Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables - Florida

The elegant and new Biltmore Spa at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Florida, is a 12,000 sq. ft. sanctuary of tranquility and relaxation. Located on the seventh floor of the hotel, each of its 10 treatment rooms boasts picture windows overlooking "The City Beautiful." Striking décor in earth tones, with extensive use of water, bamboo and glass provides the perfect ambiance for state-of-the-art treatments and services.
The spa's signature scent, Neroli, is apparent throughout in room sprays, candles and essential oils.
The elegant and new Biltmore Spa at The Biltmore in Coral Gables, Florida, is a 12,000 sq. ft. sanctuary of tranquility and relaxation. Located on the seventh floor of the hotel, each of its 10 treatment rooms boasts picture windows overlooking "The City Beautiful." Striking décor in earth tones, with extensive use of water, bamboo and glass provides the perfect ambiance for state-of-the-art treatments and services. The spa's signature scent, Neroli, is apparent throughout in room sprays, candles and essential oils.
An extensive and innovative selection of massages, facials, body treatments and wraps, baths, and kurs are available for individuals and couples. Wet rooms, with distinctive treatments, hydrotherapy tubs and/or Vichy showers offer the most advanced technology in spa treatments. While awaiting treatment, guests can lounge and enjoy light refreshments in the spa's relaxation room, where the soothing sounds of water create a peaceful ambiance. Well-appointed women's and men's locker rooms offer steam and sauna facilities, as well as Solarté amenities, created exclusively for The Biltmore Spa.
Located within the spa is a Beauty Salon, offering the latest in manicure and pedicure services, paraffin treatments, hair treatments including highlights, color, shampoo and style, and make-up application.
The Spa Boutique offers a carefully selected collection of luxurious products for the face, body, hair and well-being. All products used during spa and salon treatments, as well as candles and apparel, are available for purchase here.
Guests of the Biltmore can also tone up at the hotel's newly renovated 10,000 sq. ft. Fitness Center. The facility offers more than 70 exercise classes each week, in addition to a wide array of the latest cardiovascular and weight machines by Precor. For a truly unique exercise environment, guests can participate in specialty aqua classes, held in the Biltmore's colossal pool, the largest in the continental United States. Golfers can test their skill on the Biltmore's 18-hole, Donald Ross-designed golf course, which is open for play year round.
Built in 1926, the Biltmore's Mediterranean-revival design includes decorative hand-painted ceilings, Italian marble floors, open-air courtyards, and luscious gardens and fountains. From its award-winning restaurants, bars and Cellar Club wine society, to its crystalline pool, championship golf course, and brand-new spa, The Biltmore sets the trend for South Florida hospitality at its finest. The Biltmore is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, and National Trust Historic Hotels of America.

The Spa at The Grand Del Mar - California

Overview

Nestled amidst a serene nature preserve just five miles from the Pacific, The Grand Del Mar seamlessly combines the old-world charm of a Mediterranean estate with the modern luxury of an elegant resort.
The result: a stunning AAA Five Diamond destination lauded by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the "World's Best Places to Stay." Little wonder, given the sun-drenched climate, seductively plush guestrooms, championship golf, irresistible dining and Spa magazine's "Favorite New U.S. Spa" (2008).

Occasionally our life's journey demands that we stop for a moment. To rest, refresh and rejuvenate. To revel in the natural abundance of our surroundings. Such moments were made for The Spa at The Grand Del Mar. Situate yourself in the breathtaking Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve, allowing the abundance of flora and fauna to wash over your senses. Explore the wild herbs, mineralrich clays, and plethora of local elements used in the restorative spa experiences — from cleansing facials incorporating manual lymph drainage (MLD) to deep-tissue massages, invigorating hydrotherapy body treatments and warm body wraps.

The journey begins with a single step — into 21,000 square feet of utter paradise. A modern-day monument to the invigorating spirit of the Renaissance, The Spa — in decor, design, practice and philosophy — epitomizes that golden era.

Exquisitely designed down to the last detail, The Spa features both Men's and Women's Lounges with warm fireplaces, European-style wet rooms and indoor whirlpools.

Set aside time to take a yoga class in the Movement Studio. Or spend an afternoon in the sun at the quiet, Relaxation Pool. Immerse yourself in the art of wellbeing.

The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg - Virginia

The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg offers relaxing, rejuvenating, and healing spa treatments inspired by five centuries of wellness practices and encourages guests to discover a continuum of wellness.



The spa exudes southern charm, harmonizes with its historical surroundings, reflects its colonial heritage, and honors traditions of health and wellness throughout American culture. Extensive research into healing methods practiced by Native Americans, English settlers, African Americans, and immigrants influences the 21st-century treatments on offer, designed to soothe, refresh, and calm.

Choose from Inspired Spa Experiences drawn from historical American rituals and treatments, or a full array of distinctive massages, scrubs, wraps, baths, skin care services, and fitness facilities. From its wisteria-covered walkway to salon services in a beautiful conservatory setting, the 20,000-square-foot spa offers the utmost in luxury, pampering, and nurturing.

The Resort Collection of Colonial Williamsburg invites guests to experience a destination with gracious accommodations, award-winning golf, tennis, dining, shopping, and Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area home to the world's largest living history museum. The Resort Collection of Colonial Williamsburg comprises more than 1,000 guest rooms, 10 restaurants, and 67,000 square feet of conference space. Properties include the Williamsburg Inn®, Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites, 26 individual Colonial Houses, four historic dining taverns, and the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club.


PROGRAMS

Gardening
Meditation
Spa Cuisine

SERVICES

Aromatherapy
Body Wraps
Bridal Services
Facials
Hydrotherapy
Massage
Men's Treatments
Nail Services
Salon Services
Steam
Personal Training
Pilates
Rock Climbing
Skiing
Tennis
Yoga

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang

As an adornment to finish the stunning beauty and luxury of Nha Trang's charming landscape painting, Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang - an international 5 star hotel in the Vinpearl Nhatrang complex of hotel, resort, tourism and recreation- is called "a sparkling pearl glued on the crown of the Sea queen" by the tourists.

Vincharm Spa

 As an integral part of luxurious services, a chain of spas named Vincharm Spa have always accompany hotels and resorts under the brand name of "Vinpearl".


At Vincharm Spa, you will have the opportunity to experience the health and beauty care therapies rendered by up-to-date equipment and technologies as well as by skillful and experienced treatment practitioners and specialists.
 
This is not only a place for relaxation and beauty care, but also an ideal destination for you to rejuvenate both physical and mental health

  
Coming to Vincharm Spa, you will enjoy the great feeling of relaxation and freshness through the massage treatments rendered by skillful practitioners.

Spa menu: 
  
        
Skincare and relaxation
Facial Skincare
Body care
Waxing services
Spa packages

          
Nonsurgical menu
Skin light soft laser & micro peeling treatment
Breast treatment
Permanent hair removal using Light pulse
Slimming & Firming treatment

            
Hair salon menu
The hairstyle spa programme
The Nailspa

Spa at Home: Banana Avocado Body Mask

After applying this island-inspired masque from Honua Spa at Hotel Hana-Maui in Hawaii, your skin will be so soft and hydrated you won't need to apply lotion.


Ingredients:

1 ripe avocado
1 banana, mashed
1/4 cup plain yogurt

Directions:

Scoop out the avocado flesh and place in a medium bowl. Add the banana and yogurt, then mix. Spread the masque onto your body and wrap yourself with a big bath towel. Cover your eyes with a warm, damp washcloth and relax for 15 minutes. Rinse off the masque in the shower and pat skin dry.

Oasis Day Spa - New York

Oasis Day Spa is Westchester's premier luxury spa! Enjoy beautiful surroundings and luxurious services in our newest location.
Relax in the sun or melt away stress with a massage in our rooftop garden-now available for private parties! Looking for a way to beat the heat and de-stress in the city? Join us at our 1 Park Avenue Location or at the Affi nia Dumont Hotel!

To learn more visit us at OasisDaySpaNYC.com or OasisWestchester.com. Open Late 7 days a week.

  • Country: United States
  • City: New York
  • State: NY
  • Phone: 212-254-7722

4 beauty natural fruit

1. Grapes


Grape is considered the queen of beauty. In a lot of grape polyphenols, tannic acid, citric acid, antioxidants helps moisturize the skin, anti aging skin cells and promote the rehabilitation skin.

How to use: Grapes in brine, washed, and then eat the whole fruit (peel and seeds remain.) By bark and grape seeds are rich in nutrients. The use of grape seed better than vitamins C, E, enhance immunity and delay skin aging.


2. Pomegranate
Pomegranate fruits are the best antioxidants, red pomegranate seeds have been shown to have strong antioxidant activity. It contains an ingredient called ellagic acid, which can help cells avoid damage from environmental pollution, the danger from ultraviolet radiation, nourish the cells, slowing the aging process.

Usage: pomegranate shelling nuts, then pressed with water, mixing with water added. Taste each of which add sugar, milk and honey to create different flavors.


3. Tomatoes

In tomato fruit containing high levels of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant in nature. Therefore, the largest use of the tomatoes is to remove the free cells, boosting the regenerative cells, plays an important round in the fight against aging.
How to use: Can be eaten raw or cooked. But cooking will bring better efficiency. Because when cooked, tomato Lycopene absorbs more easily than life tomatoes. But cooked tomatoes time should not exceed 30 minutes.

4. Strawberry

Strawberry lot of nutrients, containing amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, carotenoids and other nutrients. Mineral content is much more than other fruits, mainly potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper and zinc. Modern medicine has proven, berries help enhance immunity and promote the growth of blood cells, promote metabolism.

USING: Should have chosen the dark purple berries. Mulberry can be purchased at once immersed in water, washed and eaten directly without need of processing.

Note: Because the oil is cold, so the girls do not eat too much during menstruation.

Current Affairs April 2011 - 2


Automobile

2011 Jaguar XJ has been named as the International Luxury Car of the Year

South Korean 2-wheeler manufacturer S and T Motors Corporation, in collaboration with Pune-based Garware Motors, launched its Hyosung brands of 650-700 cc superbikes in India priced between Rs.4,75,000 and Rs.5,69,000


Awards

Two Class 7 students from Tamil Nadu have jointly won the 2nd prize with a Romanian team in a competition conducted by NASA. M Srivatsan and Vasundhara Gautham of Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram are the only participants from Tamil Nadu to win the competition. Under 'Project IRIS' (International Research and Integration Station), they developed and designed an alternate habitat for human space settlement. The design won recognition for its detailed and in-depth representation of life and its necessities integrated in a space city.

Indian American doctor Siddhartha Mukherjee's book on cancer 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography on Cancer' bags 2011 Pulitzer Prize

Mangalore City Corporation has bagged the Green Leaf Award 2011 for its adopting best practices in managing sanitary landfills


People

Diwakar Gupta has been appointed as CFO of SBI

Board Director, Mohandas Pai and Co-founder K. Dinesh resigns from Infosys

New Jersey-based allergist and immunologist Dr.Sunita Kanumury has been elected President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) for 2011-12

Indian coach, Beerbul Wadera to be appointed as (PTF) Pak Tennis Federation coach

Former Brazil Vice President Jose Alencar dies at 79

Pop star Michel Martelly declared Haiti president

Actress Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 120 days in jail

Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba passes away

Sachin Tendulkar turns 38

Cipla's former Chief Executive Amar Lulla passes away

Andy Goss of head US operations of Jaguar Land Rover

California-based NComputing hires former Citrix VP, Raj Dhingra as its CEO


Business

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. to increase the output to 20 million tonnes, eyes production facilities at Kudremukh

'Illumine Play System', a play range has been launched by Arihant Industrial Corporation

Biocon to invest Rs.450 crore on insulin programmes

For the first time ever Apple suprpass Nokia as the world's largest phone vendor by revenue

Royal Emirates Group buys Spanish first division soccer club Getafe, renames 'Getafe Team Dubai'

Reliance Industries finds gas in first well it drilled on a deepsea block in Cauvery basin

Tata Steel to sell 51 percent stake in group company Tata Refractories to Nippon Steel's associate Krosaki Harima Corporation for Rs.576.3 crore


Event

First Bejing international film festival begins in China


Science

Brazil runs world's longest, 28-metre bus on biofuel


Technology

Mobile handset make, Intex Technologies has launched a dual SIM handset, designed for the visually impaired priced at Rs.2,600

Intel launches Intel Xeon processor E7 family

iPad 2 to be launched in India by end of April 2011

VMWare's mobile virtualization now on Android

Blackberry's Playbook hits US market

Mythology - 6


Which god is believed to have killed his parents at birth?
Agni


Which of the gods, gifted the Pandavas a magic pot which produced unlimited food during their 13 years of exile?
Surya - the sun god


What does the word 'Svaha' often heard during Hindu rites, mean?
Svaha is the wife of Agni - god of fire offerings to the sacred fire are made in her name to ensure acceptance by Agni


How many names does Vishnu the Preserver have?
1000 - The Sahasranama


Like Durga, Sita, heroine of the Ramayana is also known by several names. But what does Sita literally mean?
'Furrow'. Sita was discovered by King Janaka, lying in the furrow. When he saw her, he cried out 'Sita' and later named her.


In which scripture would you find the story of Urvashi and Pururavas?
The Rig Veda


Kubera, the Hindu god of wealth is supposed to have lived in a fabulously prosperous and beautiful mythical city. Which is it?
Alakapuri - also the home of the gandharvas, who are called Vasudhara, Vasusthali or Prabha

Infosys Company Highlights


Infosys was founded in the year 1981 (2nd July).
Tagline - Building Tomorrow's Enterprise
Powered by intellect driven by values (Earlier tagline)

Founders of the company includes :

a) Mr.N.R. Narayan Murthy
b) Mr.Nandan Nilekani
c) Mr.Kris Gopalakrishnan
d) Mr.Shibulal
e) Mr.K.Dinesh
f) Mr. Ashok Arora
g) Mr.N.S.Raghavan


Infosys was the first Indian company to get listed in NASDAQ stock Exchange
Infosys was the first Indian company which introduced Employee Stock Option (ESOP)


Infosys new Chairman Mr.K.V.Kamath (Infosys Management changes )


Mr.K.V.Kamath has been appointed as the new Chairman of reputed software company Infosys. This announcement was made by the Board on 30th April,2011.
Mr.Kamath will be taking charge with effect from 21st August,2011. The other changes in Management are :

1) Mr.Shibulal who is working currently as COO will be working as MD and CEO
2) Mr.Kris Gopalakrishnan who is presently working as CEO will be working as Executive Co-Chairman


Train Quiz


Which scientist called his steam locomotive as "Catch me who can"?


Richard Trevithick




Between which two stations was the first passenger train run?


Stockton and Darlington




Where was the first intercity railways started?


Between Liverpool and Manchester in 1830




Where was the first underground train started its service?


London in 1863




Who build the first electric passenger train in the world?


Werner von Siemens in 1879




What is the speed of the fastest train in the world?


581 km/hr or 361 mph




Which is the world's deepest railways tunnel?


Seikan Tunnel (240 mts below sea level)




Which is the busiest Train station in the world?


Sinjuku Station in Tokyo




Which railway Station has the Worlds longest Railway platform ?


Kharagpur Railway Station, India (1.07 kms)

Light of India Awards 2011


Corporate Leadership
Jury Award - Ajay Banga
People's Award - Vikram Pandit
Business Leadership
Jury Award - Vinod Khosla
People's Award - Naveen Jain
Political Leadership
Jury Award - Ruby Dhalla
People's Award - Swati Dandekar
Science and Technology
Jury and People's Award - Vinod Dham
Power of Influence - Narasimha Chari and
Shiladitya Sengupta
Journalism and Literature
Jury Award - Chitra B.Divakaruni
People's Award - Vikram Seth
Power of Influence - Salman Rushdie
Arts and Entertainment
Jury and People's Award - Mira Nair

Kids Choice Awards 2011


Favorite TV Show
iCarly
Favorite Reality Show
American Idol
Favorite Cartoon
SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite TV Actor
Dylan Sprouse
Favorite TV Actress
Selena Gomez
Favorite TV Sidekick
Jennette McCurdy
Favorite Movie
The Karate Kid
Favorite Movie Actor
Johnny Depp
Favorite Movie Actress
Miley Cyrus
Favorite Animated Movie
Despicable Me
Favorite voice 
from an Animated Movie
Eddie Murphy
(Shrek Forever After)
Favorite Buttkicker
Jackie Chan
Favorite Male Athlete
Shaquille O'Neal
Favorite Female Athlete
Lindsay Vonn
Favorite Music Group
Black Eyed Peas
Favorite Female Singer
Katy Perry
Favorite Male Singer
Justin Bieber
Favorite Song
Baby
(Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris)
Favorite Book
Dairy of a Wimpy Kid Series
Favorite Video Game
Just Dance 2