Issue 2005 Q3


8 LETTERS
Generational marketing is a waste of resources, claims a leading demographer

10 NEWS
The Conrad Tokyo launches with the city’s largest spa to date and Bliss opens at the W San Francisco

18 INTERVIEW: JOHN SMITH
The MD of CP Holdings, the majority shareholder of Danubius Hotels, on the investment strategy behind Europe’s largest spa chain

24 NEW HORIZONS
Catherine Larner visits two of flagship Danubius’s flagship spa hotels on Margaret Island, Budapest

30 OPINION: SPIRITUAL TREATMENTS
The trend for treatments with a spiritual element is dividing the spa industry. Annabelle Hood gets the lowdown

36 SPA TOURISM: FINNISH LINE
Terry Stevens explores the potential for spa and wellbeing tourism in Finland

42 WYNN THE DAY
Peter Sargent checks out the luxurious new spa at the Wynn las Vegas

48 DESIGN: BOB HENRY
The founder of spa architects Robert D Henry on working with Steve Wynn and Donald Trump

52 GOING PLACES
An exclusive new facility on Saareema island is breaking ground in the traditional Estonian spa industry with a new wellness concept. Tom Walker takes a look around the Georg Ots Spa Hotel

58 TRAINING: THE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
What can the oldest naturopathic college in the US offer the 21st century spa industry? Rhianon Howells reports

60 PROFILE: SUSAN STEIN
Despite being an international spa consultant and trainer, Susan Stein’s first love is her Bali-based massage centre, Jari Menari. Karen Maxwell finds out why

66 WHAT WOMEN WANT
Rhianon Howells visits the new spa at Sharjah Ladies Club in the UAE

72 360°: GRAND CANYON
As Canyon Ranch celebrates 25 years of operation, Magali Robathan visits its first ever health resort in Tucson, Arizona

84 INTERVIEW: BLAKE FEENEY
The director of the Canyon Ranch SpaClub at the Venetian, Las Vegas, talks to Peter Sargent about plans to expand the spa to twice its current size