The Coqoon Treetop Spa Provides Mid-Air Pampering At The Indigo Pearl, Phuket.

Award-winning 5-star Phuket resort Indigo Pearl has just opened a cutting-edge designer spa, most unique for its suspended treetop room providing mid-air pampering.



Modeled on the boyhood vision of internationally renowned designer, Bill Bensley, who is responsible for the entire resort’s raw-industrial meets sensual-chic styling, Coqoon Spa takes guests on a ‘journey of discovery and healing’.






It is set amongst lush tropical rainforest as the resort’s very own ‘Garden of Eden’ and uses a banyan tree as the hanger for its signature treatment room.




Coqoon Spa features six deluxe treatment rooms as well as an exclusive ‘Coqoon Suite’ complete with private pool, rain shower, steam room, sauna and Vichy shower available for private hire for up to 3-days. It comes complete with a spa butler for ease and convenience of multiple treatments throughout guests’ stay.





The ‘pièce de résistance and must-try for all spa enthusiasts is ‘The Nest’ – a luxurious spa suite suspended midair and accessed by a flying bridge, allowing guests to get up close and personal with nature.





Coqoon Spa is adorned throughout in silvery-blue palms and hues of plumbago. It takes the typical ‘zen’ approach to spas and gives it a lively / unusual twist with industrial touches and a fresh colour scheme. Its treatments menu is steeped in Thai tradition whilst embracing holistic ideals in the pursuit of better health and wellness.



On offer is a range of aromatic body treatments, scrubs and wraps, Anne Semonin facial treatments, hand and foot care, and beauty treatments. Rare plant essences, Andaman elixirs and Thai herbal spices excite the senses and rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit, administered by highly qualified therapists ensuring guest comfort and privacy at all times.



This wellness journey extends to the privacy of guests’ own accommodations with custom-designed ‘D-Buk’ spa suites, where individual experiences can be tailored to suit special requests and needs – with spa executives designing an individual treatment programme which is both enjoyable while also meeting specific goals and objectives. These can incorporate diet, exercise, activity, rest and relaxation with spa treatments to ultimately rejuvenate mind, body and spirit.


In celebration of the Coqoon Spa opening, Indigo Pearl is offering the “Coqoon Revival” package, a delicately designed package to revitalize and nourish body and soul available at THB 22,500 net from now until 15 April 2011.



The acclaimed 5-star Indigo Pearl is a fusion of modern architecture and Thai tin-mining heritage next to Nai Yang Beach, just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport. The resort has been hailed as a design masterpiece by global media publications and boasts easy access with direct flights to Phuket from almost everywhere in Asia.


Indigo Pearl Coqoon Spa

+66 (0) 76 327 006

The Treehotel In Northern Sweden Opens With 6 Tree Houses By Various Architects.

The Treehotel, run by Britta and Kent Lindvall, is a cooperative concept between well-known designers and architects. The result is a unique collection of hotel rooms (6 completed and open for booking as of this month) perched up in the pine trees of Northern Sweden. The concept "live in a treehut" is given a new dimension, created in harmony with nature and ecological values and is built on the philosophy to find another way to experience the value of a forest rather than cut the trees for industrial use.

There are 6 completely unique themed Tree Houses so far, each created by 5 different architecture firms. The goal is to continue to build a total of 24 over a five year period, all of which will be created by national and international architects.

The Cabin by Cyrén & Cyrén






The Mirror Cube by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter







The UFO by Inredningsgruppen



A Room With A View by Marge Arkitekter


The Bird's Nest by Inredningsgruppen



The Blue Cone by SandellSandberg


Other tree hut themes presented:

The Triangle by SandellSandberg:

The Cloud by Marge Arkitekter:


The Sauna



In addition to the Treehotel there will be a sauna and a conference /breakfast room which will seat 12 guests comfortably, making it the first Tree Hotel in the world with a sauna. There will also be a room with disabled access and facilities.

Information and amenities:

The Tree Hotel will be open all year round. Each Tree Hotel hut will have an electric floor heating system which will be delivered from an eco-friendly source of electricity. 


The rooms vary from 15 – 30 square meters and range between 4-6 meters from the ground. The rooms can be accessed by either a ramp or sturdy stairs. Two of the rooms will have electric retractable stairs.

Every Tree House will have its own living and sleeping areas. Four of the Tree Houses will accommodate two beds and the remaining two Tree Houses will have four beds which would be ideal for family’s. Each Tree House will be equipped with its own state of the art eco-friendly incineration toilet and water efficient hand basin, which means there is no artificial plumbing. The interior of each Tree House will be uniquely designed with its own furniture and lighting to complement the individual theme of each Tree House by the architect.

Book your tree hut here

The Inspiration
The idea was inspired by the documentary film “Trädälskaren”(Treelover) by Jonas Selberg Augustsen. A story about three men from the urban environment who seek their roots and build a tree house together. It is also a philosophical film about what the ”tree” means for human beings in history and culture. The documentary was filmed in Harads and shown on Swedish TV and cinemas.

Over the past year, guests were able to rent the Tree House that was built for the documentary and that is where the inspiration fr the Treehotel came from.

Treehotel is a part of Brittas Pensionat which the Lindvall's started 5 years ago.The pensionat has 12 double rooms, restaurant / bar and a sauna with an area to relax in. Brittas Pensionat will now be incorporated into the new Treehotel Company. Brittas pensionat is a listed building of The Swedish National Heritage Board who preserves environment and design from the 1930s -1950s.


above: the Tree hotel is part of the Pensionat Brittas, run by proprietors Britta and Kent Lindvall

Location:



Treehotel in Harads
Brittas pensionat
Edeforsväg 2 A
960 24 Harads
Sweden
phone + 46 928 10403
e-mail: info@treehotel.se

images courtesy of each architectural firm, Brittas Pensionat, and the Tree hotel.