The Brando, an eco-resort encircled by a coral reef in Tetiaroa, French Polynesia, is due to launch July 2014.

The 12-island atoll was brought in 1965 by actor Marlon Brando, who fell in love with it while scouting for film locations around Tahiti for his movie Mutiny on the Bounty.

Deep Nature, a French-based spa and thalassotherapy specialist, is working on the spa element.

The Brando is owned and will be operated by Pacific Beachcomber, which already has seven hotels in French Polynesia, including four InterContinentals. It will have 35 villas with a strong focus on the environment – all the energy it uses will come from renewable sources such as solar panels, deep ocean-cooling technology and coconut biofuel.

The spa will be located in a large planted area partly built over a tropical pond. It has a village style with facilities – three double treatment rooms, two steamrooms, a cold bath, relaxation area and tea lounge – housed in separate bungalows.

Deep Nature will open two more spas in 2014, the Deva spa resort on the island of New Caledonia and a spa in Brussels, Belgium, which will be housed at UP Site – new a residential tower development.

The 600sq m UP Site spa will have five treatment rooms including a double, plus a swimming pool, a hammam with scrub room, a fitness centre, relaxation room, a tea room, hot and cold baths and a sauna. It will use Cinq Mondes products.