Beauty
5 Basic Types of Body Wraps
One of the best – and most natural – ways to improve and moisten your skin is through a body wrap treatment. Body wraps are a staple on most spa menus but take may vary from spa to spa
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Spa Solutions to End Overeating
Spa Solutions to End Overeating Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider In my last post I raved about Dr. Kessler’s New York Times Best Seller’s book, The End of Overeating. A variety of people posted comments including Jeff Butterworth, Wellness Director for the Jumeriah brand and Deborah Szekely, founder of Rancho La Puerta and the Golden Door
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Spas for Facials, Massage, Skin Care, and Melanoma Awareness
May is Melanoma month. That makes sense since it’s right before summer, the sun gets stronger and people begin spending more time outdoors. It’s a good time to remind people to put on sunscreen, wear hats, and have regular mole checks with their medical doctor. It’s this last recommendation – about having moles checked –
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Inside Scoop on Booking Spa Treatments: Facials, Massages, Manicures, Pedicures, and More
“Sorry. We are fully booked.” It’s surprising to me how often I hear this when I call a spa or stop in at a spa to see about booking a treatment. It happened to me twice today when I was trying to book a massage here in Freeport, Grand Bahama where I spent Easter weekend.
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Spa Update: Liquidrom Spa, NY Times Article on Spa Facials, and an “I Need a Spa!” Marketing Campaign
I am behind on my blogging, with several topics piling up. I think it is the same problem everyone is facing…lots to do, limited time and feeling extra pressure because of the current focus on economic challenges. So I thought I would try something new: A short recap of four topics (that could each be
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Spa Industry Lemonade
I remember when my twin sister, Katrine, first got engaged. The guy proposed, promising that a ring would follow. Well, when weeks turned into months and there was one excuse after another and no ring, she sensed he was waffling and decided to call it off. What followed were many tears and a lot of
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SpaFinder Lifestyle Online Magazine Debuts
SpaFinder Lifestyle Online Magazine Debuts By Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider A few weeks ago, on November 6th, our new SpaFinder Lifestyle online magazine launched. Several days later I attended the ISPA conference in Las Vegas. I can’t tell you how many people remarked to me that they had seen it, read it, and liked it!
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Marathoner from the Spa World
Anni Hood, group spa director and creator of Talise, the Jumeirah spa brand, flew in from Dubai to run this race – her first marathon. A friend of hers, Maria Keeley from London, joined her. Both had begun training about nine months ago for the 26.2 mile race, which begins on Staten Island and winds
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Hospitals Will Need Spas in the Future
Today I joined a group of about eight people from the Philippine Medical Tourism Summit on a tour of the top four hospitals in the Philippines: The Medical City Asian Hospital and Medical Center St. Luke’s Medical Center Makati Medical Center I put them in this order because I was told that this is the
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In the Footsteps of Spa History – Clinique La Prairie, Switzerland
In the Footsteps of Spa History – Clinique La Prairie, Switzerlandby Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider 75 years ago, Clinique La Prairie opened in Montreux, Switzerland. Professor Niehans would give clients “revitalization treatments” which were injections of fresh animal cells that were thought to “support under-functioning organs.” Later, treatments used a liver extract. These days there
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The Flavor of Swiss Spas
The Flavor of Swiss Spas by Susie Ellis, SpaFinder Insider Fast forward from my last blog entry re Zurich and skydiving. The weather turned rainy – skydiving was cancelled – change of plans – we all got into the car and headed for Lausanne. We drove the back way over the hills so Nicholas could
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Successful Spa Sleep-Health Program Leads to Scheduling Many More
Successful Spa Sleep-Health Program Leads to Scheduling Many More by Susie Ellis SpaFinder Insider When I was at the Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat in Australia at the end of July, I was thrilled to see that they had planned a specialty “Sleep Discovery Week” for September. Gwinganna really impressed me in terms of how forward-thinking they