"Individual choice is huge now, " says Tracey Welsh, general manager of the Red Mountain destination spa in St.

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The New York metropolitan region is woefully underserved by the destination spa market, and not everyone wants to hop on a plane for a relaxing getaway.

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Most guests emerge from the Tucson, AZ, destination spa with increased awareness of their strengths and weaknesses--or, at least, of their fears--with many pledging to return to chart their progress.

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But most significantly, the Broadmoor had one of the first full-service spas, becoming a true destination spa resort back when there was practically no such thing and virtually no hotels had spas.

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Run by Ginny and John Lopis, spa industry veterans who helped establish such venerable properties as Canyon Ranch in Arizona, Bacara in Santa Barbara and the Doral Saturnia in Miami, it's been dubbed the first destination spa to open in the U.S. in more than a decade.

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"The first time people come in, they're petrified because they're thinking of a hypodermic needle, " says acupuncturist Pat Matthews, of the adventure destination Red Mountain Spa in St.

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Especially when the destination offers pristine views of the Cascade Mountains, spa treatments and outdoor adventures aplenty.

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