by Ilja Pankow, current at Gran Melia, Shanghai
The Spa at ARIA and Vdara Health & Beauty at CityCenter, the spectacular new resort destination on the Las Vegas Strip, invite guests to experience the city’s most luxurious new spas at unbelievable value April 12-18. The luxurious venues will join 800 spas across North America.
ARIA Resort & Casino
The Spa at ARIA is where nature’s healing properties take center stage. The 80,000-square-foot, two-level spa offers a wealth of nurturing amenities including Las Vegas’ first co-ed spa balcony, featuring an outdoor infinity-edge pool with views of ARIA’s spectacular poolscape. Inside, a unique Shio Room, featuring walls of softly illuminated bricks of salt, gently infuses salt into the air to encourage the healing of skin irritations and upper respiratory problems. A second relaxation area, the Ganbanyoku Room, is the only in the country to offer Japanese heated stone beds.
Vdara Hotel & Spa
A sensuous spa sanctuary, Vdara Health & Beauty spotlights holistic health and well-being in an intimate environment. An 18,000-square-foot, two-level spa, salon and advanced fitness facility, Vdara Health & Beauty offers a selection of signature services that use quality ingredients derived from organic herbs, flowers, fruits, vegetables and essential oils. Men’s and women’s retreats feature redwood saunas and eucalyptus steam rooms while Relaxation and Meditation Lounges provide quiet escapes.
About CityCenter
CityCenter is an unprecedented urban metropolis on 67 acres between Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. CityCenter is a joint venture between MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) and Infinity World Development Corp, a subsidiary of Dubai World. CityCenter features ARIA, a 61-story, 4,004-room gaming resort; luxury non-gaming hotels including Las Vegas’ first Mandarin Oriental and Vdara Hotel & Spa; Veer Towers, the development’s only strictly residential buildings; and Crystals, a 500,000-square-foot retail and entertainment district. Vdara, Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas and Veer Towers include approximately 2,400 residences total.
CityCenter also features a resident Cirque du Soleil production celebrating the timeless musical legacy of Elvis Presley; and an unparalleled Fine Art Collection with works by acclaimed artists including Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, among others. CityCenter is a design collaboration between MGM MIRAGE and eight internationally acclaimed architectural firms including Pelli Clarke Pelli, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Helmut Jahn, RV Architecture LLC led by Rafael Viñoly, Foster + Partners*, Studio Daniel Libeskind*, David Rockwell and Rockwell Group, and Gensler. At the forefront of sustainability, CityCenter is the world’s largest private green development. ARIA, Vdara, Crystals, Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas and Veer Towers all have received LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. This marks the highest LEED achievement for any hotel, retail district or residential development in Las Vegas. The Harmon Hotel has been postponed until such time as CityCenter determines to proceed with its completion. For more information about CityCenter, please visit www.citycenter.com.
