Former NHL Hockey Players Invest In Whistler Spa
Filed under: Spas
A former NHL hockey player is one of the investors behind a luxurious new spa. Vincent Damphousse is a part of the $8.5-million Scandinave Spa Whistler, opens this month just in time to ramp up for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Vancouver Sun reports that Damphousse owns a 25-per-cent stake in Quebec-based spa developer Gestion Riviere du Diable Inc. (GRD), which has spas in Montreal, Mont Tremblant, Quebec and a franchise spa in Blue Mountain, Ontario. Another player, former defenseman Eric Desjardins owns five per cent of the company.The project has six separate buildings with green roofs and offers a spa experience that starts with a steam bath or sauna before a quick cool off in Nordic waterfalls or a cold bath or shower, a process that is repeated several times. The baths experience costs $55 and there are also packages that include massage.
Damphousse has been involved with GRD since 1999, when he was still actively playing. He was later the National Hockey League Players Association's director of business relations and is on the boards of four different companies.
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