Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai joins prestigious Starwood Spa Collection

The Starwood Spa Collection is comprised of more than 50 hotels and resorts from all corners of the globe that are renowned for their incomparable service, luxurious treatments and unwavering standards of excellence. Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa is one of the 17 spas to join the Starwood Spa Collection this year, representing an impressive 40% growth of its award-winning portfolio of spas.

Caracalla Spa & Health Club takes its inspiration from the Antonine Baths, considered ancient Rome's most luxurious public baths in the third century AD. Hidden away the spa is a tailor-made corner of pure indulgence, dedicated to re-invigoration and pampering. Flickering candles offer an intimate atmosphere, aromatic lotions soothe the senses and everything from the fleecy towels to the fresh orchids add to the sense of well-being and exotic luxury. Caracalla hosts a delicate array of treatments designed to sooth your soul. But the experience doesn't stop with the treatment as you can linger in the sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi or the central Hammam with five plunge pools set in a Romanesque atrium.

"The Starwood Spa Collection is synonymous with luxury indulgence around the world. Caracalla has been at the top of the game for a long time and it is one of the most loved Spas in Dubai, so we are sure that it will fit very well within this highly regarded collection of international peers," said Pam Wilby, general manager Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort & Spa.

Caracalla Spa was recently awarded the Middle East Leading Spa Resort for the fourth year running at the World Travel Awards 2006. The award adds to other accolades won by the hotel for best Spa in the Middle East, including the Conde Nast Traveler award (UK-based travel magazine) and the MENA gold accolade for Best Spa.

The Seven Pillars of Well-Being
The inspiration for each member of the Starwood Spa Collection is "The Seven Pillars of Well-Being". While guests can expect a comprehensive offering of spa services from each member in the Collection, no one experience will be like the other. Instead, the Starwood Spa Collection celebrates cultural differences and provides spa enthusiasts with boundless travel choices to fulfill their personal quests for well-being. The Seven Pillars of Well-Being philosophy that distinguishes each member of The Starwood Spa Collection are:

• Beauty - A celebration of inner and outer beauty
• Life Balance - Mind and body in peaceful symmetry
• Harmony - Achieving an inner peace where all the senses balance in harmony
• Aqua - Water - the source of life and the heart of the spa experience
• Vitality - Heightened energy and vigor - expanding your fitness horizon
• Nature - Centers the mind, body and spirit with earthly elements
• Nutrition - Healthy nourishment for the mind and body

These elements serve as the benchmark for the treatments and services available throughout The Starwood Spa Collection. Signature treatments include the Elemis Visible Brilliance Facial, a luxurious anti aging treatment for the face and eyes to rejuvenate and instantly boost the skin. Alternatively guest may indulge in the Himalyan Healing Hot Stone Therapy, an old Mongolian concept of healing through stones with touch of Aurveda and traditional Chinese medicine and true Tibetan healing.