Champneys extends UK day spa portfolio

Champneys is to open three new day spas this year in the UK towns of Enfield, Guildford and St Albans.

Two of the boutique spas – in Guildford and St Albans – will be located in restored, listed buildings. The Enfield spa will be in a shopping development.

Each spa will cost between £300,000 (442,580 euro, US$611,000) and £600,000 (885,165 euro, US$1.2m) and will average seven treatment rooms plus mani and pedicure stations.

The first Champneys High Street-based spa opened in Chichester, UK, in November 2006.

Owner Stephen Purdew plans to open a further 16 to 20 British day spas in 2008, leading to a total of 50 spas within the next three years.