Spa town Spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. The word "spa" is derived from the name of Spa, a town in Belgium. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. He became interested in the curative properties of the hot mineral waters there and in 1676 wrote "A discourse of Bathe, and the hot waters there. Also, Some Enquiries into the Nature of the water". This brought the purported health-giving properties
B Resort & Spa also features the B Indulged Spa, which offers a wide array of various spa treatments, and has six different meeting or wedding venues. The resort was forced to close in August 2004 after sustaining major damage from Hurricane Charley. It reopened in 2006 after receiving a major multimillion-dollar renovation. On June 4, 2012, B Hotels & Resorts bought the property with plans to renovate and rebrand. The B Resort & Spa opened June 16, 2014. B Resort & Spa B Resort & Spa is a 394-room non-Disney resort on the property of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista,