Author: Encarna Castillo
Publisher: teNeues
ISBN: 9783832790745
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Today, fitness studios and modern spas are more than merely functional sports installations and health centers. In fact, they are painstakingly conceived and designed to delight their visitors with perfected trainling programs, the latest in health and beauty treatments, and stunning interiors. Spa & Health Club Design gathers 21 of these wellness retreats whose original designs and innovative architecture generate the perfect environment for physical exercise and relaxation. Book jacket.
Spa & Health Club Design
Author: Encarna Castillo
Publisher: teNeues
ISBN: 9783832790745
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Today, fitness studios and modern spas are more than merely functional sports installations and health centers. In fact, they are painstakingly conceived and designed to delight their visitors with perfected trainling programs, the latest in health and beauty treatments, and stunning interiors. Spa & Health Club Design gathers 21 of these wellness retreats whose original designs and innovative architecture generate the perfect environment for physical exercise and relaxation. Book jacket.
Publisher: teNeues
ISBN: 9783832790745
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Today, fitness studios and modern spas are more than merely functional sports installations and health centers. In fact, they are painstakingly conceived and designed to delight their visitors with perfected trainling programs, the latest in health and beauty treatments, and stunning interiors. Spa & Health Club Design gathers 21 of these wellness retreats whose original designs and innovative architecture generate the perfect environment for physical exercise and relaxation. Book jacket.
Designing Commercial Interiors
Author: Christine M. Piotrowski
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 047039773X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
The definitive reference on designing commercial interiors-expanded and updated for today's facilities Following the success of the ASID/Polsky Prize Honorable Mention in 1999, authors Christine Piotrowski and Elizabeth Rogers have extensively revised this guide to planning and designing commercial interiors to help professionals and design students successfully address today's trends and project requirements. This comprehensive reference covers the practical and aesthetic issues that distinguish commercial interiors. There is new information on sustainable design, security, and accessibility-three areas of increased emphasis in modern interiors. An introductory chapter provides an overview of commercial interior design and the challenges and rewards of working in the field, and stresses the importance of understanding the basic purpose and functions of the client's business as a prerequisite to designing interiors. This guide also gives the reader a head start with eight self-contained chapters that provide comprehensive coverage of interior design for specific types of commercial facilities, ranging from offices to food and beverage facilities, and from retail stores to health care facilities. Each chapter is complete with a historical overview, types of facilities, planning and interior design elements, design applications, a summary, references, and Web sites. New design applications covered include spas in hotels, bed and breakfast inns, coffee shops, gift stores and salons, courthouses and courtrooms, and golf clubhouses. In keeping with the times, there are new chapters focusing on senior living facilities and on restoration and adaptive use. A chapter on project management has been revised and includes everything from proposals and contracts to scheduling and documentation. Throughout the book, design application discussions, illustrations, and photographs help both professionals and students solve problems and envision and implement distinctive designs for commercial interiors. With information on licensing, codes, and regulations, along with more than 150 photographs and illustrations, this combined resource and instant reference is a must-have for commercial interior design professionals, students, and those studying for the NCIDQ licensing exam. Companion Web site: www.wiley.com/go/commercialinteriors
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 047039773X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
The definitive reference on designing commercial interiors-expanded and updated for today's facilities Following the success of the ASID/Polsky Prize Honorable Mention in 1999, authors Christine Piotrowski and Elizabeth Rogers have extensively revised this guide to planning and designing commercial interiors to help professionals and design students successfully address today's trends and project requirements. This comprehensive reference covers the practical and aesthetic issues that distinguish commercial interiors. There is new information on sustainable design, security, and accessibility-three areas of increased emphasis in modern interiors. An introductory chapter provides an overview of commercial interior design and the challenges and rewards of working in the field, and stresses the importance of understanding the basic purpose and functions of the client's business as a prerequisite to designing interiors. This guide also gives the reader a head start with eight self-contained chapters that provide comprehensive coverage of interior design for specific types of commercial facilities, ranging from offices to food and beverage facilities, and from retail stores to health care facilities. Each chapter is complete with a historical overview, types of facilities, planning and interior design elements, design applications, a summary, references, and Web sites. New design applications covered include spas in hotels, bed and breakfast inns, coffee shops, gift stores and salons, courthouses and courtrooms, and golf clubhouses. In keeping with the times, there are new chapters focusing on senior living facilities and on restoration and adaptive use. A chapter on project management has been revised and includes everything from proposals and contracts to scheduling and documentation. Throughout the book, design application discussions, illustrations, and photographs help both professionals and students solve problems and envision and implement distinctive designs for commercial interiors. With information on licensing, codes, and regulations, along with more than 150 photographs and illustrations, this combined resource and instant reference is a must-have for commercial interior design professionals, students, and those studying for the NCIDQ licensing exam. Companion Web site: www.wiley.com/go/commercialinteriors
Health and Wellness Tourism
Author: Melanie K. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0750683430
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today¿s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism. This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0750683430
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today¿s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism. This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.
Be Well
Author: Kari Molvar
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
ISBN: 9783899559958
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A showcase of the current culture and architecture, protagonists and ideas, and treatments and aims of twenty-first-century wellbeing. One of life's greatest pleasures is a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries--in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas. Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options. In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world's most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.
Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV
ISBN: 9783899559958
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A showcase of the current culture and architecture, protagonists and ideas, and treatments and aims of twenty-first-century wellbeing. One of life's greatest pleasures is a day spent rejuvenating the body and nourishing the spirit. Humans have practiced self-care for centuries--in the sweat lodges of the American Southwest, Roman baths, the hammams of the Ottoman Empire, Japanese onsens, and Finnish saunas. Today, a new interest in self-care is redefining how we accomplish wellness, and there have never been more options. In our increasingly switched-on lives, a growing industry of highly choreographed experiences is geared to help us switch off. Be Well is a journey around the world's most extraordinary spaces for achieving this, looking at the innovative practices they offer and how to carry them into everyday life.
Metamorphecise
Author: Lisa Dwoskin
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452519153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
As a fellow University of Miami alumnus, I am a true believer in the power of the mind. All of my life I have been an athlete and believed in the balance of mind, body, and spirit. Without having all three in proper alignment, I would not have achieved what I have in my life. I often speak about maintaining a positive mindset, eating healthy, exercising, and balancing your life. I heard about Lisa and her book from my father, and was happy to read and learn more about her journey and her passion for and commitment to helping people live happier and healthier lives. I endorse this author, and I want to personally thank her for taking the time to share her story. I feel that Lisas journey will help awaken the lives of many, and inspire others to begin their own transformations. Sensational book and very uplifting! Dwayne The Rock Johnson, actor, WWE Lisa is a very close friend of mine, and she is the daughter that I never had. I enjoyed her book very much because I felt as if Lisa was speaking directly to me in a casual and relaxed manner, about self-love, healing, and spirituality. Her book took me on a journey of transformation. It gave me tools and exercises that I began practicing in my own life, and they worked. I was able to experience her journey and it helped me in my life to relieve stress through meditation and positive thinking. Life is not easy, but we all live and learn and continue doing so until the day we die. Lisa opened my eyes to see that it is not the challenges that we face in life that define us, but the way in which we proceed and deal with those challenges. Rocky Johnson, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452519153
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
As a fellow University of Miami alumnus, I am a true believer in the power of the mind. All of my life I have been an athlete and believed in the balance of mind, body, and spirit. Without having all three in proper alignment, I would not have achieved what I have in my life. I often speak about maintaining a positive mindset, eating healthy, exercising, and balancing your life. I heard about Lisa and her book from my father, and was happy to read and learn more about her journey and her passion for and commitment to helping people live happier and healthier lives. I endorse this author, and I want to personally thank her for taking the time to share her story. I feel that Lisas journey will help awaken the lives of many, and inspire others to begin their own transformations. Sensational book and very uplifting! Dwayne The Rock Johnson, actor, WWE Lisa is a very close friend of mine, and she is the daughter that I never had. I enjoyed her book very much because I felt as if Lisa was speaking directly to me in a casual and relaxed manner, about self-love, healing, and spirituality. Her book took me on a journey of transformation. It gave me tools and exercises that I began practicing in my own life, and they worked. I was able to experience her journey and it helped me in my life to relieve stress through meditation and positive thinking. Life is not easy, but we all live and learn and continue doing so until the day we die. Lisa opened my eyes to see that it is not the challenges that we face in life that define us, but the way in which we proceed and deal with those challenges. Rocky Johnson, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler
SPAtopia
Author: Amy Rosen
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459720830
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Be it for a quickie pedicure or several hours of soulful pampering, people want to know where to go, and more importantly, what's going to happen to them once they get there. That's where SPAtopia covers over 50 spas and upwards of 100 original treatments from across Canada, the United States and beyond. The book is based on Rosen's World of Wellbeing columns in The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459720830
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Be it for a quickie pedicure or several hours of soulful pampering, people want to know where to go, and more importantly, what's going to happen to them once they get there. That's where SPAtopia covers over 50 spas and upwards of 100 original treatments from across Canada, the United States and beyond. The book is based on Rosen's World of Wellbeing columns in The Globe and Mail newspaper.
Green Consumption
Author: Bart Barendregt
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0857857959
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving towards environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists saw excess consumption as central to the problem, green consumerism now places consumption at the heart of the solution. However, ethical and sustainable consumption are also important forms of central to the creation and maintenance of class distinction. Green Consumption scrutinizes the emergent phenomenon of what this book terms eco-chic: a combination of lifestyle politics, environmentalism, spirituality, beauty and health. Eco-chic connects ethical, sustainable and elite consumption. It is increasingly part of the identity kit of certain sections of society, who seek to combine taste and style with care for personal wellness and the environment. This book deals with eco-chic as a set of activities, an ideological framework and a popular marketing strategy, offering a critical examination of its manifestations in both the global North and South. The diverse case studies presented in this book range from Basque sheep cheese production and Ghanaian Afro-chic hairstyles to Asian tropical spa culture and Dutch fair-trade jewellery initiatives. The authors assess the ways in which eco-chic, with its apparent paradox of consumption and idealism, can make a genuine contribution to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0857857959
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving towards environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists saw excess consumption as central to the problem, green consumerism now places consumption at the heart of the solution. However, ethical and sustainable consumption are also important forms of central to the creation and maintenance of class distinction. Green Consumption scrutinizes the emergent phenomenon of what this book terms eco-chic: a combination of lifestyle politics, environmentalism, spirituality, beauty and health. Eco-chic connects ethical, sustainable and elite consumption. It is increasingly part of the identity kit of certain sections of society, who seek to combine taste and style with care for personal wellness and the environment. This book deals with eco-chic as a set of activities, an ideological framework and a popular marketing strategy, offering a critical examination of its manifestations in both the global North and South. The diverse case studies presented in this book range from Basque sheep cheese production and Ghanaian Afro-chic hairstyles to Asian tropical spa culture and Dutch fair-trade jewellery initiatives. The authors assess the ways in which eco-chic, with its apparent paradox of consumption and idealism, can make a genuine contribution to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time.
Understanding the Global Spa Industry
Author: Gerry Bodeker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136351248
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales. Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine management practices in this industry and offers a groundbreaking and comprehensive approach to global spa management, covering everything from the beginnings of the industry through to contemporary management and social and ethical issues. With contributions from internationally renowned business leaders, practitioners and academics, this unique book is packed with case studies, examples and advice for all those working in, and studying, the international spa industry. Understanding the Global Spa Industry brings an analytic lens to the spa movement, examining past, current and future trends and the potential for shaping wellness and health services in the 21st century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136351248
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales. Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine management practices in this industry and offers a groundbreaking and comprehensive approach to global spa management, covering everything from the beginnings of the industry through to contemporary management and social and ethical issues. With contributions from internationally renowned business leaders, practitioners and academics, this unique book is packed with case studies, examples and advice for all those working in, and studying, the international spa industry. Understanding the Global Spa Industry brings an analytic lens to the spa movement, examining past, current and future trends and the potential for shaping wellness and health services in the 21st century.
The Rough Guide to Bangkok
Author: Lucy Ridout
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 184836881X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Bangkok is the ultimate travel guide to this frenetic city with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best Bangkok attractions. From the royal temples and palaces of Ratanakos to the vibrant weekend market at Chatuchakwith, the hushed golden temples and ultra-hip designer boutiques, discover Bangkok's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Find detailed historical coverage of the must-see sites and practical advice on getting around the city whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Bangkok includes two full-colour sections on Bangkok by boat and Thai cuisine and a crucial language section with basic words and phrases and handy tips for pronunciation. You'll find up-to-date information on excursions around the city, including trips to the grandiose ruins of Ayutthaya and the war sights along the River Kwai. Explore every corner of Bangkok with clear maps and expert backgound on everything from contemporary art to Thai Buddhism. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Bangkok
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
ISBN: 184836881X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Bangkok is the ultimate travel guide to this frenetic city with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best Bangkok attractions. From the royal temples and palaces of Ratanakos to the vibrant weekend market at Chatuchakwith, the hushed golden temples and ultra-hip designer boutiques, discover Bangkok's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Find detailed historical coverage of the must-see sites and practical advice on getting around the city whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Bangkok includes two full-colour sections on Bangkok by boat and Thai cuisine and a crucial language section with basic words and phrases and handy tips for pronunciation. You'll find up-to-date information on excursions around the city, including trips to the grandiose ruins of Ayutthaya and the war sights along the River Kwai. Explore every corner of Bangkok with clear maps and expert backgound on everything from contemporary art to Thai Buddhism. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Bangkok
The Rough Guide to Thailand
Author: Lucy Ridout
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405392789
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 903
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Thailand is the most accessible handbook to this beautiful and intriguing country. From Bangkok's vibrant night markets to stunning island beaches, the 24-page, full-color introduction pinpoints all of the country's highlights. There are details of all the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit every budget, plus "Authors' Picks" to highlight the very best options. There is plenty of expert advice on a range of activities, from trekking and scuba-diving to cookery courses and spa treatments. The guide also takes a detailed look at Thailand's history, culture, religion and wildlife and comes complete with easy-to-read maps for every region.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405392789
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 903
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Thailand is the most accessible handbook to this beautiful and intriguing country. From Bangkok's vibrant night markets to stunning island beaches, the 24-page, full-color introduction pinpoints all of the country's highlights. There are details of all the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit every budget, plus "Authors' Picks" to highlight the very best options. There is plenty of expert advice on a range of activities, from trekking and scuba-diving to cookery courses and spa treatments. The guide also takes a detailed look at Thailand's history, culture, religion and wildlife and comes complete with easy-to-read maps for every region.