Profile

Simon O’Shaughnessy

Skills

• 20 years experience in Spa design and installation.
• Leisure industry innovator in commercial and domestic markets
• Created and ran the largest private spa development company in Europe
• Successful importer and developer of a leisure related products

• Typical project responsibility
• Client relationships
• Applied design and concept, from client brief.
• Interface with architect, interior designer and other professionals.
• Technical information and application of spa products
• Operational training
• Work experience
• Responsible for over 60 Day spa installations in the UK for sporting complexes
• by Virgin Active, Next Generation Clubs, Total Fitness etc.
• Designed the first Hotel Aqua Spa in the UK for DeVere Hotels
• Redesigned and developed many of the top destination retreats in the UK such as
• Stobo Castle, The Sanctuary etc.
• Domestic and commercial installations on 3 continents
• Installed and ran the first luxury sunbed salon chain in the UK

Personal Statement
I have been involved in creative business all my life, finding and evolving products for
new markets. My passion is to see clients achieve their vision with the creation of new
trends and ideas.

In my first profession as dental surgeon I developed a specialist practice that became the
top surgery in the region. With a change of direction into business I developed a series of
products into national brands these included speciality cosmetic and eyewear brands.

My leisure company developed from an agency to finding and importing ranges of
products from the USA, France and Germany and formed a successful network of its own
agents to become the largest company of its type in Europe. This was sold in 2001 and I
now live in NZ with my wife and ‘extending’family!

Some examples of- Simon’s work in the UK available to see on the web

The Belfry- an example of a destination spa at a golf and country club
To go straight to their web site - note the next page button is bottom right and takes you through the set up
of the AquaSpa.

Next Generation Clubs- their spa was called ‘Celsius’ This is an example of a spa facility inside a
sports club

Virgin’s –‘Bubbles spa'

Virgin’s –Sauna, Sanarium, showers, big steam

Total Fitness – Hydro areas in clubs

Total Fitness club directory
If you look up a club many start by telling you about the ‘hydrospa’ which is the same as the ‘bath house’

There are many other sites such as The Sanctuary Spa Covent Garden-London, a large number of Holmes
Place Health clubs, Stobo Castle Scotland etc.