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SPAS TRAVEL Norio’s Sushi Bar and Restaurant in the Fairmont Orchid Hawaii looks upon this tropical koi pond. The Orchid also has a popular Willow Stream Spa At the Fairmont Banff Springs Willow Stream Spa, in Alberta, Canada, mini-treatments are available right at the registration desk products. These products all have an at-home component. Guests can take a bit of the spa home with them,” adds Wiegman. Serene Scene Tranquil spa environments provide high achievers with not only a retreat for total relaxation, but essential rejuvenation for tackling their goals in the year ahead. “Spas have always been popular with incentives because those programs are about recognition and reward, and spa experiences are considered an indulgence, which is the ultimate reward,” says Mark Komine, executive vice president of sales and marketing for LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels, whose collection includes the Naples Grande Resort & Club as well as the El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico, among others. “Spas are becoming more of a mainstay for people concerned about their personal health and well-being, and are more prevalent, especially at the type of resorts and hotels that cater to the incentive market.” At the Golden Door Spa in Naples, guests encounter an elegant oasis similar to that of the original outpost in Escondido, Calif., where the architecture, gardens and other features are modeled after ancient Japanese Honjin inns. However, signature services set the spa apart, by providing patrons with a sense of place, integrating influences from South Florida like the Tsah-tee Oho-nee Restorative Facial—a nod to the Native American Seminole tribe. In Orlando, the Buena Vista Palace at the Walt Disney World Resort plans to offer the Golden Door Spa Experience, which will feature treatments and fitness programs that also align with the Golden Door philosophy. During a trip for security delivery company Diebold at the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of Hawaii in March 2007, Willow Stream staffers graciously met with participants at the hospitality desk to explain the different services and treatments available and answer questions. At the Fairmont Banff Springs in Seminole Indian influences are Canada, Pam Ouellet, a spa incorporated at the Golden Door director at the Willow Stream Spa in Naples, Fla. Spa, regularly works with incentive groups. “We can do many things for incentive programs, such as assign a dedicatGreat Expectations ed individual to assist with booking services, The proliferation of brand-name spas is proprovide brochures, offer mini-treatments at viding incentive planners with a sense of calm in the planning process. “As time passes, registration desks, create personalized itineraries and organize spa gifts,” she says. Willow Stream, Mandara and other spas will Planners can expect the same high levels of be more familiar to the average spa-goers. service in the near future at Willow Stream But for me, certain spa brands mean consisspas slated to open at the Fairmont Roco Ki tency and comfort,” says Scott Siewert, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, later divisional vice president of sales for USMotithis year; the Fairmont Palm Hotel & Resort vation, a full-service incentive company in in Dubai in 2009; and at Fairmont Seaside Atlanta. “For example, Atlantis in the Resort, Monterey Bay in California, FairBahamas has a Mandara spa, and that is mont Anguilla and Fairmont Macao in 2010. important because there is consistency in the Charles Coleman, director of events planservice levels and attention to detail.” Siewert also credits the spa staff for helping ning for Stamford, Conn.–based Pitney Bowes, agrees that well-known spas bring execute hassle-free incentive programs. 62 | Incentive | July 2008 | incentivemag.com http://incentivemag.com

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Incentive - July 2008 Contents Editor’s Note: Accentuate the Positive In The News Cover Story: Three Profiles in Good Corporate Citizenship Case Study Incentive Interview Senior Secrets To Thine Own Self be True Incentive Primer Motivation@Work Travel News: Where To Go and What To Do Take the Spa Home Not the Only Game in Town Here and Now Writing and Desktop Gifts Watches and Clocks Gift Cards: Health and Wellness Incentives Good Health Is Not Its Own Incentive Advertiser Index Last Word

Incentive - July 2008

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