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PACIFIC & ASIA Spas - the new ones in Asia and the Pacific are resorts or hotels providing professionally administered spa services, fitness and wellness components, and spa cuisine menu choices - from India to New Zealand's South Island. Ask our Spa Specialists to assist you with your 'spa' reservations! The only resort on the island of DUNIKOLU in the MALDIVES, the Coco Palms is operated by MANDARA SPA, an Indonesia-based company that manages spas at several other luxury resorts. The spa offers such luxurious treatments as Balinese massages, reflexology, lavender body washes and coffee body scrubs. A member of SMALL LUXURY HOTELS OF THE WORLD, the COCO PALMS RESORT features 98 luxury villas situated on a lagoon or by a beach, each with a sunken bath in a private garden, splash pool, and terrace. LODGE AT PARATIHO FARMS The SMALL LUXURY HOTELS' LODGE AT PARATIHO FARMS is an exclusive six-suite resort located on a 2,000-acre farm at the top of NEW ZEALAND'S SOUTH ISLAND, near the world-class fly-fishing water in and around ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK. Other outdoor amenities include a pool, tennis court, putting green, and croquet courts and guests can go on bush hikes and farm tours. Each room has a fireplace, private walled garden, lounge and heated terrace. The lodge also features an extensive art collection, gourmet menu, and such state-of-the art health and beauty spa services as massages, body wraps, facials, manicures, pedicures, and hair styling. OBEROI HOTELS & RESORTS is offering a health and beauty package at their properties on the neighboring island of BALI and LOMBOK, each of which provides visitors with vastly different vacations. Both Oberoi resorts are composed of clusters of luxury villas with private swimming pools and lanais. The packages include luxury accommodations, from a luxury lanai or Pavilion room to a villa with a private pol; airport transfers; full breakfast daily; dinner with entertainment; and several treatments; such as facials, reflexology, manicures, pedicures, foot massages, hair cream baths, and aromatherapy. SIX SENSES SPA SONEVA FUSHI, on KUNFUNADHOO ISLAND in the MALDIVES, is home to the SIX SENSES SPA, which features a system of continuously flowing water, a silent garden dedicated to retreat and inner exploration and several spa treatments, as well as yoga, diving, and partner massage. Treatments are offered in straw huts a few feet from the water's edge and include acupressure, Swedish massage, reflexology, kinesiology (a system that combines muscle monitoring with the principles of Chinese medicine to assess energy and body function) as well as beauty treatments. SOMATHEERAM AYUVEDIC BEACH RESORT The southern Indian state of KERALA is the original home of one of the most prominent Asian 'wellness' systems, Ayuvedic therapy. Packages are being offered at the famous SOMATHEERAM AYURVEDIC CENTER, which attracts guests from all over the world with its highly trained doctors and resident specialized massage technicians who use oils and herbal remedies made by the center in accordance with strict Ayurvedic principles. The center is part of a 15-acre resort overlooking the Arabian Sea, with a beach at its doorstep. Somatheeram features wooden houses with traditional Kerala architecture and wood carvings, stone bungalows and cottages consisting of 50 spacious rooms with baths. In addition to the treatments, the resort can arrange backwater cruises and sightseeing in the area. |
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