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Qua Baths at Caesars Palace. THE MOST LUXURIOUS TREATMENTS A floral foot bath leads off the elegant Nagomi Ritual, the flagship offering on the new Nobu Hotel menu, available at the Qua Baths at Caesars Palace. It also employs Thai, Balinese, and Shiatsu massage techniques and finishes with Carboxitherapy, a carbon dioxide–infused facial treatment ($400, 90 minutes). Exclusive to Sahra, the new Decadent. alone, many lavished with award after award. Although hotel-casinos generally don't disclose their spa revenue, says Scott Russell, senior research manager at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the spa industry in Vegas is a burgeoning part of the "entertainment" category, which in the last decade has eclipsed gaming in earnings. No one understands unabashed luxury quite like the Las Vegas hotel-casino-resort. From Sahra, Cosmopolitan's 43,000-squarefoot pleasure palace, with its sensuous hammam experience, to the newly renovated spa at Wynn, better than ever since a $99 million reimagining of its guest rooms and suites just five years after it opened, each new spa is expected to outdo the last, much like the resorts they call home. If you must be caught in a game of one-upmanship, this is where you'll want to do it. For instance, you can breathe in the therapeutic air in backlit, salt brick –lined shio rooms or hover in the infinity-edge balcony pool that joins the men's and women's sides in the Spa & Salon at Aria. You can spend all day cycling through the vast array of water features in the Caligulaworthy facilities at Caesars' immense Qua Baths or recline under a domed canopy in Canyon Youth. Glow. treatment incorporates three popular spa technologies—the HydraFacial for exfoliation, the revolutionary NuFace Microcurrent wrinkle remover, and a methodical infusion of antiaging ingredients delivered through hyperbaric oxygen ($435, 80 minutes). Suggesting that diamonds may be not only a girl's best friend but also her spine's, Trump International offers Ranch SpaClub at Venetian and Palazzo, where water movements reflected overhead simulate breaking waves. Mandarin Oriental's otherworldly hammam chamber, in which you'll lie on a heated marble motherstone, is illuminated by blue stars. There's incentive to make your visit a communal experience: The Bridal Suite Gemstone Spa Treatments that use oils infused with the healing benefits of diamonds or other precious stones ($250, 90 minutes). And declaring that the only thing better than a massage is two massages simultaneously, Wynn's Four Hands Massage features a duo of therapists working in tandem to break down any last shred of stress ($600, 80 minutes). a one-of-a-kind luxury spa destination. "In the last couple of years, the discussion has been on prevention and wellness," says Ella Stimpson, spa director at Encore and Wynn, "and people are taking a real interest in preventing their illnesses in the first place, not just treating them." That's why, for example, the Bodhi treatment can be found on Encore's spa menu. But the offerings at other spas are even more surprising. There's AquaStretch, a program created at UNLV to address pain management, available at the spa at Bellagio, and the Healthy Feet program at Canyon Ranch, overseen by celebrity podiatrist Glenn Copeland and renowned for its advanced leg and foot therapies. Reviv at MGM Grand offers revitalizing booster treatments administered by a trained medical staff, while upstairs the resort's Stay Well Rooms and Suites— healthy-living spaces designed with the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Deepak Chopra—feature vitamin C – infused showers, wake-up light therapies, healthy room-service menus, and a dozen other rare amenities. While we were still adjusting to the notion of coming to Vegas to unwind at a spa, the Strip, it seems, turned into the one-of-a-kind, four-milelong, luxury destination spa of our dreams. V No one understands unabashed luxury quite like the Las Vegas hotel-casino-resort. at Canyon Ranch accommodates bridal parties with spa and salon treatments, plus in-suite food and beverage service. Or get away from everyone and book a spa penthouse at Sahra with its own steam room, side-by-side hydrotherapy tubs, a wet bar, and a living room. But beyond pure luxury, Las Vegas has taken a subtle but deliberate turn in a new and serious direction, incorporating the ever-growing wellness trend into the spa experience, a move that all but sews up the city's very promising future as VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 93 090-093_V_FEAT_Spa2_Winter14.indd 93 1/14/14 11:14 AM