With a total market size of $19.3 billion in 2022 and some 21,848 sites in the United States, the spa industry is one to be reckoned with. A sizable chunk of it (37.4%) is tied to hotels and resorts, due to booming wellness tourism worldwide. Still, standalone spas or those grouped under a brand make up the bulk of the industry. We at Westfair wanted to introduce you to some area newcomers you might not be familiar with, as well as one well-established brand whose flagship has risen from the ashes quite literally.
A Mother”™s Day ”˜Opus”™ throughout May ”¯
With the aforementioned wellness tourism in ascendance, The Opus, Westchester in White Plains counts on its new ”¯spa and salon ”“ along with its renovated fitness center and indoor, heated pool ”“ to create the ambiance of an urban resort.
The Opus celebrates Mother”™s Day throughout the month of May with its ”¯Pamper Mom”¯ Package. The one-night stay, which starts at $999, includes a 90-minute Deep Muscle Melt Massage treatment; Champagne; a $200 credit at the new Red Horse by David Burke restaurant, a steakhouse with Asian influences; the Opus Signature Breakfast for two; a 2 p.m. late checkout; and access to the rooftop pool, sauna, steam room and fitness center.
Guests can also head to the 42nd floor for the seasonal menus and New York City skyline views of The Restaurant at Kanopi or enjoy cocktails and light bites in the hotel”™s Lobby Lounge.
Aethics Med Spa
Aethics stands for “Advanced Esthetic Training and Health Information Comprehensive Services.” So Aethics Med Spa, which opened in White Plains last December, not only offers a range of classic spa services but a training clinic in lasers, injectables, microneedling, skincare, body contouring and more.”¯Medical professionals participating in the clinic work on individuals who sign up to be models and receive discounted treatments. For more, click here. https://aethicsmedspa.com/#
Nailing it at The Westchester
QQ Nails & Spa, which opened at The Westchester mall in White Plains last July, offers not only manicures and pedicures (gel, Japanese gel, SNS dip powders and polish) but also massages, waxing and eyelash services in a bright spa setting “with our highest standard,” the website said, https://www.qqnailspa.com/ “QQ ”“ queen”™s quality.”
Rebirth of a flagship
After a fire that destroyed its original location in Greenwich”™s Riverside section in 2020, Greenwich Medical Spa is scheduled to have a soft opening May 1 for the reimagined site. (The spa currently has a temporary Greenwich location in Cos Cob.) The new two-story, 6,000-square-foot medical spa at 1285 E. Putnam Ave.””which will have its grand opening June 1 ”“ takes an even more holistic approach to wellness that goes beyond its 10 treatment rooms.
The main floor features a lounge, café and a beauty bar for product demonstrations and vendor events as well as such treatments as cosmetic injectables, skin tightening and advanced facial laser work. The main floor also contains the aesthetic department, offering high-tech facials and the GMS Acne Clinic. The lower level houses the new GMS Body Center, which provides clients with such services as Coolsculpting Elite, Emsculpt Neo and laser hair removal. It also includes an open workspace/café/lounge and kitchen where patients can relax while savoring an array of beverages, customized graffiti artwork and hanging swing chairs or work if they choose.
The flexible space can also be transformed into a hub to host meetings and special events for local organizations that align with the GMS brand.
As founder Marria Pooya https://westfaironline.com/featured/empowering-people-to-look-and-feel-good/ said in a statement, “My vision for this space is to host educational and local charitable fundraising events, invite vendors and businesses to create pop-ups to introduce new services and products and for GMS to play a more instrumental and purposeful role in connecting and building our community through networking and education.
“We are excited to unveil this”¦new concept to our many patients, new customers and partners in Greenwich where we founded the business in 2005 and hope to carry the concept throughout all of our clinics,” Pooya added of the Westport, Ridgefield, Glastonbury, West Hartford and Scarsdale locales, with Closter, New Jersey, coming in June.
The flagship was redesigned by Stephanie Purzycki, CEO of The Finish home goods store in Southport and a Fairfield resident, who has done residential and hospitality interiors for such brands as Regent Seven Sea Cruises, Sixty Hotels, The Study at Yale hotel, Thompson Hotels, Tishman hotels, Westin Hotels & Resorts; and OTG, which has reinvented airport terminals across the United States and Canada.
“Design concepts for the new GMS Greenwich MedSpa are purposefully rooted in nature to provide a calm, soothing environment that enhances the patient”™s experience,” stated Purzycki. “Beautiful, textured wallpaper from Omexco was chosen for the reception area to add visual interest and sophistication upon arrival and to provide a GMS signature look. We curated mural wallcoverings from Drop it Modern with soft, figurative female line drawings that embrace the elegance and power of women.”
With plans to acquire or open additional tristate locations, ultimately expanding throughout the Northeast, GMS is also enhancing its portfolio of services.
In March, it introduced the Generator, an add-on to many of the skin and laser treatments that reduces healing time and increases collagen rejuvenation. ”¯
“The Generator delivers billions of stem cell-derived exosomes to trigger potent growth factors to help reverse the signs of aging, repair damaged skin and provide complete skin regeneration versus PRP (platelet-rich plasma), which (offers) growth factors derived from our blood that decrease in efficacy with aging, genetics and lifestyle,” said Amanda Pucci, GMS clinical director and nurse practitioner. “And what is so remarkable about this product is that it”™s completely unaffected by the aging process and is the most potent delivery system available today.”
Added Pooya, “Oftentimes, patients”™ are concerned with the healing time, and now with ”˜The Generator”™ our clients will look and feel better than ever in less than 48 hours. Our clients are amazed at the results. Their skin appears vibrant and rejuvenated almost immediately after a procedure, so not only have we increased their confidence (in taking action); we have changed the patients experience exponentially as well.”
For more, visit greenwichmedicalspa.com.
