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Fitness Trainers
Company: Lavanya Spa
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Beauty Therapist
Company: Lavanya Spa
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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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
Location: Nationwide, United Kingdom
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Retail Counter Managers
Company: Decléor UK Ltd
Location: Nationwide, United Kingdom
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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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2004 Q2
8 letters
Why spa operators should pay more attention
to the needs of the mass market
12 news
Mandara launches in Puerto Rico and Planet Fitness
opens a spa in Singapore
18 interview: ian brewis
Shangri-La’s new director of spa development
tells Jennifer Harbottle how the group’s
Chi brand will take the Asian spa market by
storm
24 opinion: male therapists
As more male therapists enter the marketplace,
we ask what the key issues are for operators
recruiting men
28 small wonder
Terry Stevens reports on a new strategy for
spa development in Slovenia
34 movers & shakers: paul simons & suki
kalirai
The co-chairs of the UK’s Spa Business
Association on uniting the industry and setting
standards
36 dream destination
A new spa concept is boosting occupancy at the
Park Hotel Kenmare in Ireland. Rhianon Howells
takes a look
42 east meets west
The Echo Valley Ranch in Canada’s British
Columbia combines cowboy culture with Thai traditions.
Chris McBeath reports
50 aromatherapy guru: robert tisserand
Julie Cramer talks to the founding father of
the modern aromatherapy movement
52 desert flower
At the Red Mountain Adventure Spa in Utah, USA,
location is everything. Wendy Golledge finds
out how the operator is maximising this advantage
58 TOP TEAM: group dynamics
With a portfolio of 111 spas at sea, 66 land-based
spas and a successful product division, Steiner
Leisure is a force to be reckoned with in the
global spa industry. Rhianon Howells talks to
those at the top
59 leonard fluxman
The reigning president and CEO of Steiner Leisure
on acquisitions, growth and his vision for the
company
62 tom posey
The president and COO of Mandara Spa on why
the Steiner buy-out was good for business
64 jeff matthews
The president and COO of Mandara Asia on the
company’s plans for expansion into Europe
and the Middle East
66
sean harrington
The MD of Steiner’s product division on
taking Elemis to America and launching a cosmeceutical
brand
68 grand designs
Karen Maxwell visits Brenners Park Hotel and
Spa in Baden-Baden, Germany, and discovers how
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74 movers & shakers: rainer mertel
The chair of the Royal Spas of Europe on the
role of the marketing consortium in today’s
spa industry
76 interview: eric light
As the medi-spa industry booms, the president
of the International Medical Spa Association
talks to Peter Sargent about the opportunities
and challenges ahead
80 360?: point of origin
Jennifer Harbottle goes behind the scenes
at the award-winning Daintree Eco Lodge and
Spa in Australia
90 family matters: the rogners
John Harris talks to Robert Rogner Jnr and
Robert Rogner Snr, the father and son team
behind Rogner International
96 mystery shopper: pennyhill park spa
Magali Robathan goes undercover at Pennyhill
Park to see if the UK’s newest destination
spa lives up to the hype
102 new beginnings
Leading Thai destination spa Chiva-Som has
developed a new pre-conception package for
couples struggling with fertility. Sarah Ward
finds out more
108 ask an expert: post-pregnancy treatments
Karen Maxwell asks our panel of experts how
spa operators can benefit their business by
catering for the very special needs of new
mothers
111 hands on: tailor-made post-natal therapy
New mother Yolande Green tries out a custom-made
post-pregnancy treatment at Champneys Henlow
in the UK
112 spa products
We take a look at some of the latest and most
innovative spa products to reach the market
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are you in this issue?
Florence Tan - Planet Fitness • Farida Brouwer
- Salamader Lifestyle • Betty Jane Grieco-Bruce
- Venus Spa • Elizabeth Snowdon - Nusta
Spa • Kendaree Burgess-Fairn - Elbow Beach
resort • Melinda Yon - Spa Club Asia •
Heather A.Lee - SpaKid International • Cornelia
Zicu - Cornelia Spa • Tony & Brian Bird
- Wildmoor Spa • Conrad Bladford - Spa 1877
• Amanda Le Roux - Aveda Europe •
Stephen Miles - Sienna Spa • Suzanne Yates
- Shiatsu Practictioner • Vira Krijn - Olive
Leaf Wholeness Centre • Dr Vikas Gupta -
Ananda Spa • Dr Antoine Escamilla - Louison
Bobet Thalassotherapy Centre • Joy Menzies
- Chiva-Som • Susan Sims - Sanctuary Spa
Group • Dr William Stager -The American
Osteopathic Association • Dobashi Tsguru
- ISPA Japan • Joan Thorneycroft - BISA
• John Brennan - Park Hotel Kenmare •
Robert Tisserand - Aromatherapy Guru • Rainer
Mertel - Royal Spas of Europe • Paul Simons
& Suki Kalirai - Spa Business Association
• Carol Coombes - Sensory Development Institute
• Peter Sng - Spa Association of Singapore
• Pam Stirling - Spaforce • Jacqui
McCumiskey - Cleopatra Spa • Richard Williams
- Six Degrees Consulting • Jane Crebbin-Bailey
- HCB Associates • Robert Rogner Snr and
Jnr - Rogner International • Peter Droessel
- Brenners Park Hotel • Norman 7 Nanthawon
Dove - Echo Valley Ian Brewis - Shangri-La Hotels
and Resorts • Susan Harmsworth - E'SPA International
• Leonard Fluxman - Steiner Leisure •
Tom Posey - Mandara Spa • Jeff Matthews
- Mandara Asia • Sean Harrington - Elemis
and La Therapie • Terry and Cathy Maloney
- Daintree Eco Lodge and Spa |

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26 Aug 2008
Powerscourt Springs health farm to close
Powerscourt Springs health farm and hotel in Co Wicklow, Ireland, is to close with the loss of a reported 67 jobs. more |

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26 Aug 2008
Wellness centre launches at Le Mauricia
A new wellness centre has opened within Beachcomber Hotels’ Le Mauricia property in Mauritius, completing the final phase of the hotel’s extensive refurbishment programme. more |

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26 Aug 2008
Espace Henri Chenot reopens
The Espace Henri Chenot at the Palace Merano in northern Italy has reopened following a multi-million dollar investment in the entire property. more |

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26 Aug 2008
Nikki Beach Panama to open next March
Further details have been revealed about the next Nikki Beach Hotels & Resorts-branded property to open in central America, in Panama. more |

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