MEMBEr NEWs
B y ta r a s a l a H E l d i N a N d K E l l y H E i t z
tHE sPa sHift
● Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay has appointed Hyung Gyu Kim as
Executive Chef.
● Doug Elman has been named Director of Education at Saltability.
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● Jeff Holland has been appointed as Director of Sales and Marketing at Lake
Austin Spa Resort in Austin, Texas.
● Langham Hospitality Group has appointed William Wesley Myers as
Regional Director of Spa for North America.
● Allison Lomax has been named Spa Director at Spa Anjali in Avon, Colorado.
● BeautyProphet has named Maria De Simone Vice President of Sales-Western
Region.
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Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas has begun
experimenting with a robot concierge. Pepper,
an interactive robot stationed in the lobby of
the hotel is a product of SoftBank Robotics
and fills in if there is a wait for the live
concierge, answering questions by voice or
touch screen. She also entertains by answering
one-off questions such as what’s her favorite
color (gold, like the lobby wall) or hockey
team (the Vegas Golden Knights).
oPEN for BusiNEss
1. The Spa at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos
Verdes, California will bring back Immersive
Wellness at Terranea, which is the second iteration
of the resort’s new wellness-focused series. The
programming will take place August 24-26, and
invites guests to nourish the mind, body and soul
with inspirational and educational events ranging
from expert speakers and interactive workshops,
to mindful spa treatments, and beyond.
2. The Edgewater Spa in Madison, Wisconsin,
kicked off its new Brew-Inspired Summer Spa
Treatments, which blend key ingredients like
coffee, vanilla bean, apricots, peaches and
cranberries into soothing spa treatments that are
topped off with sips of some of Wisconsin’s
finest handcrafted beers.
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July 2018
Sanctuary Spa at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort &
Spa in Paradise Valley, Arizona, completed a top-to-bottom refurbishment
and expansion that introduced a new look and a brand-new feature, the
Women’s Quiet Room. The spa has separate women’s and men’s spas,
with a total of 12 indoor and outdoor treatment rooms and a private,
stone-walled outdoor treatment room called Sanctum. Interior designer
Lynne Beyer oversaw the redesign, while Mark Philp of Allen + Philps
Architects was the project architect.