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UAE Contributes 42pc to Spa Industry
DUBAI — The UAE contributes Dh986 million, or 42 per cent, to the Middle East’s Dh2.5 billion wellness and spas industry, marking year-on-year growth of 34 per cent, according to an industry research report.
Ernst and Young said in its first monthly benchmark report that the industry is in full expansion with a turnover of Dh2.3 billion ($631 million) across the region in 2008. Global trend also shows spas on the move in trains, airlines, cruise liners and airport terminals are fast catching on.
The industry’s outstanding growth and resiliency and resiliency in the region has been driven by innovations in health, wellness, fitness, beauty, design, and spa cuisine, despite the difficult economic times.
“There has been an absence of consistent metrics to measure performance within the spa industry. To fill this void, we have undertaken this new benchmark initiative,” said Paul Arnold, Director of Transaction Advisory Services, Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure of Ernst & Young Middle East.
Spa treatments, booked in Dubai from January to March 2009, increased by 7 per cent.
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