NORWICH, Conn. 10-16-06 - Danielle Knerr of Lisbon has been promoted to assistant spa director at The Spa at Norwich Inn, where she has worked for the past nine years. A nationally certified and state-licensed massage therapist, she previously held the position of spa manager. She also is certified by the International Spa Association as a spa supervisor.

In her new position, she will directly supervise therapists who provide bodywork and massage therapy services. Ms. Knerr lives in Lisbon with her husband, Karl, and their three children.

The Spa at Norwich Inn is an intimate, 100- guestroom retreat. It is home to an elegant, world-class spa offering a blend of fitness programs, nutritional instruction and beauty and body treatments designed to restore and rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit. Guests are housed either in the 1930 Georgian Colonial inn building, or in villas with wood-burning fireplaces and balconies. Yankee Magazine named it the "Top Destination Spa in New England" in its 70th Anniversary issue; Boston Magazine's New England Travel & Life named it "Best Resort in Connecticut" in its 2006 edition.

It was been named one of the Top Ten Spas in the nation in 2003, 2005 and 2005 in the Zagat Survey of U.S. Hotels, Resorts and Spas; voted as one of the Top Ten Spas in the nation for massage in 2002 and for massage and facial skin care in 2003 by the readers of Spa Finder magazine; and voted "Best Day Spa" by the readers of Connecticut Magazine for nine years in a row. For information and reservations on a wide variety of weekend, weekday, wedding, social, meeting and overnight options, call 800-ASK-4-SPA or visit on the web at www.thespaatnorwichinn.com.

The Spa at Norwich Inn is a member of the National Trust Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For information, visit on the web at www.historichotels.org.