What Is SpaFinder Lifestyle™?
As the first web-based magazine dedicated to spas, SpaFinder Lifestyle brings alive the world of spa in a way never before imagined. Here, travel, treatments, beauty, and well-being become a vibrant, interactive adventure for a savvy audience looking for the newest and the best in beauty products and spa experiences, while providing a compelling introduction for newcomers to the spa lifestyle.
Every month we'll send you an invitation to view the latest articles, and every weekday you'll find new topics contributed from our team of experts in our Blogs and Spa News sections.
And because we know that spa-going is global, we offer the articles in five languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Japanese) on our sister SpaFinder websites around the world:
Who Is SpaFinder Lifestyle?
Melisse Gelula
is editor in chief of SpaFinder Lifestyle, and has ten years of practice living out of a suitcase. She was a travel editor at Fodor's and most recently the spa beauty editor of Luxury SpaFinder Magazine, where she created "Beauty & Brains: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Skin Care," the magazine's highly respected beauty section. She was the creative force behind its annual beauty issue, which became a must-read for consumers and the spa industry. As a spa travel and beauty expert, Melisse has been on the Travel Channel, E! News, Martha Stewart Living Radio, CNN.com, USAToday.com and quoted in the New York Times, the New York Post, New York Daily News, Health.com and more.
Sarah Day
is VP of SpaFinder's Global Publishing Group, overseeing SpaFinder Lifestyle as well as the company's worldwide spa directory, Global SpaFinder, the largest printed directory of its kind. Sarah has 25 years of publishing experience, having served as production director at Sail magazine and Time Out New York magazine and managing editor at Latina Magazine.
Contributors
ART
Katie Rutherford, graphic designPaulina Tracz, web design
EDITORIAL
Susan Crandell, fitness & weight lossSarah Mahoney, health & well-being
Judy Chapman, far-flung travel
Laurie Drake, beauty & lifestyle
Everett Potter, spa real estate & lifestyle
Vera Value, spa luxe on the cheap
ONLINE MARKETING
Greg Puglia, Online Marketing DirectorKatherine Smith, Online Content Manager
Technical Development Team
David Kider, Manager, Back-End DevelopmentAlex Bontia, Front-End Developer
Reginald Mullin, Manager, Front-End Development
Prem Tandon, Senior Front-End Developer
Public relations
Patrick Kowalczyk, PKPRpatrick@pkpr.com
+1.212.627.8098
Betsy Isroelit, RBI
betsy@rbicom.com
+1.213.300.0107
How to advertise with us
Contact Michael Ackerman, Vice President, Digital Media212 716 1174
michael.ackerman@spafinder.com
To advertise
About This Cover
Thai Massage Suite at the Spa Pure Altitude, Le Mont Blanc Hotel, Megève, France
This photo won a reader's poll for our first-ever SpaFinder Lifestyle cover.
This spa in the French Alps is the latest from creative spa connoisseur Jocelyne Sibuet, whose flagship, Les Fermes de Marie, is one of the most impeccably crafted spas I've visited. Her design specialty-call it "alpine chic meets Ralph Lauren"-is repeated in her new spa's Thai massage room, where a wall is textured with sheep-wool pelts and the birch side tables mirror stacks of fireside kindling. And what you can't see is equally important-topnotch therapists that use Sibuet's own bespoke beauty range, made from high-altitude plants. Even at 300 euros for the entry-level room, Le Mont Blanc is on my list as a must-see spa in 2009.
—Melisse Gelula, Editor in Chief
