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Fusion opens 11,000sq m wellness spa at its sixth Vietnamese resort

21 Sep 2017 Wellness-focused hotel and resorts operator Fusion has opened a new property on the popular tourist island of Phu Quoc in Vietnam.

Located in the village of Cua Can, the Fusion Resort Phu Quoc is the sixth site in Fusion’s rapidly growing portfolio.

Offering accommodation in 97 rustic, thatched villas, the resort is being marketed as a holistic wellbeing destination and has adopted an “All-Spa Inclusive” concept – with guests being able to book daily spa treatments at no extra cost.

The 11,210sq m (121,000sq ft) Maia Spa Phu Quoc has 20 double treatment rooms, offering a wide range of treatments – from massages, reflexology experiences and facials to hair and beauty treatments and all-natural body scrubs and wraps. Facilities include a private outdoor pool, steamrooms, saunas and indoor and outdoor yoga areas.

One of the spa’s USP’s is its very own pepper garden, in which numerous pepper orchids and other tropical herbs and spices are grown. Plants and herbs from the garden are used in many of the bespoke products employed in the spa treatments, including Maia’s signature experience, the 50-minute Natural Living Pepper massage, which uses custom-blended homemade black pepper oil. Other treatment options include those using coconuts, cloves, aloe and cucumber.

As part of the holistic approach, the resort also offers complimentary daily indoor and outdoor yoga sessions, plus a large health and fitness centre.

“Vacations are a great time to chill out,” said Fusion’s founder and CEO Marco van Aggele, “but they’re also a great opportunity to get fit, get healthy, and get moving.”

Launched in 2008, Fusion is looking to position itself as an innovator of wellness-inspired hotels and resorts.

Based in Vietnam, the group has developed into a vertically integrated hospitality company with a number of operations – including those for conceptualising, designing, building and managing wellness resorts and hotels.

Fusion now has six resorts and hotels in Vietnam and a staff of 1,500, including 300 spa specialists.