by Susie Ellis | May 02, 2009
How odd. On the front page of Thursday’s NY Times this week, I noticed this headline: “F.D.A. Orders Warning Label for Botox.” Yet when reading the article I found a far more interesting and important issue than what the headline touts. Let me know if you agree. Here is how the article began: “Botox and […]
by Susie Ellis | September 28, 2008
It was 1974 when I first heard about Clinique la Prairie. I had just begun working at the famous Golden Door spa in southern California and would occasionally hear guests whisper about the sheep cell injection therapy at this expensive place in Switzerland. Our Golden Door guests, who at that time included mostly wives of […]
by Susie Ellis | June 14, 2008
Peter and I did something this weekend which we were never able to do while living on the West Coast – hop on a short flight to spend the weekend in the Bahamas. It sounds so “East Coast” doesn’t it? Actually Peter is on a mission to convince me that getting into boating would be […]
by Susie Ellis | February 09, 2008
Since I receive quite a few Ask Susie questions from Club Spa and the Ask Susie column in Luxury SpaFinder Magazine – and can only answer a few each month – I thought I would answer some in my blog. Here are two questions which represent a subject I get asked about quite often: QUESTIONThe […]
by Susie Ellis | October 01, 2007
Before leaving Utah, I wanted to take a quick look at Fitness Ridge which was the spa featured in the USA Today article in which we were also quoted (In particular they listed our top 10 Readers’ Choice winners for Most Affordable Spas.”) The story was titled “Fit & Frugal – Affordable spa resorts promise […]
by Susie Ellis | August 21, 2007
Sallie and I are in Las Vegas at Virtuoso’s Travel Mart where approximately 1,500 of Virtuoso’s top travel agents and 1,500 of their top resort and hotel property representatives meet yearly. It’s a time for agents to become more familiar with the products they book (cruises, properties, spas, etc.) and for strategic alliances to strengthen. […]
by Susie Ellis | April 11, 2006
Most people know Peter Greenberg from NBC, where he has been the Today Show’s travel editor for many years. He is also a best selling author – Travel Detective is one of my favorites. I was introduced to Peter several years ago by my friend Kim Marshall, who is involved in the spa PR world […]