Work on a spa resort in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland is to begin in early 2010, with the facility opening by 2013.
The Adelboden Alpine Bath will combine a spa and a hotel with panoramic Alpine views.
The spa will cover 61, 354sq ft (5,700sq m), of which 11,840sq ft (1,100sq m) will be water facilities.
The Alpine Bath will include 15 treatment rooms, 14 saunas, 21 mineral water swimming pools and a medical wellness centre, as well as several retail areas and a restaurant.
There will also be a 91-bedroom hotel, continuing the development’s core themes of water, health and meditation.
Following a planning application submitted on 3 March 2009, the building permit was issued on 15 September 2009.
Project managers the SwissSpaGroup Ltd are partnered in the development by Adelboden Tourism and HotWater Association, Adelboden. Investors Pearl of Switzerland Development is a subsidiary company of the Pearl of Kuwait Real Estate Company. Details: swissspagroup.com