San Francisco, California – What sets Westfield San Francisco Centre apart from other shopping and dining destinations in the city? One of its distinctive attributes is that it is home to San Francisco’s largest day spa, Burke Williams. A family-owned company since 1984, Burke Williams has nine locations inCalifornia. Their Westfield San Francisco Centre location is a16,000 square foot day space with amenities designed for both men and women, including Jacuzzi, steam, sauna, cool mist and private baths. Offering 15 massage rooms, 6 nail care rooms, 4 nail chairs and a wet room, Burke Williams can pamper 26 clients per hour.

When visitors cross enter Burke Williams Spa, they are transported to an oasis where ancient techniques of a world-class European spa blends with modern advances in health and science. The Spa offers traditional soothing face and body treatments including Thermal Seaweed Body Wraps, Nourishing Facials, Pure Relaxation and Swedish Massages, Spa Manicures and Pedicures, and more. For travelers seeking restorative therapies and treatments, Burke Williams offers a Cold and Flu Bath or Mustard Bath with hydrotherapy to help stop cold and flu discomfort. A Deep Tissue Massage and Muscle Therapy bath can sooth aches and pains from carrying heavy suitcases and sitting in cramped airplanes. Lymphatic Massages and Reflexology helps relieve ailments and discomforts from the entire body.

Complete spa packages are available to travelers seeking a full-day experience and day of beauty. Groups from 10-100, spouse programs and private events are welcome. Customized programs and catering is available onsite. Gift certificates are available for incentive groups and visiting conventions.

Visitors can also spend a day being pampered at the Nordstrom Spa at Westfield San Francisco Centre. Treatments include Anti-Aging and Oxygen Facials, Healing Hot Stone and Sport Massages, Moor Mud Wrap and Paraffin Manicures and Pedicures. Body Waxing and Airbrush Tanning are offered as well. Combine any of these treatments with a day of shopping, a delicious lunch at Café Nordstrom and travelers will return to their hotels rooms decidedly much more relaxed and ready for a night on the town or the return venture home.

Westfield San Francisco Centre offers a variety of skin care and cosmetic boutiques which specialize in natural, healing and anti-aging beauty products for both men and women including the following:

• Melvita-meaning “honey” and “life” in Latin has been a pioneer in the field of organic beauty products.  It is the #1 organic-certified beauty brand inFrance. Products include a wide array of creams, lotions, oils and gels, in addition to shampoos, conditioners and soaps. There are also specialized product lines for men, expecting moms, babies and teens.
• Aveda-The Art and Science of Pure Flower and Plant Essences™, founded in 1978, offers professional plant-based hair care, skin care, make up, Pure-Fume™ and lifestyle products for men and women. Aveda beauty professionals look at beauty as a craft, not as a product result. They are unique in the industry for their pursuit of a higher art: helping make their clients not only look beautiful, but feel beautiful.
• The Art of Shaving-Created in 1996, this masculine establishment is set up to provide men with the finest shaving products and accessories. The shop is operated by a team   of shaving specialists who offer advice to customers on proper grooming techniques and carries the largest collection of aromatherapy-based grooming products and accessories for men, including a wide range of skin and hair care products, as well as a selection of distinctive fragrances.
• Kiehl’s-founded as an old-world apothecary in New York's Lower East Side neighborhood, offers skin and hair care formulas derived from the most unique natural ingredients. By combining tried-and-true methods with the latest innovations from around the world, the shop provides a high level of quality and efficacy that customers have come to expect from Kiehl's for more than 159 years.

Visitors can also enjoy bath, beauty and health products from The Body Shop, Bath & Body Works, L’Occitane, Bare Escentuals and more.  Beauty makeovers are available for individuals and groups at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales, both of which offer dozens of renowned skin care and cosmetic lines.

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Information, Interviews & Photos, Contact:         
Kathy Anderson, Tourism Representative, 602-678-1007, kathy@retailtourism.com