HAS another spa shut its doors?

Villa RainTree Resort & Spa, located in Labrador Nature Reserve in Pasir Panjang, has been closed for at least the past week.

Concerned customers who have not been able to make appointments have been calling nearby restaurant Olive Ristorante, an employee there told my paper.

"I was told by the 'spa owner' to direct any enquiries to this person," she said, before giving us a mobile number.

When my paper called the number, a woman who wished to be known only as M. C. said that the spa has been closed for renovations for the last week.

M. C. said that she joined another spa a couple of months ago, but returns to Villa RainTree to help out as she handles many of the customers there.

She said: "The spa is closed only for renovation and air-conditioning and electrical works. They should be completed in two weeks' time."

Customers who wish to get their spa treatments done while renovation works are going on can call her. She will arrange for appointments at alternative venues, she said.

One of the spas is Spa Republic in Festive Hotel at Resorts World Sentosa, she said.

An employee at Spa Republic confirmed that customers from Villa RainTree have been redirected to them for the past few days. However, she is unsure about the reason behind this arrangement between the two spas and when it will end.

The owner of Spa Republic is Mr Francis Phun, chairman of tourism and leisure company Singapore Explorer, which owns Villa RainTree Resort & Spa.

He could not be contacted.

Three months ago, there was a High Court action to wind up Singapore Explorer for non-payment of accounts. Singapore Explorer was registered in January 1992 and runs a range of services, from spas to restaurants

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