User:Reneedowning55/Canyon Ranch

Canyon Ranch is a privately held healthy lifestyle company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. It operates two destination health spas, healthy living communities, a hotel and spa in Miami Beach, and luxury day spas. Canyon Ranch regularly receives awards for the quality of the experience it provides to its guests.

Origin
The history of Canyon Ranch begins with the often-told story of how the company’s founder and chairman, Mel Zuckerman, changed his life at a health spa.

In 1978, Zuckerman, 49, an overweight, sedentary, stressed-out Tucson home developer, resolved to lose 40 pounds to help get his high blood pressure, asthma and many other health problems under control. The recent death of his father from lung cancer had convinced him that he needed to do something about the state of his health.

Desperate, he went to a classic fat farm, The Oaks at Ojai in California, planning to spend 10 days. He ended up staying a month and completely changing the way he lived. There, he met a fitness instructor who worked with him and had him running a mile and a half in less than 12 minutes within 10 days. This accomplishment led to a realization that he had within himself the power to improve his health and chance of longevity. Before he left the Oaks, he decided to arrange his life so that he could continue to eat well, exercise daily and manage his stress. He also had a strong desire to share what he'd discovered with others.

His wife, Enid, had long thought that Tucson would be a good place for a health spa and had urged him to build one. They acquired a dilapidated guest ranch on the outskirts of Tucson, renovated and added to it, and opened Canyon Ranch in December, 1979.

1979-2009
After a financially rocky first couple of years, Canyon Ranch became successful as health consciousness exploded in the culture during the 1980s and the resort began to receive attention in national publications. With their business partner Jerry Cohen, the Zuckermans opened Canyon Ranch in Lenox in 1989 and Canyon Ranch Miami Beach – which includes a beachfront healthy living condominium community and a hotel and spa – in November, 2008.

Two smaller Canyon Ranch Living residential communities are located on the grounds of the Lenox and Tucson resorts. Canyon Ranch also operates SpaClub day spas -- one in Las Vegas and several more aboard luxury cruise lines.

Canyon Ranch expanded the concept of a health resort by providing guests with resources for comprehensive lifestyle improvement, with a staff that includes registered dieticians, board-certified physicians, exercise physiologists, licensed therapists, certified fitness instructors, complementary medicine providers and other skilled staff members to provide guests with a holistic, integrative approach to health improvement. Andrew Weil, M.D., helped establish the integrative medicine practice at Canyon Ranch, beginning in 1983, at the same time that he was building the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.

Philanthropy
In 2002, the Zuckerman family and co-founder Jerry Cohen established a separate entity, Canyon Ranch Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose stated mission is to educate, inspire and empower every person to prevent disease and embrace a life of wellness. In 2006, Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States (2002–2006), became president of the Institute and a vice chairman of Canyon Ranch.

The extent of the Zuckerman family’s support for health education at the University of Arizona is reflected in the establishment of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in January, 2000.

Reputation
To many people, Canyon Ranch has become shorthand for high-end health resort. An example of this appears in an article about at-home spa products in the New York Times in October 2008: "In fact, home spa products. . . are generally on the less pricey end of the spa industry, a way to bring pampering to those who can’t afford a week at Canyon Ranch."

Canyon Ranch health resort in Tucson, Arizona
Located on 200 acres in the Sonoran Desert on the outskirts of Tucson, the flagship Canyon Ranch health resort features:
 * Southwestern-style accommodations, a historic clubhouse and dining room featuring high-beamed ceilings and massive stone fireplaces – the property was once a working cattle ranch, and then the Double U guest ranch from the 1930s through the 1970s.
 * An 80,000-square-foot spa containing nine gyms, weight room, racquetball and squash courts, locker rooms, steam rooms, sauna, inhalation therapy rooms, whirlpool baths, cold dips and private sunbathing areas.
 * Seven tennis courts, four swimming pools, sports courts and miles of walking trails. More than 40 complimentary fitness classes and outdoor activities are offered each day.
 * The Life Enhancement Center, which offers an intensive group experience.

Canyon Ranch health resort in Lenox, Massachusetts
Situated on the grounds of a century-old estate in the Berkshires of New England, Canyon Ranch in Lenox is in an area that's been popular with vacationers since the 19th century. The surrounding mountains, lakes and meadows lend themselves to an extensive outdoor sports program that includes hiking, biking, tennis, canoeing, kayaking, and snowshoeing, as well as cross-country and downhill skiing. More than 40 complimentary fitness classes and outdoor activities are offered each day.

The resort features:
 * The historic 1897 Bellefontaine Mansion – this four-story, brick and marble mansion was renovated before the resort opened in 1989.
 * A modern, two-story Inn housing the resort’s 126 guest rooms and suites.
 * A 100,000-square-foot spa complex with fitness facilities including gyms, exercise studios, indoor racquet sports courts, swimming pools, indoor jogging track, locker rooms, saunas, steam rooms, inhalation rooms, whirlpools and relaxation lounges.
 * Outdoor facilities include a 50-foot swimming pool, tennis courts, hiking trails and a ropes challenge course.
 * All-weather, glass-enclosed walkways connect the three main buildings.

Living community, hotel & spa in Miami Beach
Canyon Ranch Miami Beach offers private beachfront condominium residences and hotel suites with an extensive Wellness Spa and a focus on healthy living. The complex sits on six acres along Miami Beach that include the restored historic Carillon Hotel, a landmark of Miami Modern Architecture, flanked by two new condominium towers. The Carillon tower houses the wellness spa, several restaurants and the hotel.

The complex features:
 * 700 linear feet of white sand beach
 * Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa, with 150 condo-hotel suites
 * 467 condominium residences.
 * A 70,000-square-foot Wellness Spa featuring ocean views, body and massage treatments, saunas, steam rooms, skin care and facial rooms, locker rooms, relaxation lounge, beauty salon and fitness center.
 * Four dining venues, swimming pools and walking and biking paths along the beach.
 * The Wellness Spa offers fitness facilities and classes, spa services and wellness services including private physician consultations.

Day spas

 * Canyon Ranch SpaClub day spa in in The Venetian (Las Vegas) and The Palazzo Las Vegas, Nevada
 * Canyon Ranch SpaClub day spa on RMS Queen Mary 2
 * Canyon Ranch SpaClub day spas on three Oceania Cruises ships
 * Canyon Ranch SpaClub day spas on four Regent Seven Seas Cruises ships (coming late 2009)