Press Release: Cunard Line
November 14, 2001
MIAMI, FL -- Cunard Line has selected world-famous Canyon Ranch health resorts to design and operate the spa, beauty
salon, wellness and fitness facilities on board their new $800-million flagship Queen Mary 2, announced Deborah
L. Natansohn, the line's senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing. The extraordinary 150,000-tonne
luxury liner is expected to enter service in December 2003.
Queen Mary 2 (QM2) will measure 1,132 feet in length and 237 feet in height from keel to funnel top, with beam
of 135 feet, making it not only the longest, but also the widest passenger ship in the world. The ship's health
club -- Canyon Ranch SpaClub -- will feature 20,000 square feet of state-of-the-art spa and fitness facilities
located on two decks and employ 51 staff.
The Canyon Ranch SpaClub will offer 24 massage, body and skin care treatment rooms, a gymnasium and weight room
with more than 50 pieces of cardio and weight-training equipment, a juice bar, and men's and women's locker rooms.
Designers will incorporate unique water features throughout, emphasizing the healing and therapeutic benefits of
water and heat.
Facilities will include a 30x15-foot co-ed Thalassotherapy Pool that features airbed recliner lounges, neck fountains,
a deluge waterfall, air tub and body massage jet benches. The pool area also will have a whirlpool. Adjacent to
the pool will be an extensive Thermal Suite featuring an herbal sauna, Finnish sauna, reflexology basins and an
aromatic steam room.
Passengers aboard QM2 will be able to experience an array of rejuvenating spa treatments, including massages and
therapeutic bodywork, mud, aromatherapy, Ayurvedic and seaweed treatments, facials and masks, conditioning body
scrubs and therapeutic body cocoons.
The ship's SpaClub also will offer the exotic Rasul Ceremony, a Canyon Ranch signature treatment. This medicinal
mud and steam therapy, which takes place in an ornately tiled steam chamber, is derived from an ancient Middle
Eastern cleansing ritual.
The beauty salon will be a luxurious facility offering a full menu of Canyon Ranch services for both women and
men, including hair design and nail care treatments, manicures, pedicures, makeup consultations and makeovers.
In addition to the ship's extensive spa, beauty and fitness facilities, Canyon Ranch certified instructors will
conduct daily group and private fitness, yoga and tai chi classes for passengers. Canyon Ranch ``healthy living
experts'' will offer on-board lectures and workshops addressing lifestyle change, health and medical issues, stress
management, smoking cessation, healthy aging and disease prevention.
According to Jerry Cohen, Canyon Ranch president and CEO, ``We are delighted to be part of Queen Mary 2 and make
our unique experience available to the passengers of what will be the world's grandest passenger vessel ever constructed.''
In an effort to provide passengers with a more complete experience, Canyon Ranch chefs will design spa selections
for various QM2 restaurants. ``Cunard's highly acclaimed menus will be complemented by Canyon Ranch cuisine that
is both nutritious and created with the highest gourmet standards,'' said Natansohn.
The SpaClub aboard QM2 will be the first such facility for Canyon Ranch on board a ship. The company also operates
another SpaClub at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas and two destination health resorts: the original Canyon Ranch
in Tucson, Arizona, and Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
For the last six decades, there has always been a Cunard ``Queen'' on the sea. QM2 will be the heir to their grace
and elegance and at the same time the greatest liner of the new century. She will be just 117 feet shorter than
the Empire State Building is tall, yet she will carry just 2,620 passengers. Accommodations will range from 194
to 5,000 square feet, with 77 percent offering ocean views, and nearly three-fourths having balconies.
Stylistically, QM2 will recall the grand ocean liners, with sweeping staircases, towering domed public rooms, five
swimming pools, a grand ballroom and a 360-degree promenade deck. Yet she will be technologically advanced, with
a four-pod propulsion system, sophisticated multi-media, conference and classroom facilities and even the world's
first shipboard planetarium.
For more information on QM2, contact a professional travel agent, call Cunard toll-free at 1-800-7-CUNARD or visit
the website http://www.cunard.com. AOL keyword: Cunard.
Cunard Line has set the standard for luxury ocean travel since 1840. The Cunard fleet has a classic British heritage
and includes Caronia and the famed Queen Elizabeth 2, among the most acclaimed vessels in the world.
Cunard is a member of the exclusive World's Leading Cruise Lines alliance, which also includes Carnival Cruise
Lines, Costa Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn Cruise Line and Windstar Cruises. Together, these member lines
share a commitment to quality and value, offering cruise vacations that appeal to the widest range of lifestyles
and budgets, and that sail to some of the world's most exciting destinations.
SOURCE: Cunard Line