The little touches make all the difference – hence why luxury five star resort The Grove, in Hertfordshire, turned to BC Softwear to help give guests the ultimate relaxation in the hotel’s Sequoia Spa.
Enhancing the spa experience has become a vital consideration in creating or refurbishing a spa. There is, however, one element of the experience that is often overlooked, but is the first touch point for your client: the bathrobe that they put on before the treatment and the towel that touches their skin.
One particular spa that understands the importance of this experience is Sequoia Spa at The Grove. Sequoia is a haven of wellbeing and is fresh from an extensive nine month renovation. The team at The Grove, who were keen to enhance their new treatment rooms with a totally new towelling colour scheme, approached BC Softwear. BC Softwear is the UK’s leading supplier of luxury towels and bathrobes to the hotel and spa industry and can advise on the appropriate weight, weave and absorbency of a towel based on its expected use and performance.
Sequoia chose a collection of luxurious towels that are appropriately named the Gold Treatment Bed Makeover Collection, with performance in a high turnover environment paramount to the selection process. The choice of dark colour towels represents a move away from the pale cream traditional spa look.
“Colour is the new white in the spa world,” said BC Softwear MD Barbara Cooke. “In the past coloured towelling was subject to fading and there were variances in batches of colours but with new developments in the dyeing processes, we can now produce a towel to match any pantone or colour swatch, which are colourfast and designed to last.”
The Treatment Bed Makeover Kit uses just three towels, a towelling couch cover, a super-sized towelling jumbo sheet and a bath sheet. Laura Johnson, creative director, commented: “The treatment bed looks immaculate, the therapists are delighted that their treatment turnaround times are reduced, and the laundry costs are reduced. It’s a winning formulation!”
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The little touches make all the difference – hence why luxury five star resort The Grove, in Hertfordshire, turned to BC Softwear to help give guests the ultimate relaxation in the hotel’s Sequoia Spa.
Enhancing the spa experience has become a vital consideration in creating or refurbishing a spa. There is, however, one element of the experience that is often overlooked, but is the first touch point for your client: the bathrobe that they put on before the treatment and the towel that touches their skin.
One particular spa that understands the importance of this experience is Sequoia Spa at The Grove. Sequoia is a haven of wellbeing and is fresh from an extensive nine month renovation. The team at The Grove, who were keen to enhance their new treatment rooms with a totally new towelling colour scheme, approached BC Softwear. BC Softwear is the UK’s leading supplier of luxury towels and bathrobes to the hotel and spa industry and can advise on the appropriate weight, weave and absorbency of a towel based on its expected use and performance.
Sequoia chose a collection of luxurious towels that are appropriately named the Gold Treatment Bed Makeover Collection, with performance in a high turnover environment paramount to the selection process. The choice of dark colour towels represents a move away from the pale cream traditional spa look.
“Colour is the new white in the spa world,” said BC Softwear MD Barbara Cooke. “In the past coloured towelling was subject to fading and there were variances in batches of colours but with new developments in the dyeing processes, we can now produce a towel to match any pantone or colour swatch, which are colourfast and designed to last.”
The Treatment Bed Makeover Kit uses just three towels, a towelling couch cover, a super-sized towelling jumbo sheet and a bath sheet. Laura Johnson, creative director, commented: “The treatment bed looks immaculate, the therapists are delighted that their treatment turnaround times are reduced, and the laundry costs are reduced. It’s a winning formulation!”
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2015 issue 2
Interview: Kathy Van Ness
The COO at Golden Door tells Katie Barnes how she’s used her background in fashion to reinvent the destination spa
Wellness: In sickness & health
The Urban Zen Integrative Therapy programme by designer Donna Karan helps acutely-ill patients in health and social care settings. Julie Cramer reports
Design: Sense of arrival
Neena Dhillon talks to the spa designers and operators at the new Aman and Ritz-Carlton properties in Japan
Ask an expert: Neuromarketing
Could this field of market research hold the key to finding out what customers really want? Rhianon Howells investigates
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remaining actively involved with the company.
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longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
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complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
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