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(Dallas, Texas) – The Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa in Uptown Dallas announces the opening of the NEW Spa at The Stoneleigh. The strikingly modern 5,200 square-foot luxury spa complements the $36 million renovation of the legendary, Art-Deco hotel re-opened on March 3, 2008. The Spa at The Stoneleigh offers a journey of the senses for guests and locals alike. Featuring traditional and holistic therapies, The Spa utilizes organic ingredients and the latest scientific ingredients to revitalize, heal and nourish the mind, body and spirit.

Designed by ForrestPerkins, a Dallas-based interior design firm, The Spa at The Stoneleigh is a high-style destination showcasing a jewel-tone palette of soft aquamarine, taupe and rose with bamboo flooring throughout. The Spa has six treatment rooms including two “duet” rooms for treatments a deux and a wet room with hydro tubs as well as a dry sauna. The Spa also features a hair salon, a nail salon, and a fitness center.

The Spa at The Stoneleigh offers a range of body and beauty products exclusive to Dallas. For instance, it’s the first and only spa in Dallas to carry Davi Skincare, a “vinotherapy” line developed by Carlo Mondavi Jr. of the winemaking Mondavi family in California. The Spa at The Stoneleigh will also be the first in Dallas to carry Sonya Dakar Body, a 100% natural body product line which launched nationally in February 2008. The Spa also offers Billy Jealously, a Dallas-based, nationally recognized skin and body line, which developed a special cucumber based scrub for the hotel’s landmark reopening. The Pregnancy Keepsake Sculpture, which casts mommy-to-be bellies in blue, pink and yellow plaster is also unique to The Spa.

At a time when the environment is on everybody’s mind, The Spa at Stoneleigh keeps its eco-sensitivity on full display. The Spa is committed to using eco-friendly, organic and natural products as much as possible and working with vendors who are environmentally responsible. Eminence, which provides blueberry products to the spa, utilizes alternative energy sources to create its products and delivers them in 100% recyclable packaging via hybrid vehicles. The Spa also offers an extensive line of Spa Ritual vegan nail care products and treatments.

The Spa at The Stoneleigh’s treatment menu encompasses facials, massages and body treatments, aimed at achieving several treatment platforms such as aging well, organics, alternative therapies and clarity. Among signature treatments are Le Grand Cru Meritage Facial, combining a unique blend of grapes, an anti-aging complex of raspberries, black currant, rosemary and olive leaf extracts through a double fermentation process; The Stoneleigh Indulgence Head-to-Toe Body Facial, a comprehensive multi-step treatment which incorporates all the revitalizing elements of a facial but for the whole body; the Maple Avenue Body Butter Wrap, celebrating the hotel’s address utilizing a signature Bio-Maple compound; and a luxurious sweet Milk and Honey Body Wrap. Paying homage to the hotel’s renowned past, the Dorothy Draper Sweet Escape package honors the former penthouse designer with six hours of blissful treatments. A focus on alternative therapies such as Shirodhara, Bindi and Dosha will delight Dallasites who previously had to travel far and wide for these treatments.

For more information about The Spa at The Stoneleigh, please call The Stoneleigh at (800) 921-8498 or visit www.stoneleighhotel.com

Opened in March 2008 after a $36 million renovation and restoration, The Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa is a legendary, 170-room, Art-Deco hotel on a tree-lined street in the beautiful Uptown residential district of Dallas. First opened in 1923, The Stoneleigh restoration maintains the landmark hotel’s period-style architecture while updating it with modern comforts and amenities.

Within the 12-story hotel is a wide range of guest room styles and layouts, among them eight Tribute Suites to legendary past visitors such as Elvis Presley and Judy Garland, as well as opulent Penthouse Suites designed by Carleton Varney of the renowned Dorothy Draper Company. A new restaurant, Bolla, offers innovative modern Italian cuisine created by Iron Chef-challenger and James Beard-award winner, David Bull. The Stoneleigh also boasts a 5,200 square-foot full service luxury spa and fitness center.

Interiors feature works by some of Texas’ most talented artists, while an opulent Grand Salon on the top floor, designed by Deborah Forrest of the renowned Dallas based Forrest Perkins design firm, presents Dallas in panorama. The Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts and Historic Hotels of America. www.stoneleighhotel.com