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News for the
Week of February 1, 2005
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Spa Owners
Capitalize on Health, Beauty Trend
Coloradoan
Online (01-30-05)
When Jane
Rossi opened Cleopatra's Day Spa nine years ago, she had just one
competitor in Fort Collins. Now, she can't keep track of all the new spas
that have made Northern Colorado home in the past five years. There are
spas offering medical treatments, spas that include acupuncture or other
New Age methods of healing and spas that are part of larger salons. Even
as some businesses fail after only several months, still more pop up to
take their places, said Rossi. "It's more acceptable with all these
'Extreme Makeover' shows on television right now," she said. "It's
popular and it's hip, and there are a lot of things on the news about
being healthy and beautiful."
Check Your
Calendars
2005 Calendar
Events for the Spa Industry
February
5-6, 2005: International Beauty Expo Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
February
5-7, 2005: International Salon & Spa Expo. Long Beach Convention
Center, Long Beach, California, USA.
February
20-21, 2005: The International Congress of Esthetics Dallas 2005 Skin
Care Trade Show. Dallas, Texas, USA
February
21-24, 2005: Spa Management for Hotels and Resorts Seminar, Presented
by Resources & Development. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
March 5,
2005: Healthy Living Expo, Melbourne, Florida.
March
17-20, 2005: Natural Products Expo West, Anaheim, CA.
Thailand Spas
Struggling
MCOT News
(01-27-05)
A huge number
of spa businesses in Thailand's six southern Andaman provinces affected
by last month's tsunamis are still struggling to recover their
operations, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
While spas on
the resort island of Phuket have got off relatively lightly, with only
around 20 percent affected, elsewhere the damage is much higher. In Krabi
Province, over 66 percent of spas have reported damage to their
businesses, and in Phang-nga the figure is as high as 73 percent.
Reef House
Spa voted Number-One
Travel
Blackboard (01-28-05)
The Sebel
Reef House & Spa is proud to announce that its signature day spa has
taken first place in the coveted 2005 'Readers' Spa Awards', within the
Overseas Hotels Australia and South Pacific category of Conde Nast
Traveller. In only its second year of publication the already prestigious
'Spa Awards', polls thousands of the famed UK publication's readers, to
reach a fair and unbiased result. The magazine asked readers to rate the
spas against ten criteria, which also included ambience, amenities and
treatment therapies.
Up against
fierce competition, the 18-month old, purpose-built Reef House Spa
romped in as the best spa in Australia and South Pacific, and was further
declared 10th best spa in the world. "We are exceptionally proud of this
award" said Michael Sheridan, General Manager, of The Sebel Reef House &
Spa. "It is world-wide acknowledgement of the Spa and its beneficial and
therapeutic treatments and, recognition of Palm Cove as an international
spa destination.
At the Spa:
Tarot Readings and other Supernatural Healers
USAToday.Com
(01-19-05)
Sure, they
still give facials and hot-stone massages. But a growing number of spas
are dipping their pedicured toes in the supernatural, hoping for more
client loyalty in a market that's become increasingly crowded.
At Juve The
Spa in this north Atlanta suburb, patrons can get a metaphysical
add-on to any spa service, such as a $100 tarot card reading or a $175
one-hour astrological consultation. For $200 an hour, you can talk to an
American Indian shaman at Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, Calif. Or try
"Soul Regression Therapy," a guided tour through past lives, for $90 an
hour at Ruby Room in Chicago, a spa that also touts sessions on
"Dream Therapy" and "Energy Healing For Pets."
Spa Hot
Spots: Tucson
Red Nova News
(01-19-05)
In Tucson's
spa epicenter, spas must find ways to distinguish themselves from
competitors. One of Tucson's newest day spas, set to open later this
month, is Touch of Tranquility at 6884 E. Sunrise Drive. Its
owner, Tom Borin, said he is spending more than $1 million of his own
money to create a day spa as palatial as any resort's - with prices to
match. A stream, dotted with lotus blossoms and arched by a teak bridge,
will bubble through the spa. Floors were covered with seashells embedded
in clear resin to resemble an ocean floor.
The spa's
opening was pushed back two weeks so workers could finish amenities such
as the brine light inhalation therapy room. Guests there will breathe
salt air as they watch a waterfall tumble past salt stalactites lit by
colored lights. Borin proudly displayed his Rasul chamber, a blue-tiled
room studded with brass stars where spa guests will ladle six different
types of mud onto their bodies to cleanse toxins from their skin. Rasul
is popular at Canyon Ranch's spa inside the Venetian Resort Hotel
Casino in Las Vegas. But the chambers are far too expensive for most
day spas to build.
ThermaSol
Introduces "Fast Start" Technology
Press Release
(01-03-05)
ThermaSol,
the industry leading creator of steam bath systems for the home, is proud
to introduce "Fast Start," a new technology that will enhance all
ThermaSol's future steam systems beginning January 2005. This innovative
feature enables all ThermaSol's future Steam Shower, Pro Series and
AmbiancePro models to begin producing steam in merely seconds, rather
than five to ten minutes, typical of other units on the market.
Orange County
Day Spa's Open House to Benefit Charity
Press Release
(01-30-05)
Chiari
Wellness Spa, one of Orange County's newest day spas, will host an
open house between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 26,
offering free beauty services, samples, and a sale with a portion of
proceeds benefiting the Assistance League® of Huntington Beach's
Operation School Bell® program, this year helping clothe 1200 needy
school kids in Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, and Westminster.
Perfect
Beauty's Twinkle Tweezers - The Prettiest Valentine's Day Gift Idea
Press Release
(01-20-05)
Twinkle
Tweezers are a super pretty tweeze tool and a must have for the
powder puff princess in every woman! Which perfect beauty would not want
to add a touch of sparkle to their brows? Twinkle Tweezers are
handcrafted in Italy and made of stainless steel and are embellished with
hand-cut Swarovski crystals.
Wholesale
orders welcome.
KölDesign
Announces New Products
Press Release
(01-15-05)
KölDesign
- the only company to offer a line of "mix-your-own" dry facials and
scrubs has now expanded its Köl Skin Care Products line to include two
new products: "St-Honoré" and "Agadir". Köl consumers can create warm
facials or scrubs for a true "spa at home" [or "spa on the road"]
experience. By adding warm water to Köl's natural clay and herb bases,
Köl Skin Care Products users enjoy a thermal benefit that pre-mixed masks
and scrubs are unable to offer. The heat of Köl's warm masks and scrubs
opens pores to allow for greater penetration and more effective cleansing
of impurities from the skin. The dry formulas also retain their freshness
and efficacy without requiring preservatives or other chemical additives
that are common to premixed formulas.
SpaWire
Recommended Product: Supracor
Supracor
has revolutionized personal care with its line of products featuring
Stimulite® Honeycomb. Learn more about the Ventilated Honeycomb
Pillow, rejuvenating Stimulite Honeycomb Body Scrubber,
Bath Mitt and SpaCells (facial scrubbers), spa sandals, bath pillows,
and even Stimulite Lumbar Support. Ideal for hydrotherapy and wet
rooms, water flows through the perforated cells, allowing it to dry
quickly, yet it remains soft and touchable during use.
First
introduced to SpaWire at the November 2004 ISPA conference in
Las Vegas, we've sampled these products and find them to be the
perfect match for the spa environment. The Supracor Honeycomb is a
medical-grade biomaterial which is antifungal and antibacterial, mildew-resistent,
and ultra lightweight.
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