The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Belhoul Group and France’s Accor will build and manage the region's first wellness and thalassotherapy resort to be located on the man-made Island Palm Jumeirah off the coast of Dubai.
Ground breaking for the resort is planned for the third quarter of this year and it is due to open by the end of 2005. The 400-room resort complex will be located on the second plot of The Palm's trunk and will occupy a site of 20,000 square meters.
The focus on thalassatherapy reflects the increasing popularity of a form of treatment that combines the marine environment with natural medicine to eliminate body toxins, relax knotted muscles, aid blood circulation and stimulate tired skin.
Belhoul Group's involvement in the medical and wellness services industry goes back to 1977. It has recently opened the Belhoul Apollo hospital, the latest private advanced care tertiary hospital in Dubai. Its wellness services to the Accor-managed resort will include complete diagnosis, nutritional management, alternative treatments, therapy, meditation, cosmetic surgery, and dentistry. — (menareport.com)
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