Nothing really beats a spa celebration (a growing trend we are seeing here at SpaFinder), especially when the champagne is flowing and the  ambiance literally forces you to “chillax”.  I was lucky enough to visit The Sanctuary in Covent Garden last week for just such a day.  It did the trick – leaving me feeling [...]

Another drive through the beautiful Tuscan countryside to San Casciano dei Bagni and we arrive at Fonteverde – one of the most famous Italian spas and a consistent award winner, including ‘Best Spa in Italy’ in last year’s SpaFinder Readers’ Choice Awards!
This hot spot had to be on our itinerary.
Spread over 5 acres and featuring [...]

London to Pisa 2 hours; Pisa to the spa 30 minutes. Check in. Chill out. Easy!
Grotta Giusti is a natural spa resort in Monsummano Terme near Florence in northern Tuscany. This is a luxurious villa hotel in a century old park – at the edge of the town but also in its own getaway world. [...]

Well…. we were in Tuscany after all. That’s Chianti and Brunello and the Sangiovese grape. So we had to try some wines. So ‘Go Visit’… we did!On the recommendation of Ferdinando, the General Manager at Borgo la Banaia, we drove through the beautiful central Tuscan landscape to Castel Banfi in Montalcino. This is a converted [...]

Tuscany … so much to see! We are doing this Tuscan spa adventure in bite-sized spa chunks – so no Florence, or Siena…. this time! Heading due south we stop off at San Gimignano, see Siena from a distance, and arrive at our destination – Borgo la Bagnaia in good time. This was a small [...]

The Summit is like no other conference! Modeled loosely on the annual World Economic Forum at Davos – participation mandatory; movers & shakers only; by invitation only; everybody pays – this is a true global strategy session, not a talking heads get-together. Kicking off with 25 – that’s 25 – individual country reports on the [...]

Travelling from Zurich to Interlaken, the venue for the Global Spa Summit, we are subjected the pleasure of the Swiss rail system – part of an integrated approach to transport that is a joy to behold! Zurich – change at Bern by exiting train, walking 3 metres and joining the connection almost immediately – then [...]

2009 marks the 3rd year of the Global Spa Summit – an annual conference for the great and the good of the global spa industry who have accepted the daunting challenge of providing leadership and insight into the future direction of the spa sector. As spa irresistibly moves from niche to mainstream this is an [...]

Cassandra writes…
“I was so excited this morning to open my email and see that my esteemed colleague, good friend and lovely all around spa goer, Susie Ellis (SpaFinder Inc.’s President) has issued her ‘Top 10 Spa Trends to Watch in 2009’. I will admit, I did have a bit of sneak peek at them a [...]

Kevin writes…
“ExCel London is an exhibition destination that always gets a mixed reception. It’s a generous and modern facility but situated in the Docklands as it is, getting there… can be a challenge! Anyway, it was the venue for the World Travel Market (WTM) – an annual extravagancy for the global travel industry every November. [...]