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Insider Report: Spa Meetings Hilton Soothes with Chakras As part of a new 10-year partnership between Hilton Hotels and Spa Chakra, the well-established health and wellness spa made its debut at the Conrad Miami Hotel in November 2007 and will be opening at Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton in June. Spa Chakra at the Conrad Miami, part of the downtown hotel’s $700,000 renovation, features 10 individual treatment rooms, hydrotherapy and Vichy shower facilities, and state-of-the-art footbath and relaxation lounges. A pre-therapy questionnaire is used to customize programs. Spa Chakra Fitness has strength-training and cardiovascular equipment, personal training, nutrition consultations, and complimentary wellness classes. Spa Chakra at the Conrad Miami often schedules private events for groups. The Palmer House Hilton’s 8,000-sf Spa Chakra, part of the landmark hotel’s $150-million restoration project, will have individual treatment rooms for skin and body therapies and Chakra Health Assessments. It also will have interconnecting rooms for groups, spa cuisine, and a Guerlain retail boutique. The spa will be available for private functions, product launches, and buyouts. Mayﬂower Inn Takes Groups On a Voyage to Wellness The Mayﬂower Inn & Spa, in Washington, CT, less than two hours from New York City, is taking corporate groups to new levels of health and relaxation with the introduction of its Business Wellness Retreat. During a program, the property incorporates spa and wellness elements into meetings through a customized, intention-setting opening ceremony; guided stretch breaks; chair yoga; stress management workshops; custom-made, energizing juices; and healthy spa cuisine. The 30-room, ﬁve-star country house hotel features 1,600 sf of meeting space in the Teahouse, an intimate retreat building just a short walk from the main inn. Also, the 900-sf Billington Suite and the 800-sf Eaton Suite are well-suited for breakout sessions or retreats for up to 10 guests. Mayﬂower Inn mixes spa with countryside. Miraval Resorts & Its Mantras Make Their Way to Costa Rica Miraval Resorts is spreading its philosophy of “inspiring guests to live and feel better” to South America, with the opening of Miraval Costa Rica, in 2010. The property will feature 120 guest rooms and 60 villas in a 50-acre sanctuary within the 650-acre Revolution Places’ Cacique resort. Like its sister resort in Tucson, AZ, Miraval Costa Rica will have adventure programs, a challenge course, and spa with outdoor treatment rooms. The property will provide more than 150 programs, including hiking through eco-trails, zip-lining, and horseback riding. The new location will also offer Inspired Living Experiences, which blend indigenous customs with Miraval’s core value of living in the moment. Myrtle Beach, only better. Omni’s New Branded Spa Begins its Rollout Plan Omni Hotels has announced its own brand of upscale spas, Mokara, to meet—and draw proﬁts from—the growing demands of individual and group travelers. The company says its current spas, many of which are owned by third-party operators, saw a 13-percent increase in revenues in 2007. The new Mokara brand is meant to raise the proﬁle of Omni’s spas and create consistency among services. Each spa will feature four signature treatments inspired by the region in which the property is located. The ﬁrst Mokara Salon & Spa debuted at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, near Dallas, late last November. This year, Omni will convert the spas at Omni Interlocken Resort, in Denver (by April 1), and Omni Orlando Resort at Championsgate (third-quarter 2008), and open a new facility at a new hotel in Houston, near the Galleria mall (also third quarter). Additional Mokara spas will debut in Tucson, AZ, and Houston in 2009. r www.meetingnews.com Not responsible for meeting planners left unattended. You’ll find it all at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort at Kingston Shores, Kingston Plantation’s sister property. Golf. Restaurants. Pools. The beach. 31,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. And with a conference center opening in 2008 that will add a 14,400 square-foot ballroom, we’ll soon have room for groups from 50 to 2,000. Who says you can’t please all the people all of the time? 1-877-360-0799 • meetingnews.kingstonshores.com 22 MeetingNews February 25, 2008 http://meetingnews.kingstonshores.com http://meetingnews.kingstonshores.com http://www.meetingnews.com

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