National Quality Assessment Scheme - Spas
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A Spa offers professionally supervised treatments, some of which are likely to be water based, to enhance health, well-being and relaxation. | |
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Scheme Designators have been developed to help consumers understand the different types of accommodation available.
| Day Spa | A stand-alone Spa, offering individual treatments and day and half day packages. |
| Hotel Spa | A Spa within the boundaries of a property where the primary business is a hotel. |
| Salon Spa | Normally in an urban environment offering individual pampering and beauty treatments. |
| Sport and Fitness Spa | A Spa within a facility whose primary purpose is fitness. |
| Natural Spa | A Spa offering a naturally-occurring and on-site source of mineral, thermal or seawater, or peat, mud or other natural materials utilised for treatments. |
| Destination Spa | A Spa whose sole purpose is to provide guests with lifestyle improvements and health enhancement through professionally administered Spa services, including physical fitness, education and nutritional advice on a mainly residential basis. |
| Resort Spa | A Spa within the boundaries of a site where the primary business is a resort dedicated to leisure and relaxation, on a residential basis. |
| Medi-Spa | A Spa where medically supervised treatments are administered by qualified medical staff. |
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Look at the standard to check that you are happy with what will be assessed In order to allow greater functionality on this website and to support our sustainable stance, on reducing the need to print wherever possible, we have made the decision to create interactive Standard PDF’s for all of our schemes. This allows you to navigate through the document using the contents page to take you straight to the appropriate section, and when you have finished you can merely toggle back to the contents page using the back button, at the top of each page. |
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Check the fees and benefits leaflet below to work out the costs or use the Spa Fees Calculator Salon Spa Fees Calculator Please note: from 1st December 2008 all fees will be charged with a VAT rate of 15%. Please take this into account when calculating your payment. For confirmation of fees please use the on-line fee calculator which correctly calculates the prices, inclusive of VAT, at the new rate or call the helpdesk on 0845 300 6996 for help. |
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Complete the application and sector information sheet and send with your payment (made payable to VisitBritain) to Quality in Tourism. We are also able to accept credit card payments (by phone) and BACS payments. | |