SPAS IN UAE: A NICE STRETCH

dubai — Remember the next time when you lean on a chair after a hard day’s work, or simply decide to have a day off, just grab your smartphone and check for the nearest spa in your vicinity and have some ‘metime’. Mind you there are many like you who are contributing to the UAE’s booming spa industry, which has been ranked among the best in the Middle East North Africa (Mena) region by Millennial Capital in its ‘Mena Spa Report 2017’.

The report highlights that the UAE is the most developed spa market and accounts for over 14 per cent revenue share of the Mena spa market. Despite the fact that the

We’ve seen a clear rise in health and wellness brands in the UAE, appearing as a natural evolution of the spa industry Jennifer Watson, founder and managing director, Bloom Branding

UAE constitutes only two per cent of the Mena population, the high spending per capita is a result of the development of the spa ecosystem comprised of 687 operating spas employing 20,606 people. The average revenue per spa in UAE is $0.6 million with an average treatment revenue per room of Dh200, Dh325 and Dh425 for mid-scale, up-scale and luxury spas respectively. The reports has based its analysis on categories like club spa, day spa, destination spa, medical spa, mineral spa and resort/hotel spa.

The global spa industry is a $99 billion dollar industry which is growing at 2.3 per cent per annum and offers employment to