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SPA LIFE WEDDINGS MAGAZINE
2010/2011
Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario, at the chic InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel, THE SPA is the perfect hidden oasis, where guests can enjoy a well deserved relaxatio experience in a beautiful and spacious environment. THE SPA offers all treatment types: facials, nails, body and massage. Completely unique to THE SPA is their "on the go" menu, created for their distinctive clientele who live a busy lifestyle with minimal opportunity to indulge in treatments.
THE SPA doesn't just offer guests luxury spa accommodations! To work off the added stress of everyday life, THE SPA offers a fitness centre and water therapies: a saline pool, Himalayan salt hot tub, and eucalyptus infused steam rooms, which are most popular for their leisure and healing properties. Guests may access these amenities with a daily fitness pass, the cost of which is waived if spa treatments are purchased.
THE SPA is the perfect spot to bring your bridal party for some pre-wedding pampering. This dynamic urban retreat has options available for single or group treatments, with specialized wedding packages i preparation for that special day! THE SPA is the perfect place for you to beat those wedding jitters by experiencing a relaxing massage or a rejuvenating facial. Gather with your closest friends and family for some 'girl time' before the big 'I do'. Spa experiences can be catered to any type of group as the environment can accommodate over 60 people, for event purposes. As an added bonus, with any wedding group booking, receive complimentary champagne, chocolate covered strawberries and a small gift for everyone! Make your SPA experience a great one!
FASHION MAGAZINE
November 2010
FASHION's cross-Canada guide to some of the best places to get pampered.
Blessed with terrace views of the CN Tower and a Zen-like ambience, the real standout at this third-floor spa is the Key Senses Body Treatment ($250).Blending ancient heat therapies with ultra-modern skin care, it begins with a gentle all-over body sponging using warm sachets filled with herbs and tea, followed by a stress-relieving hot-stone massage. A full facial starring Italian skin-care line Comfort Zone completes the sense-stimulating experience.
WHERE ESSENTIALS
2009-2010
Urban Renewal
A lot of thought went into generating the signature treatment at The Spa Intercontinental Toronto Centre, a holistic-inspired therapy that combines a variety of services into one. Ancient modalities fuse with modern healing as you begin the journey face down, and inhaling deeply while a scented poultice—a small pouch filled with herbs and flowers like roses, lavender, chamomile and oranges—fragrantly fills the room. Hot stones are then anointed with grape seed and rose oils and placed on your back, arms and legs to melt away muscle tension like butter. Then you turn over, the process is repeated, and you receive a facial: makeup removal, cleanse, steam, exfoliation and mask, after which toner and serum is applied. Two skincare lines—Italy's bio-active Comfort zone and organic, biodynamic Jurlique from Australia—are both environmentally conscious and vegan-friendly. Along with formaldehyde-free nail polish lines like Spa Ritual, they denote to this spa's dedication to carrying the greenest products around.
By: Viviane Kertész
GLOW MAGAZINE
April 2009
GLOW’s Annual Spa Guide
At GLOW, we have high standards – that’s because we’re working for you. So, every year, we raise the bar in terms of who and what makes the cut in our Best Spa Guide. You can rest assured that the fabulous spots on the following pages all deserve their awards. For starters, they share many admirable qualities: courteous, professional staff; detailed, unique services; and beautiful settings. But they also have that je ne sais quoi that makes them stand out in a sea of sameness. Nothing but the best for glow readers – nothing but the best.
By: Beth Thompson
FASHION MAGAZINE
October 2009
Best Places Across Canada to Get Pampered —
Whether you’re nibbling minted-honey-and-yoghurt-dipped fruit from your wicker patio lounger or inhaling steam scented with floral essences from atop the massage table, the soothing ambiance of this spa is omnipresent. The Key Senses body treatment ($250) includes a warm grape-seed-oil poultice, a hot-stone massage and a customized facial using products from a natural-beauty brand Jurlique.
FQ MAGAZINE
Holiday 2008
SAY SPAAAAAH —
On a cold day-and Toronto does have it’s fair share of those-what could be more comforting than a swim in a heated pool, a sensuous hot-stone massage or a cozy, sun-filled room with stunning views of the city’s skyline? Newly opened, The Spa InterContinental Toronto Centre offers all these, plus a long list of other soothing amenities within its 8,000 square feet of public lounge areas and private treatment rooms. The usual spa staples (mani/pedi, waxing, traditional massage) are on the menu along with a host of unique extras, such as the vegan nail line, a Himalayan-salt hot tub and Key Senses, the spa’s signature 90-minute treatment combining organic aromatherapy with massage and a facial. For use in their treatments …[comfort zone] which is the spa’s Italian-made luxury range, developed especially for therapists”. Spa memberships are available in increments of three months, six months or a year-it all depends on how badly you want to escape winter.
—G.J.
EXAMINER.COM
October 2009
Top Spas in Toronto
The Intercontinental Toronto Centre serves up The Spa in the heart of the city near the waterfront. The 8,000 square-foot spa features 10 treatment rooms, steam room, saline pool and unique Himalayan salt hot tub. On a warm day, you’ll love the views of the city and its iconic CN Tower seen from the tranquility of the spa’s outdoor terrace.
According to Donna Gil, the assistant spa manager, The Spa’s focus is on simplicity and getting back to nature. To that end they use natural product lines like Comfort Zone, Jurlique and Akhassa (the first spa in Toronto to carry this organic Thai line).
For a total indulgence, I opt for the Glorious Life Facial. While this treatment’s name would have you think it’s aimed at older women, Donna tells me that it’s targeted towards women in their 30s to use as preventative medicine. She also informs me that the treatment is supposed to extend the life of any Botox injections.
The Glorious Lift is an hour-long experience featuring Comfort Zone products. The intensive facial means that clients will see results immediately thanks to the cleansing and exfoliating products and mainly the glycolic peel that is incorporated. During the service you’ll also be treated to a hand and foot massage and moisturizing treatment and neck and scalp massage. After the treatment is finished I was really impressed when Donna asked if I wanted my therapist to retouch my make-up before I headed out.
By: Dena Braun
SHARP FOR MEN
November 2008
The Business of Feeling Good
In the heart of downtown Toronto's business district lies an oasis (of sorts); a spa named aptly — “The Spa.” You’ll find it on the third floor of the tres chic InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel on Front Street.
Once inside, the outside life you once knew all but vanishes. The irony of this knocks you flat when you realize the only thing separating this paradise from that all drudgery below is some ornately shaped glass.
Launched just this past June, this 8,000 square foot retreat is open seven days a week, music to many a jet-setter’s ears. It’s no wonder that the place is a hot spot for business execs and celebrities, all pit-stopping for one-hour, three-hour or twenty-four shots of nirvana. While some of Toronto's denizens are known to drop by for a quick lunch (or tea), others will stay the entire day for the kind of pampering worthy of royalty.
In due course, everyone who comes here ends up looking and feeling like five million dollars.
By: Leo Petaccia
