A lease has been agreed for a spa resort in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.

The municipality of Adelboden, where the spa development will be situated, has voted in favour of granting planning permission for the area and signed a lease agreement.

Scheduled to open in early 2011, the Adelboden Alpine Bath project will be financed by property group Pearl of Switzerland Development, which was established and funded by real estate company Pearl of Kuwait.

Total investment in the Alpine Bath will be approximately CHF100m (60.3m euro, US$88.4m, £42m). It will combine a health spa and hotel with panoramic Alpine views.

The spa will cover 61,354sq ft (5,700sq m), of which 11,840sq ft (1,100sq m) will be water surfaces. It will include 15 treatment rooms.

In addition, there will be 14 sauna rooms, around 20 swimming pools, a medical wellness centre, a huge ‘meditation’ bath, several retail areas and a restaurant.