With the latest Global Wellness Institute research revealing the global wellness economy is worth $5.6 trillion, and set to hit a record $8.5 trillion by 2027, this year promises to be a positive one for the spa industry.

The development pipeline for spas openings across Europe is buoyant and, despite post-pandemic challenges, the wellness economy has experienced a growth surge since 2020. As consumers, governments and the medical world continue to place greater emphasis on preventative health, spa and wellness is set to boom in 2024.

The Global Wellness Economy 2023 report predicted that wellness real estate is set to grow by 17.4% annually, while wellness tourism sits at 16.6% annual growth and thermal/mineral springs are set to grow by 14.3% annually.

This translates into more than 30 new spa opening predicted during 2024.

Best London spa openings for 2024

1. Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

The much-anticipated spa at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair on Hanover Square in London is set to open in early 2024.

The subterranean spa has interiors designed by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Tokyo-based studio Curiosity, with a focus on nature and art. It will be a boutique to its sister Spa at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park.

Facilities will include an indoor 25-metre swimming pool, sauna, vitality pools, experience showers and steam rooms. The spa will offer a biohacking selection, designed to synchronise with brain waves and induce a meditative state. New to London, these treatments will be available as short 22-minute results-driven biohacks including stress release and power nap.

Other unique treatments include a series of NAD+ vitamin-boosting IV infusions, designed to alleviate symptoms such as jet-lag or hangovers.

Brand partners at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair will include Swiss Perfection, Seed to Skin Tuscany and CBD-infused OTO.

2. Six Senses London

The hotly anticipated Six Senses London will open in early 2024. The Six Senses Spa promises to mirror the different energies of London life in the former Whiteleys department store on Westbourne Grove.

In a space reminiscent of an old-fashioned underground station, Six Senses Spa will include 325sqm dedicated to fitness, a 20m indoor pool, the Alchemy Bar and a relaxation room with vaulted ceilings.

On the second floor, a new kind of social and wellness club will feature a central bar and lounge, co-working spaces and wellness and treatment rooms. Six Senses London will open with 110 guest rooms and suites, and 14 branded residences.

3. The Emory

Maybourne Hotel Group, operator of Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley, is introducing a stand-alone private members’ wellness club within The Emory, which hotel guests will have access to.

The group opens its fourth hotel in the capital this spring, designed by the late Richard Rogers and Ivan Harbour of architectural firm RSHP, located on Knightsbridge.

The innovative wellness space will be set across four floors and include a 22m pool.

4. The Newman

Located in London’s Fitzrovia, The Newman is the first hotel from new international hospitality management company, Kinsfolk & Co.

Set to open in winter 2024, the hotel has been designed by Lind + Almond and comprises 81 guest rooms and suites showcasing a contemporary art deco aesthetic. The Newman will also house a dedicated subterranean wellness floor.

The spa at The Newman will embrace Nordic simplicity, blending minimalism with innovation and functionality. The whole floor will be dedicated to wellness and include a range of hot and cold experience cabins, an active salt therapy room and a hydrotherapy pool.

The day spa will offer treatment rooms and fitness services including yoga, personal training, a meditation studio and a gym.

The Nordic inspired spa and wellness concept has been created by Swedish brand Raison d´Etre.

“The project is led by senior project manager, Michael Simonato RdE, together with his team Gwen Tan Wynne, operations manager and spa trainer Lee-Ann Galloway,” says Anna-Cari Gund, MD at Raison d’Etre.

5. Park Hyatt London River Thames

Located directly opposite Westminster, with some of the best riverside views in London, the new Park Hyatt London River Thames will have 203 rooms and suites.

Its spa and fitness centre will include relaxation lounges, a nail salon, treatment rooms and indoor pool. There will be a yoga studio and the fitness centre will have a full height glazing facade for river views while working out.

Best UK spa openings for 2024

6. The Store, Oxford

Oxford’s oldest department store, Boswells, will reopen as The Store in February. The new hotel will comprise 101 rooms with interiors by Urban R and will offer a restaurant, co-working space and rooftop bar.

The Spa at The Store, found on the lower ground floor, will feature treatments from Oskia. The vision of spa consultant Paula Perkins, the Spa at the Store’s facilities will include treatment rooms, a holistic studio space offering yoga classes and sound baths, and other experiences by appointment.

7. Marquis Spa at the Marquis Suffolk

The Marquis in Suffolk is undergoing a £15m expansion scheduled to open in July 2024. Additional facilities will include a subterranean spa and Italian gardens.

The new Marquis Spa will include one double and two single treatment rooms, a manicure area, spa lounge, sauna and hot tub.

Designed for 12 guests, the subterranean Italian-inspired vaulted spa will offer an indoor and outdoor infinity swimming pool overlooking over the Brett Valley.

Each guest will be offered their own personal bag, amenities, lockers and sumptuous day bed around the hand-crafted vaulted pool.

8. Eynsham Baths at Estelle Manor

The Estelle Manor wellness and spa offering will include the 3,000sqm Eynsham Baths, padel courts and a Clubhouse, complete with gym and class studio.

Eynsham Baths is billed as a place of ritual and indulgence. The Roman-inspired 3,000sqm spa has classical architecture, with sculpted columns and carved marble details.

It encompasses a vast tepidarium bathing hall, five pools, a lounge and ten treatment areas: including couples’ suites and thermal cabins.

9. Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries

A £2 million renovation at Cairndale Hotel will see the existing leisure club replaced with a new spa and wellness café.

Claire Caddick from Sparticulate and Mark Green from Curveline Design are devising the new spa treatment rooms and relaxation areas, with confirmed suppliers including Ellisons, BC Softwear for towels and robes, and spa products from Tribe517.

There will be six treatment rooms in the new spa, an external spa garden with cold plunge and garden sauna, a thermal pool, rasul, aroma steam room, Himalayan salt sauna, Hammam and herbal lounge.

10. The Address, Glasgow

Family-owned Irish hotel brand Address Collective is set to make its Scottish debut with a Glasgow site this spring. The group has invested £9m in The Address Glasgow, a six-storey building with 95 bedrooms.

There will be a wellness spa complete with gym, plunge pool, heated loungers and a Himalayan salt rock sauna.

Best European spa openings for 2024

11. Le Negresco’s N Le Spa, French Riviera

Le Negresco hotel is set to open a new 700sqm spa. A celebration of ‘the art of wellbeing and wellbeing in all its artforms’, the N Le Spa concept revolves around three fundamental elements: discovery, contemplation and immersion.

As well as seven treatment rooms, facilities at N Le Spa will include a pool, hot tub, sauna, hammam and sensorial showers. There is also a private 100sqm Écrin Spa, offering treatments for two as well as sensory baths, steam rooms and saunas.

N Le Spa treatments use the products and protocols of Olivier Claire, plus the French brand Vinésime, which uses active ingredients derived from Burgundy vines. In the boudoir and in the barber shop, La Maison Codage offers personalised treatments and tailor-made serums. Finally, CHO Nature’s formulas will also be available.

12. Gundari, Folegandros, Greece

At Gundari Spa, on the sleepy island of Folegandros, ancient Greek rituals will convene with Folegandros’ native herbs and tonics to create transformative wellness experiences.

As well as therapeutic treatments the spa will offer a hydrotherapy pool on a cliff edge overlooking the Aegean Sea.

The subterranean spa will offer sound baths, energy healing, yoga, meditation workshops and a curated selection of visiting wellness practitioners.

Opening in May, the five-star resort, was founded by Ricardo Larriera, will have 27 suites and villas, plus a swim-up cocktail bar.

13. Odera, Tinos, Greece

Launching in spriong 2024, Odera will be the first luxury boutique hotel on the Greek island of Tinos. Wellness at Odera will be a rejuvenating wellness offering, centred upon a holistic journey mirroring the unhurried pace of life on Tinos.

Odera will feature interiors designed by Studio Bonarchi. Products will be sourced from Tinian minerals and crafted by island locals. The spa features an indoor pool, steam room, three treatment rooms and a zero body hydrogen room.

14. Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, Salzburg, Austria

Scheduled to reopen this year, the legendary Hotel Schloss Fuschl – dating back to 1450 – is on the banks of Lake Fuschl and was initially constructed as a castle escape for Austrian royalty.

The full renovation of this 15th-century landmark, which began in 2022, will include 98 guest rooms and an Asaya Spa, Rosewood’s integrative wellbeing concept. The spa will offer eight treatment rooms, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a fitness centre.

15. Matca Hotel, Romania

Set to open imminently, Matca Hotel is set in a rural Romanian villa with view of the Transylvanian forest and Bucegi mountains. A boutique hotel with 16 rooms and ten private villas, it will feature quintessentially Transylvanian decor with a contemporary twist.

Matca has partnered with Sothys for its treatment offering. Spa facilities will include and indoor pool with jets and water beds, sauna, hammam, halotherapy, ice fountain and dip pool. The spa will also offer phytothermotherapy (hay bathing) alongside a range of beauty treatments and massages

16. Maxx WellBeing Spa Bodrum, Turkey

Turkish hospitality brand, Maxx Royal Resorts, will open Maxx Royal Bodrum in Turkey in late spring 2024. The brand’s third property is located on a private peninsula in Göltürkbükü, Turkey and will include the 4,500sqm Maxx WellBeing Spa. The property is bring designed by Turkish architect, Mahmut Anlar, with interiors by Geo_ID.

Comprising 20 treatment rooms, the Maxx WellBeing Spa will offer Balneotherapy, flotation experiences, Nuvola massage and beauty-focused treatments.

The wellbeing space will also include a medi-spa area with nine high-tech treatment rooms. Non-invasive anti-ageing experiences will include an Ozone Sauna, a sensory deprivation tank and Platelet-rich Plasma Injections.

17. Valentin Somni Hotel, Paguera, Mallorca

The former Valentin Paguera will reopen its doors in May under the new name of Valentin Somni Hotel.

New wellness facilities will include an indoor hydromassage pool, a designer outdoor and a gym offering yoga or Pilates, among others.

18. Hotel du Couvent, Nice, France

Valery Grego, (founder of Perseus) has taken over the former Couvent de la Visitation Sainte-Claire, built by the Clarisse nuns in 1604.

The Perseus group and architects Studio Mediterranee are restoring the 17th-century convent, one of the oldest in the Alpes-Maritimes, overseeing the building’s complete transformation into Hotel du Couvent. The spa will offer Roman-inspired thermal baths and access to the convent’s resident herbalist as well as tranquil terraced gardens, plus a quintessential French café when it opens in June 2024.

There will be swimming lanes,  a pond and thermal baths – paying tribute to the remains of the Roman baths which can still be seen on the hill in Cimiez, Nice. The 2.5-acre garden will form the foundation of treatments and remedies for spa guests.

19. The Hotel Maria in Helsinki, Finland

With wellness at its core, Hotel Maria will be committed to holistic wellbeing when it opens later this month.

The 500sqm Maria Spa features a Finnish sauna, a uniquely designed steam room, cold and warm water plunge pools and a greenery-filled atrium sanctuary with Spa Bar. Treatments use Biologique Recherche products and the Wellness Club fitness space will open in June 2024.

It is first hotel in the Nordics to offer a wellness concierge and personalised programmes including specially-tailored jet-lag treatments and in-suite spa treatments.

20. AREV St. Tropez, France

In the heart of St. Tropez, AREV will be a new boutique hotel. The spa will offer treatments incorporating local herbs as well as spa rituals and products from Maison ST.

Facilities at Spa & Wellness at AREV Saint Tropez will include treatment rooms and two hammams for revitalisation.

21. Hôtel Royal, Evian Resort, Lake Geneva

The flagship Spa Evian Source, part of Evian Resort, will reopen in April 2024 following a comprehensive renovation.

The 1,200sqm wellness floor will have indoor and outdoor pools, thermal suites and new immersive and multi-sensory experiences.

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