The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. continues to show its strong commitment to China with the recent opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen. This new hotel further demonstrates the exceptional brand growth of The Ritz-Carlton in China, with five new luxury hotels having opened in the space of slightly more than two years.

The Ritz-Carlton, the world’s premier provider of luxury lifestyle experiences, has now expanded its footprint in mainland China to include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Sanya, offering not just city hotels, but also a resorts and Residences. The latest addition to the company’s growing portfolio of luxury hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, will redefine the luxury lifestyle experience in the south China city.

“We are proud to partner with Shenzhen Galaxy Industrial Company in the development of this wonderful new hotel. The location offers significant advantages with its presence in the Futian Central Business District directly across from the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre in this fast developing business destination.” said Simon F. Cooper, president and chief operating officer.

Contemporary in design, The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen comprises 282 luxurious guestrooms, including 43 suites that offer magnificent views of the city – nine of which feature signature balconies. The 446-square meter (4,801 square feet) Ritz-Carlton Suite features a magnificent twostorey grand entrance with floor-to-ceiling, offering a 270-degree panoramic view of the city, a steam room, Jacuzzi, study, library and games room.Guests of The Ritz-Carlton Club® Level, the signature section of the hotel accessible only by key card access, will enjoy 24-hour refreshments in the hotel’s Club Lounge; the services of dedicated, multi-lingual concierge staff and a spectacular view of Futian central business district.

All guest rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including wireless and wired internet access, iPod docking stations, flat screen televisions and DVD players as standard to enable guests to both work and relax in their rooms. Most of the guest rooms will also offer luxurious free-standing bath tubs.

Four specialty restaurants, a lounge, a bar and a delicatessen will offer a multitude of dining options from traditional Chinese to classic Italian cuisine. Flavorz, the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant will offer international favorites from five live cooking stations, while Xingli, a contemporary Chinese Restaurant, authentic Chiu Chow, Cantonese and Szechuan specialties will be served.

For those who have a taste for Italian, Paletto is a fine dining choice with a private room for special occasions. Surrounded by a beautiful array of greenery, the roof top poolside restaurant, Leaves, is an excellent place to savour a drink and enjoy South-East Asian favorites. Curv Bar is a comfortable setting for drinks, snacks, nightcaps and live entertainment, while Onyx Lounge will be the center of the hotel’s dramatic atrium space, with a focal curved wall that connects all levels of the hotel and is a combination of wood and back-lit golden-hued onyx. This versatile space is just as suitable for afternoon tea as it is for impromptu business meetings, where guests may take advantage of the wireless technology.

As a key destination for business in the city due to its facilities and close proximity to the Convention Centre, the Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen will offer a variety of fully-featured meetings and function space. The Grand Ballroom will offer 608 square meters’ (6,627 sq ft) of flexible meeting space – divisible by three – with 8.5-meter high ceilings, for conferences and special events of up to 600 guests, while nine smaller function rooms and an Executive Boardroom can be used for meetings from 12 to 300 guests.

In total the hotel will offer 1,319 square meters (14,364 sq ft) of meeting space, all of which will be equipped with the most advanced technology, including the broadcasting system linked to all function rooms, and a 12,000-lumen built-in projector. In addition to a world-class audio and visual set-up, the hotel’s Conference Butler, floral artist services and a dedicated catering and conference team ensures a seamless experience for all meetings and events.

The fifth floor of the hotel will feature a landscaped roof garden including an outdoor heated swimming pool, a terrace and Jacuzzi with sundeck. A 1,300 square meters (13,993 sq ft) Spa and Fitness Center occupying two floors offers a fully equipped gymnasium, yoga studio, six private treatment rooms and four outside cabanas. Indoors melts into outdoors as specialty treatment rooms open to the beautifully landscaped private terraces and outdoor pool.

The mixed-use complex will include The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, office space, and high-end retail space and is conveniently located next to a metro station serving the city’s two main lines with direct access to rail links to Hong Kong and cities in China.

The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen is the sixth luxury property in the company to open in China. The hotel will join The Portman Ritz-Carlton, Shanghai, The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street, The Ritz- Carlton, Beijing, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou and The Ritz-Carlton, Sanya.

For more information please visit The Ritz Carlton Shenzhen with Finest SPA

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Having bathtub in your bathroom and a pool in your backyard isn’t enough. Obviously, you must have a pool in your bathroom for that would be true luxury but installing one wasn’t a very easy thing, until KOS came by.

KOS brings you the Faraway Pool which appears to be something of a mix between a small pool and a Jacuzzi. Unlike a bathtub and much like a Jacuzzi, the Faraway pool is fitted into the ground with small steps leading in. A trench running along the sides of the mini pool is there to catch the excess water flowing out. the pool has a tiny fan which gives the water a rippling effect creating the soothing illusion that one is immersed in something more than just an artificial pool.

The KOS Faraway Pool was designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba and was presented at the ISH 2009 in Frankfurt. The simplistic and stylish pool can be yours if you have the right amount of money; the price is available upon request from the manufacturer.

Product description

A graphic statement at ground level, the Faraway/ Pool sunken mini-pool is level with the floor.
Bringing together the best of the Faraway collection, Kos presents the concept spa: the bathroom is no longer a ritual place, but a space dedicated to a multi-sensory wellbeing.
Function and aesthetics integrally blended: typically functional items are transformed into geometric details of great beauty. The steps to lower oneself into the pool become sources of illumination; the ground-level fissure for the collection of water doubles the pool’s outline; the blower placed under the steps ripples the surface of the water over the entire length of the pool.

An object of great emotional impact, for infinitely pleasurable moments.
Once again Kos explores the boundaries of wellbeing, to be experienced indoor and outdoor.

For more information visit the KOS website

The Anne Sémonin Spa in the Bristol Hotel unveils its new attractions.

The three booths on the ground floor (a boutique, two multi-functional booths with a shower and a floor massage booth) had already been completely renovated in July 2007.

From now on, the Anne Sémonin spa can be accessed from the hotel and has been enlarged with three additional booths on the first floor: a single booth, a double booth and a Lise Watier makeup booth, thus offering a beautiful additional beauty and wellbeing area sheltered from the famous, bustling rue du Faubourg St Honoré. So many good reasons to succumb to the unique know-how of the Anne Sémonin aestheticians and the Bristol hotel’s five star service!

Refined design with pure lines.

Living up to the luxury and refinement of the Bristol hotel, the decoration of the Anne Sémonin Spa involved talented, passionate craftspeople, promoting the use of fine natural materials, such as raw Juneda stone (for the floor, water wall and shower booths), whitewood (for the furniture), cashmere (for the plaids and cushions) and silver (for the boxes and accessories). The highly technological devices used for the plumbing (chromed stainless steel, calling to mind the lids of the treatment product pots), lighting, sound system and pure air renewal system are an integral part of the Spa’s beauty. The boutique’s gentle, plush environment, upholstered in beige, upholding confidentiality and discretion, includes a water wall, the sound of the running water bringing total relaxation and serenity. A consultation area, decorated with the white orchids dear to the brand, has also been provided and a wall of backlit presentation niches promoting the Anne Sémonin product range is visible from the street.

The Anne Semonin experience : A made-to-measure treatment programme and five-star service.

The Anne Sémonin Spa at the Bristol hotel invites you to discover the Anne Sémonin experience through their new collection of massages and treatments for the face and body: a complete and exceptionally diverse programme designed around the made-tomeasure concept, exclusively for the Bristol hotel!
All treatments start with an initial diagnosis for each client, based around their lifestyle, skin type and the products they usually use. Then, the real beauty alchemists, the aestheticians, develop, in the presence of the client, a treatment perfectly adapted to their needs, mixing essential oil and oligo-element complexes with the various treatment products, applying the know-how which has established Anne Semonin’s reputation.

Finally, to round off the treatment beautifully, clients are offered Mariage Frères tea, accompanied by the Bristol Hotel’s mini macaroons. For this new “flagship” venue, Anne Sémonin and the Bristol Hotel have recruited a professional team made up of five full-time aesthetician/masseurs, with the additional involvement of Bastien Gonzalez, famous pedicurist to the stars, working exclusively in Paris with the Bristol Hotel.

The hotel has a fitness room, steam room and covered, heated swimming pool on the 6th floor with a view over the rooftops of Paris. Access to this equipment is reserved for clients staying in the Hotel.

For more information visit The Bristol with Finest SPA