Golden Door Introduces Custom Spa Services for Groups & Meetings at Naples Grande Beach Resort

NAPLES, FLA. - (January 12, 2010) - Start 2010 on a refreshing note by adding custom spa services to your next meeting or group event at Naples Grande Beach Resort, The Waldorf Astoria Collection, an insider's secret set on 23 waterfront acres on Southwest Florida's Paradise Coast.

The eco-smart beach retreat's Golden Door® spa can help you enhance the success of your next meeting by encouraging every participant - whether it's an intimate meeting for eight or a conference of 1,200 - to relax, engage and contribute. Select from an array of inventive spa services and highly personalized experiences tailored to the interests of your meeting attendees that also meet your needs and budget, and can help every participant de-stress and sharpen their focus.

Select from massages, wraps, facials, manicures, pedicures and more in the private Golden Door spa pavilions, host a private after-hours event amidst the spa's serene spa gardens with outdoor whirlpool, sauna and steam chambers, or arrange a custom spa break to re-energize your meeting. You can even start the relaxation process en route from the airport with a Golden Door Spa welcome kit for your attendees. The spa team can also create welcome amenities that reflect your meeting theme or goals, provide spa gift certificates or gift baskets as incentive gifts or prizes, or offer pre- or post-event spa services as added recognition to honor your special guests and keynote speakers.

To design a custom spa experience for your group at Naples Grande, please contact Vanessa Carter, Golden Door Spa Director at Vanessa.Carter@hilton.com or (239) 594 6013 to learn more. The options below are examples to help start your planning process.

Golden Door Spa Registration & Reservations
Your meeting attendees may register in advance for spa treatments of their choice at times suited to their personal schedules or you may pre-block times that fit your agenda:
Golden Door can arrange expedited mini-treatments of 25-minutes rather than traditional 50- or 80-minute services to increase the number of private spa experiences per hour
Golden Door can develop a custom list of spa services for you to include with your meeting materials in advance of your meeting
A spa information table can be set up and manned by your designated Golden Door spa concierge team during your event check-in to provide spa information, confirm appointments, arrange reservations and attend to VIP and other special requests
Golden Door Spa Welcome Gifts & Services
Invite your attendees to adopt a most receptive mood from the moment your meeting begins:
At the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW), let the Golden Door inspire a relaxing meeting kickoff for your group with relaxation kits that will be presented aboard your luxury coach to include cold herbal towels, eye masks and neck pillows
At your event check-in, Golden Door can arrange for seated chair neck and hand massages
In-room, Golden Door can coordinate welcome amenities ranging from small organza bags with organic lotions and energy cookies to more elaborate baskets with plush robes, spa gift certificates redeemable for spa products and services, and more with your custom welcome note; nightly turndowns with an inspiring meditation or other items can also be arranged to set the mood of the day
Golden Door Meeting Breaks & Break-outs
Golden Door can arrange a variety of custom energizing, relaxing break-out sessions for groups from 8 to 1,200:
Golden Door therapists can man an ongoing chair massage room to revive spirits and "BlackBerry" hands with 10-minute upper body and "Weary Hands Rejoice" massages
Golden Door therapists can host a pre-, mid-day or post-meeting exercise class, yoga session or beach boot camp in the ballroom, fitness room, spa labyrinth, sunset deck or to/from Clam Pass Beach along the boardwalk
Golden Door can set up an "Aromatherapy & Herbal Tea Bar" with a variety of herbal teas to sip as our therapists employ organic essential oils, cold towels and more to engage the senses and banish stress and worries
Or schedule a cleansing potassium drink break with seated stretches for up to 1,200 in the ballroom or meeting room, a series of in-spa mini-meditation and visualization sessions for up to 8, or seated meditation sessions for up to 15 on the sunset deck behind the spa
Golden Door Spa Events
The resort's private Golden Door spa complete with teak pavilions and serene garden with outdoor co-ed whirlpool, steam and sauna chambers, signature labyrinth and evocative rainbow falls, is the ideal spot to host an after-hours event:
Welcome your group, executive board and/or partners to a memorable private reception at Golden Door where they can enjoy access to our men's and women's locker rooms and outdoor spa facilities and all may decompress and network , with the sleek teak Golden Door Villa as your unique hospitality room
For smaller groups, consider adding personal pre-scheduled 25-50 minute spa experiences in each of our 12 treatment rooms during your event
Golden Door VIP Gifts & Services
Recognize and reward key executives, partners or speakers with special services that can include:
Pre-event or pre-session manicures, pedicures, hair styling and makeup application
Half- and full-day spa services, with choice of customized massages, facials, wraps and fitness sessions
Gift certificates for future overnight stays that include choice of spa services and more
About Naples Grande Beach Resort
Naples Grande, a member of The Waldorf Astoria Collection, is Southwest Florida's insider secret for couples, families and business groups looking for an eco-smart beach retreat with panoramic views of the Gulf of Mexico. Just 27 miles from the international airport in Ft. Myers (RSW), the resort sits on 23 waterfront acres complete with three miles of sugar sand beach amidst 200 acres of nature preserve and mangrove estuary that recall old-style Florida. Key features, such as 474 spacious guestrooms, bungalows and suites, three signature pools, inventive restaurants and lounges, championship golf and tennis, the first Golden Door spa on the East Coast, and a genuinely friendly staff who embody the highly hospitable philosophy of "The answer is yes; what's the question?" set Naples Grande apart. It's a comfortable stroll or bike ride on palm-lined streets to unique shops, restaurants, galleries and the celebrated Naples Philharmonic and Art Museum. Naples Grande also offers the unparalleled benefits of the Hilton HHonors® Program and reciprocal privileges at its all-suite beachfront sister hotel in Naples, Edgewater Beach Hotel. For reservations, contact your travel planner or call 888-722-1266 or 888-WALDORF (1-800-925-3673) or visit www.naplesgranderesort.com or www.waldorfastoriacollection.com.

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