Background briefing Barr + Wray has demonstrated the value of never standing still. Since 1959 it has grown from a traditional water engineering business to become the UK’s leading provider of aqua-leisure facilities. It's management owned.
Main products and services Wet spa area design, installation, commissioning and after-sales service – conceptual engineering consultancy to detailed design.
USPs Integrated supplier of spa wet area solutions, offering flexible and cost-effective services unrestricted by geography, range or size.
How many spas do you supply? Over 200 spa projects in over 29 countries.
Top clients Four Seasons; Mandarin Oriental; Shangri-la; Jumeirah Group; One & Only; Ritz Carlton; IHG; Fairmont/Raffles; Anantara; Rocco-Forté; Sofitel; Le Meridien; and Armani.
Where in the world? Headquartered in the UK with subsidiary offices in Dubai and Hong Kong.
Plans for 2013 Further expansion in the MEA region, China and Europe. Spas due for completion: Four Seasons Baku; Sheraton Al Salam; Burj Khalifa; Le Meridien; Sofitel; Fairmont Ritz Carlton, UAE; Jumeirah, Kuwait; Qatar Foundation, Qatar; W Hotel, Singapore; Pangu, China; Crow Wood Spa, UK; and Gainsbrough Spa, UK.
2013 trade shows Global Spa & Wellness Summit, India; Hotel Expansion Summit, Turkey; Spatec, Tenerife.
Who’s who? Alister MacDonald, group MD; Peter Rietveld, MD of B+W Dubai; Derek Barton, MD of B+W Hong Kong; Lorne Kennedy, European sales director; Corrine Sunter, sales director Dubai; Cheryl Hanna, spa sales manager.
An opportunity to reimagine one of the UK’s most recognisable towers has been formally
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Background briefing Barr + Wray has demonstrated the value of never standing still. Since 1959 it has grown from a traditional water engineering business to become the UK’s leading provider of aqua-leisure facilities. It's management owned.
Main products and services Wet spa area design, installation, commissioning and after-sales service – conceptual engineering consultancy to detailed design.
USPs Integrated supplier of spa wet area solutions, offering flexible and cost-effective services unrestricted by geography, range or size.
How many spas do you supply? Over 200 spa projects in over 29 countries.
Top clients Four Seasons; Mandarin Oriental; Shangri-la; Jumeirah Group; One & Only; Ritz Carlton; IHG; Fairmont/Raffles; Anantara; Rocco-Forté; Sofitel; Le Meridien; and Armani.
Where in the world? Headquartered in the UK with subsidiary offices in Dubai and Hong Kong.
Plans for 2013 Further expansion in the MEA region, China and Europe. Spas due for completion: Four Seasons Baku; Sheraton Al Salam; Burj Khalifa; Le Meridien; Sofitel; Fairmont Ritz Carlton, UAE; Jumeirah, Kuwait; Qatar Foundation, Qatar; W Hotel, Singapore; Pangu, China; Crow Wood Spa, UK; and Gainsbrough Spa, UK.
2013 trade shows Global Spa & Wellness Summit, India; Hotel Expansion Summit, Turkey; Spatec, Tenerife.
Who’s who? Alister MacDonald, group MD; Peter Rietveld, MD of B+W Dubai; Derek Barton, MD of B+W Hong Kong; Lorne Kennedy, European sales director; Corrine Sunter, sales director Dubai; Cheryl Hanna, spa sales manager.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme
that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-
day destination.
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
As designer Yinka Ilori prepares for his first solo gallery show in London, he speaks exclusively
to CLADmag about his mission to spread joy, the power of play, and his bold approach to using
colour (including the colours you won’t see in his work).
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