Spa-wellness center as part of the hotel facility

Abstract

Over the last decades "wellness spa" industry has experienced a boom around the world. The word "Wellness" has been formed by merging two words: "Well Being" + "fitness", and appeared in the thirties of the last century in the United States. The primary objective of this movement is an ancient philosophy, according to which there ´s no fulfilled life without the assent of the physical and mental, also physical and spiritual. Hotel guests, today more than ever, want higher quality offer for their money. This means that wellness is today a very important criterion by which customers select hotels. For this reason it is necessary to pay great attention to the planning, design and construction of this part of the hotel facility. The subject of this paper is wellness and spa centers as part of the hotel facility. The task is to investigate and analyze elements of this space, to determine spatial areas of wellness center, as well as their relationships and spatial organization, in order to reach the goal -getting useful guidelines for planning quality wellness center. To all of this could be achieved, we must first go back to distant history where dating back the beginnings of wellness.Alternative approaches to wellness are often denoted using two different terms: "health and wellness" and "wellness programs". Wellness programs offer alternative medical techniques to improve health. Whether these techniques actually improve physical health is controversial and the subject of much debate. James Randi and James Randi Foundation are the honest critics of this alternative concept of a new era of health. Wellness often includes many health related disciplines, such as therapy with natural products.Wellness, as part of the luxury needs, can readily be found in affluent societies because it involves dealing with the body, after the basic needs for food, shelter and medical care base are already accomplished. Many of the activities applied in wellness, in fact, aimed at controlling the side effects of enrichment, such as obesity and inactivity. Wellness roots can be found in 19th century, when the middle class in the industrialized world found time and resources for different forms of self-improvement.Wellness, as defined by the Foundation of Wellness, considers prevention without drugs, which can not be eliminated health problems, but they can be prevented. Wellness focuses on minimizing the effects of the three dimensions of stress: physical stress (which causes irritation to the nervous system), chemical stress (which causes toxicity of the body) and mental stress (which can trigger hormonal changes, mainly in the adrenal glands).It may be noted that the definition of wellness vary depending on who promote it. These wellness promoters try to ensure a healthier population and a higher quality of life. It is the pursuit of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. Wellness as an alternative concept generally means more than the absence of disease -an optimal state of health. Supporters of the program believe that many factors contribute...

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