in 2014 and the name is an extension of cofounder Megha Dinesh’s first name.

Dinesh described the concept for the company, “Meghavi Wellness Spa is a calming haven for the busy soul that is cluttered with the chaos popularised by the hustle culture. Meghavi has emerged as a wellness brand that strongly believes in providing quality treatments by highly trained and well-experienced therapists.”

The company has 700 therapists across the country and an in-house academy to ensure consistent service standards.

Dinesh continued, “Besides the medical field, the spa industry is the only other profession that involves touching the body. While there are medicines to relieve muscular pain, therapeutic touch is a proven way of relieving pain and stress in the body. Even then, somehow, the spa industry in India does not get its due recognition. The idea of extending my name to the brand is an attempt to give a face and identity to the people in India who are involved in this profession and thereby establish a connection with our guests.”

Jain joined the company as a co-founder, leveraging his expertise in cloud technology, e-commerce, branding and wellness to scale the brand and triple revenue at the company’s second-ever spa, while doubling the firm’s footprint.

Expansion

The co-founders intend to grow the business to 100 outlets by 2026 and have plans to increase the Meghavi Wellness footprint in more major international airports.

They are also pursuing international expansion. “We’re starting with opportunities in Southeast Asia and the Middle East,” Jain added. “We’ve received interest from hospitality groups in Dubai, Singapore and Thailand for our spa management and licensing model.”

The company is also working to enhance its digital booking and feedback systems to create a unified guest journey across all platforms.