The Newest Thing in Hip Hotels -Spas (Newsday.com)
Pools and treadmills are yesterday's hotel amenities. Nowadays discerning guests covet honey sesame green tea scrubs, bikini waxes, and triple oxygen facials. With that in mind, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said Wednesday it is buying Bliss, owner of two trendy day spas in Manhattan and one in London, to recreate the relaxing oasises in its hip modern W hotels. The first Bliss spa will roll out in the W New York, on Lexington Avenue, late this year, followed by the W in Times Square and in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
