The Kulm Hotel St Moritz is being launched in time for this year's ski season and will combine two strands the resort is famous for: skiing and wellbeing.

The resort's healing heritage goes back almost 3,500 years and was popular with Brits who enjoyed the therapeutic mountain air and glorious sunshine.

The CHF12m (£8m, 10m euro, US$12.8m), 2,000sq m (21,500sq ft) spa will have an indoor pool, whirlpool, open air heated pool, salt grotto, steambath, Finnish sauna, Kneipp footpath, children's pool and 12 treatment rooms.

A private suite for two people will have a steambath, bio sauna, water jet bath tub, heated water bed and lounger. Champagne and nibbles will be served in this suite and treatments aimed at men and teenagers.

The spa philosophy is relaxation, detox/purification and regeneration. Product lines include Niance, a Swiss premium anti-ageing brand and Alpienne, which is made from wild Alpine plants.