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SpaWire: Connecting you to the Spa, Salon, and Wellness Industry News for the Week of December 16, 2004
SpaWire(tm) is a complimentary news digest brought to you by SpaIndex.Com: Guide to Day Spas and Stay Spas, and our sponsors. SpaWire and SpaIndex would like to thank our spa members, vendors, subscribers, and others who have contributed to our success this year. The growth of our popular web portal at SpaIndex.Com and our informative news digest at SpaWire.Com continues to insire us. In fact, we are poised to launch a new feature in 2005 in response to growing demands from our spa consumers and professionals. Stay tuned for this exciting news. We are fortunate, and hope we are able to contribute to your good fortune, as well, by continuing to share news, trends, and important information for this exciting and rewarding industry. Happy Holidays to all of you.
SPAcademy By Raffles International And Cornell University Present First Executive Development Programme In Spa Management Hospitality.Net (12-13-04) SPAcademy By Raffles International and Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration have teamed up to put together Asia's first Cornell- SPAcademy Executive Development Programme in Spa Management, which will be held in Singapore from 10 to 14 January 2005. The first-of- its-kind in Asia, the programme aims to provide aspiring spa owners and managers with an operational blueprint for running a successful spa business. The five-day executive development programme boasts a comprehensive curriculum covering a range of topics specific to the spa industry, including feasibility studies, identifying consumer trends, marketing strategies and managing finances. It will also provide an ideal platform for spa practitioners, spa owners and managers, and spa entrepreneurs, to draw on Cornell's expert knowledge in spa management and share experiences.
Check Your Calendars 2005 Calendar Events for the Spa Industry January 8-11, 2005: The Salon Association (TSA) Annual Symposium. San Francisco, California, USA. January 31 - February 3, 2005: Real World Spa Startup/Expansion Workshop by Preston Wynne Success Systems. Saratoga, California, USA. 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.
Spa Village Opens At BC Ski Area On the Snow / Daily Canada News (12-15-04) The Cariboo Regional District has given 3rd Reading Approval for the approximate 1,000 acres owned by The Hills Health Ranch at 108 Mile British Columbia, for the development of Canada's first Health Spa Village.
All-male spa a metro/retro vision MSNBC / Houston Business Journal (12-12-04) Bruce Terrill, a 26-year veteran of the oil business, came up with the concept for his latest venture while watching an episode of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Subjects on the cable television show go through a makeover process that includes a trip to a salon spa for the requisite manicure, pedicure and haircut. "I noticed that they always took those guys to a woman's place, and wondered why there isn't a place where men can go to get this done," says Terrill. "Men have to endure the beauty shop experience to get these services, so there must be a market for an all-male spa." Terrill is about to find out if his theory is valid. His City Barbers & Spa -- "Where Sharp Guys Get Their Edge" -- is scheduled to open on Dec. 14.
Rubbing Herb Bundles With The Beautiful People Special to SpaWire, by Hadley Richarde They call it a bandle. It's a Thai concept, one that goes back thousands of years and has its roots in Ayurvedic medicine. But "bandle" is not conversational Thai. It's a bundle of herbs with a handle. This is one of the many ah-ha moments I enjoyed at the Southern Spa & Salon Conference held in Hickory, North Carolina. I took a class on herbal hydrotherapy, called the Maha Experience, and learned that in Thailand, according to spa consultant Kelly Baynham, packs of ginger, lemon grass, camphor and eucalyptus are steamed and used as medicinal compresses to treat illness. The herbs are not only good for soothing and toning the skin. Baynham also discovered that people really like the way the hot herb bundles feel, especially when they are rolled into the arch of the foot, held in the palms or placed on the abdomen. The treatment involves stimulating meridian points and incorporating massage therapy into the herbal hydrotherapy protocol. "It was funny," said Baynham, "During the massage portion, people in testing wanted to know 'Is the bandle coming back?"
Spa Cuisine by Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Nestle, USA Aromas of wild salmon served with a creamy basil sauce or tender honey-roasted pork adorned with a ruby dried cherry and red wine sauce, each accompanied by colorful vegetables such as yellow and orange carrots and spinach, or baby corn and broccoli, would make even the most discerning palate rush home for dinner. Add the healthful bonus of fiber-rich brown or wild rice, or whole wheat pasta and the appeal of these innovative, new SPA CUISINE meals from STOUFFER'S LEAN CUISINE is even more enticing. New SPA CUISINE meals with 100% whole grains from LEAN CUISINE can be found in distinctive soft spa blue, white and coral packages in the freezer section of major supermarkets beginning December 2004. The suggested average retail price for each meal is $2.79.
Medical Spas - a Boom for Boomers and the Doctors Who Run Them Press Release (12-01-04) There is no shortage of Baby Boomers who want to stop aging and look fabulous. It is all the rage to visit the local "MedSpa" for a quick facial and laser wrinkle reduction. Attribute it to the growing baby boomers with their insatiable appetite to stop aging and look great. It is really their demands which have spawned the Medical Spa industry. With a 147 percent increase in medical day spa openings for 2003, Oakridge Healthcare has responded with a Medical Spa Financing Division to meet the needs of this growing market.
Introducing the giveBeauty Gift Card Press Release (12-07-04) The giveBeauty gift card is honored for health and beauty services and products at participating members that are listed in the giveBeauty network, including a wide variety of health and beauty professionals from hair and nail salons, to day spas, medical estheticians, dermatologists, wellness centers, even yoga and Pilates studios. "giveBeauty was formed to make gift giving a more pleasant and realistic experience for everyone involved," said giveBeauty founder and CEO Joan Beeson Healy. "As a mother of seven children who has little to no time for gift-shopping, I appreciated the need for a gift card that streamlined the gift giving process for the sender yet was personalized and offered choice to the recipient."
Men Wanted For Acupuncture Story Press Release (12-08-04) Freelance writer Sally Marks is looking for men who are willing to undergo facial rejuvenation acupuncture and tell about their experience as part of a story for a national men's health magazine. Those who are interested in participating will receive the facial rejuvenation procedure, which enhances health, reduces facial scarring and the effects of aging, at half the usual cost.
Starwood Hotels splashes out on spas Financial Times (12-13-04) With its dramatic lighting and sleek decor, the lobby of a W Hotel could be mistaken for a chic bar. Now its owner, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, hopes that its brand will also be linked with the airy, aqua-blue walls of a trendy spa. Starwood, whose brands include St Regis and Sheraton, today launches a Bliss spa at the W Hotel in New York, marking the continuing convergence of hotels, food and style.
Day spa churns out popular creams Contra Costa Time (12-03-04) Kelly Ann Flynn-Rose spent the first 16 years of her career expanding her day spa from a cramped 400 square feet to a spacious shrine to relaxation with a staff of more than two dozen people. Then in 2000, Flynn-Rose turned her attention to another bold task, the creation of a new, "ultrarich" body cream. Experiments in her kitchen blending shea butter with oils and extracts led to the birth of Body Butter, a moisturizing cream used in various spa treatments that now comes in numerous scents. Four years later, Flynn-Rose's Spa Blends company sends its Body Butter to more than 500 spas nationwide. Meanwhile, the Kelly Ann's Salon and Day Spa, the Pleasant Hill business where it all began, is undergoing a major renovation that includes construction of a gift store to highlight the Spa Blends line.
New Year's Day Birthday Celebrants From the Great Marketing Idea Department ... In celebration of New Year's babies worldwide, the AAA Four Diamond Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa is offering a one-time, "congratulatory" rate of $101.05 to all people born on New Year's Day. But you New Year's babies better act quick, as this promotion will only be available on a first come, first serve basis from January 1-7, 2005. The catch -- there will be a limited number of guestrooms available at this promotional rate. And, oh yeah, don't forget those IDs.
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