Provence news

The L’Occitane Group, international retailer and manufacturer of sustainability-inspired beauty and wellness products, is now a certified B Corporation (B Corp). What are B Corps? ... More

Dave Mortensen, co-founder of Self Esteem Brands (SEB) – the company behind a raft of wellness brands, including Anytime Fitness – says the company is driving to ... More

Self Esteem Brands (SEB) is taking its Anytime Fitness brand to France, following the signing of a master franchisee deal. Anytime France SARL, a company ... More

Luxury French spa operator Spa L’Occitane has opened the doors to a branded wellness facility aboard World Traveller, the latest cruise ship to be launched ... More

French luxury brand L'Occitane en Provence has strengthened its partnership with hotel giant Accor with the launch of a new wellness concept at the Sofitel ... More

French marine skincare brand, Thalgo, has opened a new Institute of Beauty destination in Cannes, France. The new 84sq m urban day spa features four ... More

La Villa Cosy Hotel & Spa, a boutique luxury hotel in Saint-Tropez, France, has completed a renovation and expansion, adding a new Spa by Sothys. ... More

French architecture firm Reichen and Robert (RR&A) have been selected to spearhead a €100m (US$113.4m, £87.3m) makeover of Marseille-Fos Port (the Grand Port of Marseille) ... More

A new theme park based on the adventures of Belgian comic strip character Spirou has opened its doors in Monteux, southern France. A €40m (US$46.5m, ... More

Industry figure Greg Payne is behind a series of four- to seven-night ‘transformational’ wellness retreats that are due to launch at a hillside hideaway in ... More

The stepdaughter of Pablo Picasso has announced plans to open a museum in the South of France dedicated to the famed artist. Expected to open ... More

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has announced the winners of the THEA Awards during the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida. The awards, which recognise ... More

The 153-year old Galle Face Hotel in Sri Lanka – one of the oldest in Asia – will open a L’Occitane-branded spa later this year. ... More

Perched on the hills of Colombier in a 14-acre tropical garden setting, the five-star Villa Marie Saint-Barth in Saint Barthelemy, is now open. The resort's ... More

Offering guests a sensory spa experience inspired by Provence, The Garden Spa at The Bath Priory, the UK’s first L’Occitane Spa, is now open. Featuring ... More

Interior designer Andre Fu has completed a restaurant by a lagoon for Grand Hyatt’s new Sanya resort in Hainan, China. The design of the two-storey ... More

France's Côte d'Azur has opened its first new waterpark in nearly 30 years, with the Splashworld Provence theme park breaking several regional and European records ... More

The Hotel Crillon le Brave in Provence, France has opened a new Spa des Ecuries in the former stables of an 18th century house. Located ... More

The five-star Le Couvent des Minimes Hotel & Spa, situated in the French village of Mane and housed within the walls of an ancient convent ... More

A new Spa Pure Altitude will be launched later this year at the flagship property of hotel management firm Maisons and Hotel Sibuet, owned by ... More

Renaissance Hotels has announced the addition of the Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel to its portfolio of properties in France. Designed by Marseilles-based architects Claude Sabin Nadjari ... More

In December 2013, Hôtel Le Lodge Park in Megève, in the French Alps, will unveil the new Spa Pure Altitude - the spa concept of ... More

Beauty and wellness brand, L'Occitane, has continued its global expansion with the opening of three new spas in Switzerland, Australia and Brazil. The Spa by ... More

After more than a decade of planning and preparation, the new Mediterranean civilisations museum (Mucem) is preparing open its doors to the public. The €191m ... More

Image: The hotel now offers a L'Occitane spa Gran Hotel Bahía del Duque in Tenerife has signed an agreement with French cosmetics brand L'Occitane en ... More