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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 Q3
8 letters
ISPA president Jeff Kohl defends the association’s
consumer research on Japan
12 news
Daniela Steiner Spa launches at Four Seasons
Cairo, W Hotel and Spa opens in Seoul and Indian
operator Sansha Ayurveda moves into Europe
20 interview: gordon tareta
Sarah Ward talks to Hyatt’s director of
spa operations about the group’s ambitious
rollout programme and moving into new markets
26 new heights
The new Plateau development at the Grand Hyatt
Hong Kong is raising expectations for hotels
spas in the city. Sarah Ward pays a visit
32 opinion: the japanese market
Following criticism of ISPA’s 2003 Japanese
Spa-Goer Study – which suggested the market
was mature – we ask a range of experts
what the future holds for spa development in
Japan
36 golden opportunity
The Hilton Odawara Resort and Spa is the international
operator’s first significant foray into
the Japanese spa market. Rhianon Howells pays
a visit and finds out more about the group’s
plans for the land of the rising sun
44 first person: soul food
Management guru Tom Peters gives a first-person
account of his second visit to Canyon Ranch
in the Berkshires, to work on his spiritual
development
48 breaking ground
Como Hotels and Resorts is one of the first
foreign operators to open a spa resort in the
kingdom of Bhutan. Julie Cramer gets a sneak
preview of Uma Paro
52 sister act
The GM of the newly-opened Uma Ubud resort in
Bali gives Julie Cramer the lowdown on the Uma
brand
56 family matters: udo and t’ai erasmus
The good fats guru and his fitness trainer son
tell Chris McBeath how spa operators can help
win the war on obesity
62 fashion statement
Spas are fast becoming a must-have brand extension
for luxury fashion retailers. Katie Barnes gets
the latest news
68 well on the way
The new Well spa at California’s Miramonte
Resort is carving a niche in a crowded market.
Peter Sargent reports
74 in the bedroom
The Fortina Spa Resort in Malta is raising its
game with its exclusive new spa bedrooms, says
Terry Stevens
78 360?: making waves
The Louison Bobet Centre at the Hotel Byblos
Andaluz was Spain’s first-ever thalassotherapy
spa. Magali Robathan goes behind the scenes
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88 movers & shakers: shane flaherty
Mobil Travel Guide’s VP of business
planning on the US consumer bible’s
first guide to hotel and resort spas
92 mystery shopper: evian spa shanghai
Leonor Stanton goes undercover at the Evian
Spa in Shanghai, China
96 springs eternal
After a difficult few years, prospects are
beginning to look brighter for the mineral
spas market in Germany. Wenzel Consulting
reports
104 ask an expert: Private labels
More and more spas are launching their own
private label product ranges. We ask a panel
of experts how to maximise the benefits and
avoid the pitfalls
107 hands on: mande lular
Geraldine Howard tries a private label treatment
at London’s Sanctuary Spa
108 deep impact
The creation of Rogner-Bad Blumau in Austria
has had a dramatic and lasting effect on the
local community. John Harris finds out more
112 entrepreneur: cornelia zicu
The woman behind the new Cornelia Spa in New
York tells Kathleen Whyman about her transition
from architect in Romania to spa entrepreneur
116 fitness focus: fit for business?
Four top fitness suppliers tell Wendy Golledge
what spa operators should consider when fitting
out a gym
122 spa products
We take a look at some of the newest spa products
on the markett
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are you in this issue?
Shane Flaherty, Mobil Travel Guide • Junichi
Kono, NESPA Corporation • Sarah Watterson,
Shu Uemera • Ingo Schweder, Mandarin Oriental
• Yoriko Soma, ConceptAsia • Jeff
Matthews, Mandara Asia • Hitomi Kitayama,
The Niki Club • Judith Singer, Health &
Fitness Dynamics • Elisabeth Brandt, Sérénité
Wellness Centres • Sabina Chazanas, La Natura
Products • Susan Simms, The Sanctuary Spa
Group • Geraldine Howard, Aromatherapy Associates
• Christina Ong, Como Hotels and Resorts
• Stuart Campbell, Uma Paro • Cheong
Yew Kwan, Architect • Kathryn Kng, Interior
Designer • Tracy Largent, Como Shambhala,
Uma Paro • Stana Johnson, Uma Paro •
Trent Munday, Uma Ubud • David Fattal, Fattal
Hotel Management • David Moross, Falconhead
Capital • Robert D Henry, Architects •
Claude Renaudin, Givenchy Spa • SPAA •
Olivier Bonnefoy, Gentlemen’s Tonic •
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts • James Twomey,
Reardon Smith • SpaCare International •
Teresa Foxworthy, Club Shangri-La • Don
Semmler, Marriott International • The Trevor
Osbourne Property Group • Cornelia Zicu,
Cornelia Spa • Udo and T’ai Erasmus
• Russell Kett, HVS International •
Soheil Abedian, Sunland Group • Gianfranco
Ferré • Susan Harmsworth, E’SPA
• Francesco Trapani, Bulgari Group •
Giorgio Armani • Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Emaar
Properties • Kurt Ritter, Rezidor SAS Hospitality
• Dolce & Gabbana • Antonio Miro
• Prada • Michael Tabona, The Fortel
Group • Gordon Tareta, Hyatt International
• Jeff Kohl, ISPA • Eric Light, International
Medical Spa Association • Brooke Hayes,
Aerie Resort • Wilson Lee, Grand Hyatt Hong
Kong • Rolf Dahlberg and Jan Elfthorp, Campus
Varberg • Martin Svensson, Varbergs Kurort
Hotell and Spa • Dr Antonio Escamilla Garrido,
Louison Bobet Thalassotherapy Centre, Hotel Byblos
Andaluz • Ramon Velasco, Hotel Byblos Andaluz
• Wenzel Consulting • Paul Harvey,
Hilton Japan • Hidehiko Yamaguchi, Hilton
Odawara • Elie Zod, Miramonte Resort •
Polly Johnson, Hydrospa Consulting • Jennifer
Di Francesco, The Well at Miramonte • Tom
Peters • Hans Peter Schroff, Rogner-Bad
Blumau Hotel & Spa • Robert Rogner Jnr,
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Espace Henri Chenot reopens
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Nikki Beach Panama to open next March
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