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Spas and spa treatments are playing a significant role in our lives, and is big business. Treatments and a variety of services for the purpose of improving health, beauty and relaxation through personal care treatments such as massages and facials, helping to combat stress and addressing a general desire for well-being.
The impact that spas have had on the general economy is huge, and a Global report showed that the industry is worth more than 0 billion globally and the UK market alone is worth over .7 billion and still growing.
The general perception of a health spa is relaxation, luxury, women pampering themselves, but not so, of course the images of health spas do have an element of truth, these days there are spas that are suitable for all budgets, and many do cater for men just as much as women.
There are spas in London, Paris, New York, and Rome and all over the world, but are different forms a beauty salon simply because it contains facilities like sauna, pool, steam room and whirlpool that guests can use and enjoy in addition to their various treatments.
There are different types of spa, for example a destination spa is a short term residential facility with the primary purpose of providing individual services for spa-goers to develop healthy habits, and in years gone by many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs or sources of mineral waters.
Resort spas as would indicate by the word ‘resort’ are generally located in resorts and offer similar services via rooms with services, meals, body treatments and fitness with varying levels of expertise. A resort-spa may also function as a day spa, as most will allow access to patrons who are not guests of the hotel.
London of course sees many visitors per year for business or pleasure and peppered across the city you will find many spas. London spas have entered the mainstream over the past few years, and offer a much greater range of choices, which can only be good for the consumer, furthermore with so much competition this will inevitably raise standards and lower prices and it is most definitely on the cards that the consumer is far more likely to find somewhere that offers the services they want at a price they can afford.
Hotel spas are certainly not new, in fact hotel spas have been common in Europe for centuries, and they were originally built around the healing waters of places like Bath or Royal Tunbridge Wells in the UK, or Baden-Baden and Marienbad in Germany and of course the hotels would feature the healing spas as an attraction for guests, much the same as spas London.
Spa breaks London can make for a wonderful escape, and city centres are a popular location for hotel spas from Paris to Madrid, New York to Sydney, these spas offer all the benefits of a spa with the chance to escape to a great tourist location.
A spokesman for Dolphin Square Spa located in Westminster said “our spa London offers treatments tailored to the individual guest, and include beauty treatments, therapeutic treatments, massages, and we unleash the purifying and detoxifying secrets of regular authentic Moroccan Hammam and Rhassoul rituals, rituals are completed with a refreshing glass of Moroccan tea”.
For further information visit: http://www.dolphinsquare.co.uk/spa/spa-facilities/the-spa
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