bathing news

Sea Lanes Canary Wharf has officially opened. The 50-metre, six-lane pool, which uses the natural water of the dock, offers year-round open water swimming in ... More

Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this percentage increasing year on year, according to a ... More

Hoshino Resorts has developed a “Cool-down onsen soak” programme at properties with Japanese onsen facilities – those within the company’s KAI brand. Hoshino is promoting ... More

Lithuanian care operator Addere Care has launched a “wellness care hospital” in Vilnius. It's the company’s second Lithuanian site, following a hospital in Trakai, but ... More

Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world ... More

Therme Group’s Romanian bathing resort Therme Bucharest is currently hosting its Herbarium Festival (4-17 May), offering guests a chance to explore sauna and steamroom experiences ... More

A wellness club opens on London’s River Thames in June, offering luxury facilities and personalised wellness protocols focused on recovery and longevity. Sæl Spa at ... More

Salter Brothers Hospitality (SBH) has revealed a new spa brand, Èliva, which it plans to roll out across four luxury properties in Australia this year.  ... More

Submersive, an immersive art bathhouse concept by Corvas Brinkerhoff, co-founder of experiential art company Meow Wolf, will open in the Bouldin Creek neighbourhood in Austin, ... More

Soak Bathhouse will open its second site in Melbourne, Australia, in August. The new site follows the successful launch of Soak Bathhouse South Yarra, also ... More

A series of studies about the mental and physical benefits of sauna bathing has found evidence that the emotional synchrony and rituals such as aufguss ... More

Durango Hot Springs Resort and Spa in Colorado, US, has added a system most often found in hot tubs and swimming pools, to increase the ... More

Corinthia Hotels has opened its first Italian property in a historic palazzo in Rome that used to be home to the Central Bank of Italy.  ... More

Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa in the UK’s Lake District has introduced an adults-only spa package that allows guests to make the most of the ... More

The Francis Hotel has opened its spa following a £14 million (US$17.8 million, €16.4 million) renovation of the entire property, which is located in a ... More

The urban marina-front resort, SLS Barcelona, has revealed its Halcyon Spa at Port Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain. The 471-key hotel, which opened in May last ... More

Spa design consultancy TLee Spas and Wellness has appointed Ana Goldstein-Kogan as senior architect and wellness designer. Goldstein-Kogan will lead the design of spa and ... More

Proper Hospitality has introduced an extensive range of wellness programmes and retreats at two of its properties, including a hot spring-style bathing experience called the ... More

The Spa at Orient Express La Minerva in Rome, Italy, has launched, offering treatments and bathing facilities that are inspired by Roman thermae and Ottoman ... More

Design firm 4a Architekten has shared details of the recently-completed extension to the wellness facilities at destination spa park Salinarium Bad Dürkheim Thermal Spa in ... More

The Phillip Island Hot Springs project, a 13-hectare geothermal bathing facility, is due to open by the end of the year on the south coast ... More

Thermal sauna and wellness training company Anada has collaborated with Irish seaweed skincare company Voya to create two thermal ritual protocols inspired by the ocean. ... More

Bathing facility operator Aire Ancient Baths has partnered with strategic investor Khemia to accelerate its plan to expand internationally. Khemia has become a minority shareholder ... More

Sumaq Machu Picchu, a family-owned and operated hotel in the UNESCO-protected Peruvian Andes, has created a series of wellness rituals for guests that embrace local ... More

Meraki Wellness, a new standalone 16,000sq ft wellness destination, will debut in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, in Q2.  It will have a hydrotherapy bathing circuit ... More