The curtained chaises and marble pool bar look more Miami South Beach than Manhattan. But the same crowd of young sophisticates creates a buzz at the Spa at Trump SoHo Hotel.
Set on two floors, with over 11,000 square-feet of indoor and outdoor spaces, The Spa at Trump Soho is an entirely new experience in the highly competitive New York market. A marble fountain and crystal chandelier set the mood as your spa attaché guides you through a maze of lounges and therapy rooms.
The star of Trump's off-Broadway spa is a Turkish hammam, This is the only place in Manhattan where you can experience an authentic Middle Eastern bathing tradition. Donning disposable shorts, I reclined on a heated slab of marble for the body scrub. Castile soap is applied with a traditional kesa scrub mitt (which you keep as a souvenir). Add a mud masque to exfoliate the entire body. (from 45-minutes, $150 plus tax, gratuity)
Total immersion in the warm, moist hammam increases detoxification and rejuvenation. After cleansing you’re doused with bowls of hot and cold water. Suddenly, new energy brought me back to reality.
Managing the Trump spa, Washington’s WTS International has a 30-member team of therapists and estheticians staffing nine treatment rooms, two wet rooms, and salon for hair and nails. Hotel guests can work out at the fitness center featuring TechnoGym equipment, swim laps in an outdoor pool.
Making her Big Apple debut, Kate Somerville introduced patented Dermalucent LED skin rejuvenation. Super-hydrating oxygenated dermal boosters are enhanced by intense light from the Dermalucent equipment (also featured at the Four Seasons Hotel spa in Washington). Treat your nails to a Gehwol manicure with stimulating bamboo peel, or pedicure with warm herbal foot bath in the spa's private nail suite.
Trump SoHo offers 391 condominium suites for purchase or nightly hotel rates. Located in SoHo (named for an area south of Houston Street) amid upscale boutiques and restaurants, the hotel's address is 246 Spring Street, For reservations call (212) 842-5500 or visit www.trumpsohohotel.com; toll-free (877) 828-7080. Find Trump SoHo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TrumpSoHoNewYork
Coming to Washington, DC, the Trump organization has been chosen to develop the historic Old Post Office at 12th & Pennsylvania Avenue into an upscale hotel and spa. Plans for renovation announced by the Government Services Administration target 2014 opening.
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