Queen Victoria and Today’s Spa
by Marilyn Green -- Cunard Line's Queen Victoria
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"We have truly found the perfect balance between pure indulgence and fitness."
Carol Marlow,
president of Cunard
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Cunard Line's brand new Queen Victoria will debut this month, with its 1,300-square foot glass-enclosed Cunard Royal Spa & Fitness Centre with ocean views. Cunard turned to The Onboard Spa Company, experts from long-time UK-based Cunard partners Harding Brothers Spa and Multitrax Maritime to create the health center, which is built around a Hydrotherapy Pool and Thermal Suite. The space includes saunas, steam rooms, a meditation room, showers and relaxation area. Following the Thermal Suite experience, guests can enjoy a private 745-gallon Hydrotherapy Pool area with relaxation beds. Thermal Suite day passes are available for those guests not booking a treatment.
"As a perfect complement to Queen Victoria's worldwide itineraries, our guests can take stimulating journeys with treatments inspired by Asian, Far Eastern and exotic cultures. Guests can also enjoy a multi-dimensional lifestyle-wellness approach through a comprehensive structured fitness program," said Carol Marlow, president of Cunard, adding, "Our guests want to live healthier lives and aboard Queen Victoria, they will be able to establish life-changing healthy routines under the direction of some of the world's most diversely trained fitness practitioners. We have truly found the perfect balance between pure indulgence and fitness."
Treatment highlights include Aromasoul Signature Body Rituals, a collection of four massage therapies inspired by the techniques of ancient cultures. Each uses a combination of exotic oils, music, unique atomizers and traditional massage strokes. The 90-minute rituals include Arabian, Oriental, Mediterranean and Indian inspired treatments. At the conclusion, the therapist serves the guest a special herbal tea in the relaxation room. Age-defying facials, scrubs and mud wraps are also expected to be high on the list of guest choices.
The spa will include a range of men's treatments and products, including a traditional shave and barbering experience, tailored skin programs and revitalizing massages.
Guests can choose one of several Day Spa Escape packages, ranging in length from three and a-half to four and a half hours.
The fitness center provides a comprehensive wellness approach to keeping fit including six branded exercise programs, acupuncture, nutrition consultations and a meditation program. A workout facility and aerobics studio are only the beginning. A half-dozen branded fitness programs will be featured, including the Pilates Institute at Sea, as well as Gravity, a trainer-led program using a glide board and body weight; Yo'Fit, a yoga program; Multitrax Indoor Cycling; Push and Lift, a resistance workout program; and Zumba, a Latino-inspired dance aerobic workout.
To promote well-being, the spa also offers a guided meditation program, one-on-one personal training, acupuncture by registered therapists of the British Acupuncture Council and an ionic detox program, together with complimentary aerobics, step and conditioning classes. Guest lectures, with noted experts, including Michael King, the creator of the Pilates Institute Method will be featured.
The Stylespa Salon is a full service hair and beauty facility that features four K rastase Hair Rituals, each designed to address the specific needs of a guest's hair, as determined by the K rastase Ambassador. A five-step process will rebalance, bathe, treat, revitalize and retexture hair.
The second largest Cunarder ever built, the 2,000-guest Queen Victoria will features including the first traditional West End-style private boxes at sea in the Royal Court Theatre and the first Cunardia museum exhibit at sea, housing Cunard artifacts and memorabilia.
For more information visit www.cunard.com.
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