New Owner for the Golden Door

Escondido, California's renowned 55 year-old Golden Door spa has a new owner. William Conway, Co-Founder and C0-Chief Executive Officer of the Carlyle Group, plans on expanding the amenities and upgrading the property. Founder Deborah Szekely sold the Golden Door to the Wyndham group for $28 million in 1998.

From the Harper Collection:

"Renowned health/beauty spa (primarily for women) with an elegant Zen ambience, set in North San Diego County foothills in Escondido. Forty guest rooms are tucked amid 377 acres of serene gardens, citrus groves, koi ponds, waterfalls and woodland walkways. The rooms are inspired by those of traditional honjin inns, and all come with tokonoma meditation shrines on raised platforms. Chef Curtis Cooke’s “Healthy Cuisine” includes produce grown in the organic garden and locally raised free-range meat. The emphasis is on stress reduction and relaxation, with exercise and stretching classes, Pilates, vigorous walks, yoga/tai chi and aqua aerobics. The spa offers a full menu of beauty treatments, plus Japanese hot baths. Two swimming pools; tennis courts."