By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider Thought you might enjoy this article, “Istanbul’s Booming Spa Culture Is Revisiting Old Turkish Bathhouse Rituals” for your weekend reading! Jayda Uras who is quoted in this Wall Street Journal article just sent me the link and I am delighted to share it with you right away so you will
By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider Just received an interesting press release I thought was worth passing on. It is about the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) launching a new chapter for spa consultants and the 15 spa consultants (competitors by the way) who got together to make this happen. I think this might be very…
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By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider. First things first. I just returned from attending the very creative TED Active conference in Palm Springs, CA. To say it was inspiring would be an understatement. Rather, for me (and I think many others who attended) TED was a game-changer. While I will explain what I mean by that
by Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider During my recent trip to San Antonio as part of the Medical Tourism Research conference, we had the opportunity to tour the brand new Methodist Stone Oak Hospital that had opened Spring 2009. It has been dubbed by many (and by the hospital itself) as the “hospital of the future.”
by Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider. There were six people in white robes sipping champagne and nibbling healthy hors d’oeuvres chatting away and laughing together when I entered the room. It was a real ‘social spa-ing’ scene. All had just finished their spa treatments and I was the last one to join the group. We were
by Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider. Just returned from the Medical Tourism Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Organized by the University of the Incarnate Word, it was well-run, insightful, and I learned a great deal. Dr. David Viquist and his dean are the visionaries behind positioning their university at the forefront of medical tourism research. Before
Continuing down the list of the top 10 spa trends for 2010 we published a few weeks ago, the second one is what we are calling “the year of the hammam.” This one turned out to be a surprise for many however the reaction has been enthusiastically positive! Here is the description and then some
By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider. While our SpaFinder 2010 Top Ten Spa Trends List has been published and can be accessed in our newsroom, I haven’t yet had a chance to share some of the “behind-the-scenes” information and photos. So here we go. Trend #1 The New “P” Word Goodbye, pampering. Hello, prevention. Well, not
At a recent launch party I attended for Avène’s new body care line my dear friend, Karen Oliver, their public relations director, invited Deepak Chopra, M.D., her close friend and world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body healing, to speak on health and happiness. I hadn’t met Dr. Chopra before but was of course aware of his books and wellness concepts, and was very much looking forward to hearing him speak on the subject of happiness.
When my assistant, Dulcy, and I went to Istanbul several months ago to check out places we might want to include for delegates who will be attending the Global Spa Summit, we decided to try out one of their famous and authentic hamams (hammams in Arabic). Dulcy wrote a great blog about it that was
Francis X. Acunzo from Acara offered up his aesthetic medical predictions for 2010 . I think they are interesting – especially for aesthetic medical spas or medi spas. Here are the predictions with my comments following each. 1. Dysport will become a strong competitor to Botox. Susie: In time it might, however doctors doing