The hotel’s Le Petit Spa next to Gymtonic also offers a Finnish sauna, steam room and spa pool and five full-time therapists trained in Elemis and Anne Semonin as well as Indian head massage and Reiki.

To join Gymtonic at Malmaison Birmingham,

please call freefone 0800 0 37 47 57 or visit www.malmaison.com

Malmaison Birmingham, opened in 2002, is located in the Mailbox shopping centre next to Harvey Nichols and is within walking distance of New Street train station, which has direct links to the National Exhibition Centre and the airport.

Originally part of a 1960s Royal Mail Sorting Office, Malmaison Birmingham’s interior was designed by award-winning Jestico + Whiles – with chocolate, ecru and cream colours highlighted with flashes of vibrancy from tactile furnishing fabrics.

Rates from £99 at the weekend and £129 in the week.