Vietnam’s Life Heritage Resort Hoi An Opens Spa

Six months after the Life Heritage Resort Hoi An reopened, it opened the doors on a Life Spa. Throughout its first several years of operation, the riverside resort’s Life Spa operated in a cabana setting between the banks of the Thu Bon and the resort’s pool. This month, the expanded Life Spa debuts four new treatments rooms and a spa menu.

Life Resorts operates two wholly-owned resorts in Vietnam, the Hoi An property and the Life Wellness Resort Quy Nhon, and manages the Blue Ocean Resort on the south central coast in Phan Thiet.

The Dutch company is also developing resorts in Ninh Binh, Danang and Ha Long Bay. In Hoi An, the Life Spa’s treatments range from wellness options to cleansing rituals, skin treatments and a suite of beautification classics. The signature treatment is an 80-minute fusion of seven techniques, known as the “Harmony of Energy.”

The spa features several 30-minute express treatments, and a clutch of healing treatments that include hot stone therapies, aromatic oils and foot reflexology. The spa offers two exfoliating treatments, using green tea, sea salt and ginger. Two additional skin treatments leverage the replenishing powers of mud, and the moisturizing properties of honey.

The Life Spa’s facials constitute the most extensive range of protocols on the new menu, with seven opportunities to rejuvenate the fatigued countenance. The new spa’s sunken terrazzo tubs have been designed for baths of flowers, coconut milk and Vietnamese herbs.

Life Resorts owns and operates the 94-room Life Heritage Resort Hoi An. Reopened in August 2008 after a major six-month renovation, the resort sits on a quiet stretch of the Thu Bon River within walking distance of the trading port’s downtown.