CHINA - Parting the waters

TTGasia.com, Jun 29 - Jul 5, 2007

Where once there was a desert, today there is a flood. China’s rapidly growing spa scene provides a wellspring of new alternatives. Natasha Dragun reports.“Business is booming. We don’t have enough therapists, and we don’t have enough rooms,” spa director of the newly-opened CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La Hotel Beijing, Ms Pansy Chong, tells TTG Asia. Ms Chong’s sentiments ring true for many in the industry. They are overwhelmed by the attention and interest being paid to the many modern international spas emerging around China in recent years. Today, the development is still quite formulaic: outlets are centred in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and predominantly located in international five-star hotels.

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