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Fitness Trainers
Company: Lavanya Spa
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Beauty Therapist
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Sales Consultant
Company: Premier Software Solutions
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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SPA OPERATIONS MANAGER
Company: Spa Botanica
Location: Singapore
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Assistant Spa Manager
Company: Willow Stream Spa
Location: Montreux, Switzerland
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Part - Time Exercise Therapist
Company: South West London & St George's
Location: South London, United Kingdom
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Spa Director
Company: The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
Location: Cayman Islands
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Head Office Opportunities
Company: Decléor UK Ltd
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Retail Counter Managers
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ISPA Knowledge Network & Marketplaces - Marketing
08 - 09 Sep 2008
Coconut Grove, Florida, USA

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Spa & Resort Expo & Conference / Medical Aesthetics Conference & Expo
20 - 22 Sep 2008
New York, USA

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LIW 2008 - Leisure Industry Week
23-25 Sep 2008
NEC

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SPATEC NORTH AMERICA FALL
25 - 28 Sep 2008
Braselton, Georgia, USA

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EUROPEAN SPA SUMMIT
4 - 5 Oct 2008
Paris, France

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BEYOND BEAUTY PARIS 2008
5 - 8 Oct 2008
Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France

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SPA & INSTITUT
05-07 Oct 2008
Paris, France

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Interbad
15 - 18 Oct 2008
Messe Stuttgart, Germany

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Issue 2004 Q1

8 LETTERS
Why immigration laws and marketing
lies are holding back the spa industry

10 NEWS
A tree-top spa is planned for
Honduras and Richard Branson opens a
spa on his private Caribbean island

20 INTERVIEW:
ANDREW GIBSON
The new managing director of
Six Senses Spas talks to Rhianon Howells
about the company’s expansion plans for
Europe and the Middle East

28 BEYOND THE STARS
Jennifer Harbottle has an out-ofthis-
world experience at Soneva Fushi
and Soneva Gili in the Maldives

32 OPINION:
GOING GREEN
Why should spa operators be more
environmentally responsible? Industry
figures give their views

34 RESEARCH:
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS?
Leonor Stanton explores the implications
of ISPA’s recent spa-goer studies

40 MOVERS & SHAKERS:
MARCIA KILGORE
The founder of Bliss on the company’s
recent acquisition by Starwood Hotels
and worldwide expansion

42 INTERVIEW:
BEVIS NATHAN
Osteopath Bevis Nathan tells
Kath Seward how touch can heal disease

44 BRAND NEW
Magali Robathan visits the
world-famous Royal Parc Evian in the
French spa town of Evian-Les-Bains

52 SHANGHAI SURPRISE
The world’s first Evian-branded
spa opens in Shanghai this May. Jennifer
Harbottle talks to the team behind it

56 TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Karen Maxwell on how the
bombing affected the spa industry in Bali

58 INTERVIEW:
LOSING IT
Business guru Tom Peters tells
Emma Powell how Canyon Ranch
changed his life – and how the spa
industry can safeguard its future

62 PLAIN SAILING?
Canyon Ranch has gone to sea for
the first time on the Queen Mary 2. Julie
Cramer asks if it will be a smooth voyage

66 TREASURE ISLAND
Terry Stevens reports on the
thriving spa tourism market in Cyprus

74 MOVERS & SHAKERS:
LAITH WAINES
The co-founder of the Refinery, London’s
men’s day spa concept, on capturing the
male market and taking the brand abroad

76 FAMILY MATTERS:
THE SILVEIRAS
The owners of Kurotel, Brazil’s leading
destination spa, on staying ahead

80 SEA CHANGE
Thalassotherapy centre Les
Thermes Marins is rebranding itself as a
‘marine spa’. Kathleen Fisher reports


86 INTERVIEW:
DEBORAH SZEKELY
The 82-year-old founder of
Rancho La Puerta shares the secrets of
longevity with Magali Robathan

90 360°: CULT FOLLOWING
Rhianon Howells and Magali
Robathan go behind the scenes at veteran
destination spa Rancho La Puerta

100 MOVERS & SHAKERS:
LUCY WHITTAKER
The co-director of the new, Hong Kongbased
Paua Group on the company’s plans

102 SEVENTH HEAVEN
Ian Freeman takes a look
around the new Givenchy Spa in Cannes

106 JUNGLE RHYTHM
Yoga retreat Ulpotha in Sri
Lanka offers a high-end experience with
the most basic services, says Kath Seward

110 WATERSHED
Corinne Hitching visits
Thoresby Hall Hotel Spa in the UK

114 RESEARCH:
ALTERNATIVE FUTURE
Mintel explores the European market for
complementary and alternative medicine

118 ASK AN EXPERT:
INDIGENOUS THERAPIES
Our panel of experts on how to make the
most of native products and techniques

121 HANDS ON: JORDAN
VALLEY ENVELOPMENT
Karen Maxwell is coated in Dead Sea mud

122 ANTI-AGEING GURU:
DES FERNANDES
The South African plastic surgeon and
head of Environ on the future of skincare

124 FITNESS INTERVIEW:
KENNETH COOPER
The man who coined the word ‘aerobics’
tells Wendy Golledge how spas can help
tackle the obesity epidemic

128 INTENSIVE CARE
Rhianon Howells explores the
Cooper Aerobics Center, Dallas, Texas

134 MOVERS & SHAKERS:
KEITH WORTS
The vice president of operations for US
chain Stonewater on industry consolidation

136 SPA PRODUCTS
We look at some of the latest
and most innovative products for your spa

are you in this issue?

• Keith Worts - Stonewater • Lucy Whittaker - Paua Group • Marcia Kilgore - Bliss • Darryll Leiman - Canyon Ranch • Julie Davis - Cunard • Chris Finch - SMC Design • Connie Tyne - Cooper Clinic • Jason Barth - Cooper Aerobics Centre • Arthur Weissman - Green Seal Consultancy • Oriele Frank - Elemis • Bernard Lambert - Les Thermes Marins • Anthony Ross - Spa Botanica • Leslie Shamas - Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo • Richard Silver - the Organic Cotton Textile Co • Penny Ordway - Eviama Life Spa • Dr Evelyne Tenaillon - Better Living Institute • Katia Schaffhauser - La Maison des 4 Terres • Claude Renaudin - Givenchy • Luis Carlos Silveira - Kurotel Longevity Center & Spa • Frederic Vidal - Les Thermes Marins • George Rushton - Warner Holidays • Warrick Burton - Thoresby Hall • Jeremy Sayer - PWP Architects • Tessa Pollard - Leisure Concepts • Peter Anderson - Pevonia • Liz Dyas - Thalgo • Tom Peters • Laith Waines - The Refinery • Andrew Gibson - Six Senses • Bevis Nathan - Author • George Tavelis - Le Meridien Limassol • Alecos Michaelides - Thanos Hotels Ltd • Muriel Muirden - ERA • Angelo Markides - Aphrodite Hills • Deborah Szekely - Rancho La Puerta • Handel Lee - House of Three • Alan Hepburn - Evian Spa • Alan Chan - ACDC • Anne Thevenet-Abitbol - Groupe Danone • Kenneth Cooper - Cooper Clinic • Michelle Strutton - Mintel • Jose Manuel Jasso & Barry Shingle - Rancho La Puerta • Lynne Walker McNees - ISPA • Paul Blake - Maya Ubud Resort & Spa • Renate Hermes - Begawan Giri • Fabrice Garrigues - P.T. Perindo Karya • Dr Des Fernandes - Environ • Giles Scott/Viren Perera & Tennakoon - Ulpotha • Isabel Metz - Ikal Del Mar Resort • Jeannine Carroll - Jamu Traditional Spa • Faisal Mubaret - Jordan Valley Resort & Spa • Gayle Heron - Li’tya Spa Care • Jeff Matthews - Mandara Spa Asia • Jeff Kohl - ISPA • Mike Goodman - Spascape • Samantha Foster - Chiva Som • Tammy Dent - Soneva Gili • Claire Toolan - Soneva Fushi • Edouard Ettedgui - Mandarin Oriental • Como Shambala Resort • Bulgari Hotels & Resorts • The Hotel Astoria • Yoshi Otomi - SpaPlan • Bourne Leisure Group • Ho Kwon Ping - Banyan Tree • Giorgio Armani - Giorgio Armani Group • Emaar Properties • Michael Carter - The Athena Health Club & Day Spa • David Leiber - Decléor SAS • Emmanuel Berger - Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel • Alton Towers Hotels • Richard Branson - Virgin • Howard Karawan - Kerzner International • Les Roches Spa • The Beardmore Spa Training School • The Trevor Osbourne Property Group • Per Aquum Resorts & Spas • Hidehiko Yamaguchi - Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa • Spa BA


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2003: Q4

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