Word: spas
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...long been known that a glass of red wine is good for you, but now spas are proclaiming the great grape's properties and using it in their treatments. "Vinotherapy" clients are massaged and bathed in wine and vine extracts. Supporters insist that grape antioxidants are more powerful than vitamins C and E and have a positive effect on the skin. "Because of oxidation, the body 'rusts' in the same way an apple turns brown," says Geraldine Mitton, medical director of Sant? Winelands Hotel, a wellness center in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley, one of South Africa's best-known wine...
...long been known that a glass of red wine is good for you, but now spas are proclaiming the great grape's properties and using it in their treatments. "Vinotherapy" clients are massaged and bathed in wine and vine extracts. Supporters insist that grape antioxidants are more powerful than vitamins C and E and have a positive effect on the skin. "Because of oxidation, the body 'rusts' in the same way an apple turns brown," says Geraldine Mitton, medical director of Santé Winelands Hotel, a wellness center in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley, one of South Africa 's best-known...
...having skimped on the fares, it seems many tourists want to swank it up in style. Warsaw now has eight five-star hotels - twice as many as in 2002. Hungary is building two of them a year and Bulgaria already has 23. Particularly popular are the five-star spas and "wellness" centers. For now, supply is outpacing demand, meaning typical room rates of 3200 a night can be halved by package deals. "They aren't typical Hilton guests in jackets and ties," says Paul Kovacs, spokesman for the Hilton Budapest, which gets heavy weekend traffic. "These are young people...
...Magazine was a brave political publication in the final years of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. It relaunched last week with an entirely different focus: health spas, feng shui, diets. The magazine's launch party was, nonetheless, jammed with political types, including Jose Luis (Linggoy) Alcuaz, former head of the National Telecommunications Commission and a director of the national sweepstakes. What's Linggoy doing these days? "I'm destabilizing full-time," he said. "I'm the only one who will admit...
GRILLS Barbecue grills are getting flashier. Some new models feature everything but the kitchen sink--and sometimes that's included too. Cal Spas' new Tuscany (starting at $48,000!) comes with a five-burner stainless-steel grill, a fridge, a fireplace, a two-person hot tub ... you get the idea. The Master Chef 700, above, is much more reasonable, with a $4,700 price tag. Still, most grills sold are less than...