• Opened in spring 2002, the Lodge at Torrey Pines, on 6.5 acres in La Jolla, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean, has 175 guest rooms and a 9, 500-square-foot spa. The spa offers a full menu of treatments using marine and botanical-based products from Phytomer and Babor. The Lodge, adjacent to the 18th green of the Torrey Pines Golf Course, has 13,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space.

  • The Spa at the Hotel Hershey is undergoing an expansion that will nearly double its size when it is completed in time for the 2004 year-end holiday season. The project, which broke ground in December, entails an expansion from 17,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet, a new lounge and restaurant for spa guests, the addition of 23 treatment rooms (for a total of 53), and a separate hair and nail salon. The resort is also undergoing a $2 million room renovation in the first three months of 2004, focusing on the 120 rooms of the hotel's main building.

  • In San Diego, the new spa at the Pala Casino Resort & Spa has many innovative offerings, including outdoor rain showers, eucalyptus steam rooms, and an exfoliating orange crush sugar scrub.The Pala, which added a 507-room, 10-story tower last summer, is the only casino between Los Angeles and San Diego with a full-service spa.

  • The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Grande Lakes Orlando, opened in July. The three-level, 40,000-square-foot facility offers 40 treatment rooms, a 4,000-square-foot private lap pool, a 6,000-square-foot wellness center, and the Spa Café Vitale. The spa also launched the first Carita Institute and Salon in Florida, offering luxury skin care and a commitment to “the pursuit of perfect skin.”

  • The 730-room Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, Florida, will open in October. It will have two 18-hole, Greg Norman — designed championship golf courses, 70,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 10,000-square-foot spa.

  • The Marco Island Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa last year completed its new 24,000-square-foot Balinese health spa. It offers traditional Balinese therapies in 24 treatment rooms and outdoor seaside treatment terraces. The resort has 60,000 square feet of meeting space.