Director: aim is to become a full-service wellness center
by Andrew Kirk, OF THE RECORD STAFF
Posted: 04/02/2010 04:31:56 PM MDT
When Scott Cowdrey became director of the Golden Door Spa earlier this year he said he wanted to attract more locals. Even though the spa would always service hotel guests and destination visitors, he was also offering memberships for Parkites to make it their fitness club. The Golden Door is more than a relaxation spa, he explained.
"Putting people on the path to a really healthy lifestyle is the basic goal of the Golden Door Spa. It's not just a spa to relax in. You can, and we can knock your socks off. But we're also coming at it from the standpoint of an investment (in health)," he explained.
That goal prompted the spa to recently add naturopathic physician Trevor Holly Cates to its staff. Cates was practicing out of a medical office on Ute Blvd. in Newpark.
Cowdrey said Cates can offer guests and members nutritional counseling to complement their treatments. The spa gives Cates' clients access to fitness and stress-relieving services complementing her holistic treatments.
"We offered nutrition, but never to this level," he said.
Whatever a person needs to achieve optimal health and fitness, everything is available under one roof, Cowdrey said. That's been a goal of his ever since becoming director.
"They can walk outside her door and walk right into ours," he added.
Cates said it's a perfect fit because she's interested in the whole person. Everything a client needs for exercise and stress management is in the same place.
Destination guests to Golden Door come for a transforming week, and even though she won't be their primary-care physician, she can send them home with information to implement in their lives.
For her regular clients, the only difference will be they can now valet their car and hang out in the spa after, she said.
The hotel was recently purchased by Talisker which plans to rename it Waldorf Astoria, Park City.
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