Hotel Plaza Athenee New York Announces New Spa

Scheduled to open mid-May 2010, The Plaza Athénée Spa will be available exclusively to hotel guests seeking the latest in spa and wellness therapies.

The new facilities will feature four Asian themed private treatment suites sumptuously designed with natural elements – Brazilian Teakwood floors, cabinetry with ebony finish and bamboo accents, grasscloth wallpaper – offering the comfort and splendor for which the hotel has become known. To maintain an atmosphere of privacy each suite contains a dressing room, lounge chair for relaxation and a private steam shower. All of the treatment rooms will offer complete spa services – including massage, facial, body wraps, reflexology, manicure, pedicure, make up application and a comprehensive spa menu. One of the treatment suites will be equipped to offer a Thai massage treatment while another will be equipped for couples massage treatments.

The Plaza Athénée Spa will be the only luxury hotel spa in New York City to carry both Valmont and Babor Cosmetics skin care lines, offering guests therapies and treatments that set new standards of excellence while delivering the utmost in relaxation, revitalization and rejuvenation. Created in Switzerland in 1985, Valmont is known for its scientifically advanced skincare products, incorporating cutting-edge Swiss technological research and Glacial Spring Water into all of their luxurious products. Babor Cosmetics is an innovative German based cosmetic and skin care line combining the best of nature with the latest findings from the world of science.

The Spa will also be the exclusive hotel spa in New York City to offer signature treatments from these two lines, including Valmont's "L'Elixir des Glaciers Ultimate Treatment," a body and face treatment that firms and tones using high performance anti-aging ingredients, and Babor's renowned "SeaCreation™ Facial" performed with Tiger shells and special healing dolphin music to revitalize the skin and reverse the aging process. The spa opening will mark the final phase of the hotel's multi-million dollar refurbishment project, which included the renovation of the majority of guestrooms and suites, the addition of four premier luxury suites, a new lobby look, a spacious fitness center and business center.

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