Travel & Play
Escape Winter & Indulge: 8 Private Island Getaways
Get away this winter and indulge in one of these private island getaways.
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Editors’ Picks: Our Spa Bucket List
From Swarovski to under-the-sea, here’s what’s on our spa wish list!
Editors' Picks
Around the World in 80 Spas | Part 5: Australia & the South Pacific
From wellness lifestyle meccas to secluded huts in a Pacific paradise, here are five spas in Australia and the South Pacific you just have to see!
Travel & Play
Top 10 Other-Worldly Spa Treatments
Swedish massage is − hands-down − the most popular therapy in spas. But we’ve encountered several off-the-beaten-path, indigenous and culturally inspired treatments that have us traveling in our minds. Enjoy some culture!
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Massage En Masse
By Erika Allen Have you always wanted to be in the Guinness Book of World Records? Have you ever dreamed of having a massage in an open lavender field in Australia’s spa Capital, Daylesford? Both of those goals can be accomplished at the end of this month during Daylesford’s upcoming Massage en Masse, during which
Living Well
Advice from Seasoned Spa Consultants
Advice from Seasoned Spa Consultants By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider Judy Singer and Patti Monteson are spa consultants who I have known for almost 20 years. In fact, they were the first spa consultants I ever met. Their company HFD, Heath Fitness Dynamics, is based in Florida. (Sometimes I wonder if they would select the
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Spa Related Highlights from a Hospitality Forum: Through my Spa Eyes
Spa Related Highlights from a Hospitality Forum: Through my Spa Eyes by Susie Ellis A few things got my attention at yesterday’s 2008 Leadership in Hospitality & Leisure Executive Forum (an Argyle Executive Forum) which was held here in New York. Some of us “spa-types” were in attendance – Judy Singer, Patti Monteson, and Jeff
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Spa Lifestyle Living Still Resonates
Sad news. Canyon Ranch Living Chicago, which was in the design and pre-sale phase, has been cancelled. This article, “End of the Trail”, gives some of the details. From the few mentions I could find on the web, it appears that there were insufficient sales of condos and that it fell victim to the current
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Spas and Sleep Health: A Sizzling Hot Topic for Spas and Beyond!
Spas and Sleep Health: A Sizzling Hot Topic in Spas and Beyondby Susie EllisYou know that something is a “hot” topic when it comes to you from many different angles at around the same time. Here are three things that came across my desk in the past 48 hours: 1. “Great Reads: Nonfiction,” People Magazine,
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Sleep Health at Vacation Spas May be more Important than Massages, Facials, Manicures/Pedicures, Diet or even Exercise!
Sleep Health at Vacation Spas May be more Important than Massages, Facials, Manicures/Pedicures, Diet, or even Exercise! by Susie Ellis The importance of sleep is something that has been on our SpaFinder top 10 spa trends list for the past two years. In 2007 the focus was on adding sleep health to diet and exercise
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Sleep is the new exercise at spas
Yesterday I flew from New York to Palm Springs for a few days of Thanksgiving vacation. I had some time en route to catch up on reading. Mostly I read spa press releases, industry magazines, and articles people brought to my attention. My favorite from yesterday’s batch was this article from the LA Times titled,