Friday 03 September 2010 Spa Business: Uniting the world of spas
p36 Lease of life Hepburn Springs, a historic, mineral bathhouse in Australia, has been
transformed into a world-class spa facility. Jennifer Todd pays a visit View >>
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Spa Business
magazine 2010 issue 3
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Editor's letter:Exploring new priorities At the heart of wellness lies the principle of prevention rather than cure - the age-old philosophy that underpins the world's natural healing and healthy living disciplines,
but which is only now being acknowledged by the allopathic medical communityMore>>
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News:Spa vision A fitness experience based on TCM and the senses; treetop spas; and a Dead Sea salt cave in EgyptMore>>
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Letters:Write to reply Patenting yoga moves might not be a bad thing says the principal of India's Ananda Spa InstituteMore>>
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News:News update A €35.5m restoration for thermal baths in Budapest; and McCa ffrey joins Clarins to head up US expansionMore>>
Interview:Mia Kyricos and Jeremy McCarthy Starwood's global spa brand director and head of development oversee 300 spas and have 150 more on the way. They talk to Katie Barnes about creating in-house concepts and their
strategy for the worldwide roll outsMore>>
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Research:Supply and demand Leonor Stanton looks at 2010 figures from spas in the Middle East and analyses their performance, including utilisation and revenuesMore>>
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First person:Naked communion David Minton tries out di fferent types of onsen in Japan - from the traditional and urban to zerocarbon and futuristicMore>>
Resort spa:Vital vitality A Russian banya and holistic health are at the core of a wellness centre in Latvia. Kate Cracknell reportsMore>>
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Training:Setting standards Wat Po TTM is the birthplace of Thai massage. Chris McBeath visits the government-approved school that's standardising the way this staple spa treatment is being taughtMore>>
25 Aug 2010 Lifehouse to open this December Following a £30m (36.4m euro, US$46.9m) investment, a luxury new destination health spa is nearing completion in Thorpe Hall manor in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, UK. Full
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