Interview: Lee David Stephens
Thai-based management company
MSpa runs 44 spas with 450 staff. The
General Manager talks to Katie Barnes
about a recent deal with Per Aquum
and its rapid expansion
Interview: Kathryn Moore
MSpa’s operations director is creating
a brand new wellness concept and a
fast track spa manager programme
Company Profile Promotion: GOCO Hospitality
After just four years of operation GOCO Hospitality is regarded as a global leader
in wellness hospitality segment of the industry. With 22 projects on its books,
spanning three continents, we look at what underpins the company’s success
Company profile promotion: Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone spa brand has been newly revamped and revitalised to better communicate its core offerings as a natural, scientific and soul-centred skincare and lifestyle brand
Green: Being green
Ecocert’s new Being label is the first
public-facing green certification for
spa operations, eco-friendly
Promotional Feature: Part 4 - Pre-Opening
Opening a spa successfully is all about planning. Gary
Henkin, president of WTS and Doug Chambers, principal
of Blu Spas, share their experience of pre-opening
Company Profile Promotion: Aromatherapy Associates
Global product company Aromatherapy Associates knows how
to make treatments and retail work in a spa environment and
partners with operators to make a real point of difference
Industry survey: Price to pay
A GSWS report on global therapist pay focuses on differing salary composition, benefit and commission structures. Lisa Starr takes a closer look
Spa Retreat: Running on juice
Juice Master founder Jason Vale tells
Kate Cracknell about its retreats and
how juicing can help prevent disease
Interview: Wee Wei Ling
Neena Dhillon meets the founder of
St Gregory: the spa brand owned by Pan
Pacific that’s just opened a wellness
floor in Singapore’s ‘hotel in a garden’
Research: Moving target
A McKinsey study highlights the fast-changing
spending patterns of China’s
luxury consumers. Leonor Stanton
finds out what this means for spas
Advertisement Promotion: A gift from Ez-Runner...
Vouchers can be used as a stand-alone system integrated into your website or added as a module of Ez-Runner’s leisure management software to control your spa facility
Carita focuses on haircare Carita has ventured into haircare with its new product and treatment system Haute Beauté. The system focuses on personalised haircare consultations and treatments along with new scalp and hair products including shampoos, conditioners and elixirs to treat specific scalp and hair issues such as unruly hair or dry scalp. It’s already launched in France and Japan, and will debut in Thailand next March.
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Carita focuses on haircare
Pure simpler range by AW Lake AW Lake has developed the Pure skin, hair and bodycare range. The skincare line comprises a Basic face cream or gel plus Supercharged serums, containing bio-active ingredients for specific skin concerns. Made with natural ingredients, plant essences and botanical extracts with high concentrations of bio-active ingredients to target specific skin concerns, it allows users to customise their skincare.
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Pure simpler range by AW Lake
Cellulift.Pro machine by Thalgo The Cellulift.Pro machine is part of Thalgo’s new anti-cellulite Slim and Go treatment range. Using skin lipo-stimulation techniques, it is designed to smooth, reshape, and firm specific areas of the body. Three levels of intensity are available depending on the amount of cellulite a client has and the machine comes with three attachments for therapists to tailor treatments for the knees, ankles, and face.
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Cellulift.Pro machine by Thalgo
Drink supplement for skincare French wellbeing company Evo2lution has developed a seaweed-based cosmetic drink concentrate for spas. Reinforce Skin Firmness is a liquid supplement designed to complement the efficiency of all facial treatments and skincare regimens. It’s part of Evo2lution’s nutricosmeceutic concept and is a series of 15ml vials of skin nutrient concentrates that can be taken over 14 or 28 days.
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Drink supplement for skincare
Russie Blanche expands range Russie Blanche has launched two face and body products. Its latest addition, forming part of its Siberian Petals face range, is the Balancing Mask with Plants, which uses Siberian ginseng and golden root plus green clay. Meanwhile, the Banya Hydra-rose Firming body cream contains caffeine concentrate with Siberian ginseng and golden root, plus rose, geranium patchouli and chamomile.
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Russie Blanche expands range
Purexpert concept for oily skin Purexpert by Germaine De Capuccini is a new skincare concept for oily and normal skin. It incorporates a cleanse, renew and hydrate programme and products include the Purifying Mattifying Foam, Refiner Essence and Oil-Free Hydro-Mattifying Gel-Cream. Ingredients in the foam comprise prebiotic, manuka concentrate and willow extract. In total, there’s one treatment and nine homecare items.
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Purexpert concept for oily skin
Luxsit’s organic facial mist The Enrich Hydrating Facial Mist, by Swedish-based natural product company Luxsit, is designed to refresh and hydrate the skin on a daily basis. The mist can be used with or without make-up to help reduce fine lines and dryness, and also protect the skin from external environmental damage. Ingredients include birch tree sap, cucumber extract, and beta glucan from Avena sativa oats.
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Luxsit’s organic facial mist
Telomere technology in skincare Aromatherapy Associates has introduced a fresh skincare line – the Rose Infinity collection. Comprising a serum, moisturiser and eye cream, the range incorporates telomere cell research and technology. Telomore cells are part of our chromosomes which relate to skin tissue degeneration and ageing (see sb13/1 p54). The products use hydrolyzed soy and yeast proteins designed to protect and rebuild telomeres.
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Telomere technology in skincare
Voya’s Get Glowing clay mask Voya has revealed its Get Glowing clay mask which has been created to help purify the skin to leave a brighter complexion. The mask contains a blend of rosemary and organic seaweed to detoxify, along with eucalyptus to eliminate oils and toxins, plus palmarosa, lavender and baobab oil. The cooling mask also contains kaolin clay to help reduce the production of sebum in summer.
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Voya’s Get Glowing clay mask
The Gemya Evo bed by Lemi The Gemya Evo spa bed by Italian design company Lemi has been developed with exceptional comfort in mind, and comes with a face hole and cover, for ease of-use for various types of massages. It features integrated adjustable armrests and a variable-tilt headrest. The armrests are designed to provide more comfort while the customer is lying down. The bed can be used for both face and body treatments.
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The Gemya Evo bed by Lemi
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Interview: Lee David Stephens
Thai-based management company
MSpa runs 44 spas with 450 staff. The
General Manager talks to Katie Barnes
about a recent deal with Per Aquum
and its rapid expansion
Interview: Kathryn Moore
MSpa’s operations director is creating
a brand new wellness concept and a
fast track spa manager programme
Company Profile Promotion: GOCO Hospitality
After just four years of operation GOCO Hospitality is regarded as a global leader
in wellness hospitality segment of the industry. With 22 projects on its books,
spanning three continents, we look at what underpins the company’s success
Company profile promotion: Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone spa brand has been newly revamped and revitalised to better communicate its core offerings as a natural, scientific and soul-centred skincare and lifestyle brand
Green: Being green
Ecocert’s new Being label is the first
public-facing green certification for
spa operations, eco-friendly
Promotional Feature: Part 4 - Pre-Opening
Opening a spa successfully is all about planning. Gary
Henkin, president of WTS and Doug Chambers, principal
of Blu Spas, share their experience of pre-opening
Company Profile Promotion: Aromatherapy Associates
Global product company Aromatherapy Associates knows how
to make treatments and retail work in a spa environment and
partners with operators to make a real point of difference
Industry survey: Price to pay
A GSWS report on global therapist pay focuses on differing salary composition, benefit and commission structures. Lisa Starr takes a closer look
Spa Retreat: Running on juice
Juice Master founder Jason Vale tells
Kate Cracknell about its retreats and
how juicing can help prevent disease
Interview: Wee Wei Ling
Neena Dhillon meets the founder of
St Gregory: the spa brand owned by Pan
Pacific that’s just opened a wellness
floor in Singapore’s ‘hotel in a garden’
Research: Moving target
A McKinsey study highlights the fast-changing
spending patterns of China’s
luxury consumers. Leonor Stanton
finds out what this means for spas
Advertisement Promotion: A gift from Ez-Runner...
Vouchers can be used as a stand-alone system integrated into your website or added as a module of Ez-Runner’s leisure management software to control your spa facility
Carita focuses on haircare Carita has ventured into haircare with its new product and treatment system Haute Beauté. The system focuses on personalised haircare consultations and treatments along with new scalp and hair products including shampoos, conditioners and elixirs to treat specific scalp and hair issues such as unruly hair or dry scalp. It’s already launched in France and Japan, and will debut in Thailand next March.
spa-kit.net keyword carita
Carita focuses on haircare
Pure simpler range by AW Lake AW Lake has developed the Pure skin, hair and bodycare range. The skincare line comprises a Basic face cream or gel plus Supercharged serums, containing bio-active ingredients for specific skin concerns. Made with natural ingredients, plant essences and botanical extracts with high concentrations of bio-active ingredients to target specific skin concerns, it allows users to customise their skincare.
spa-kit.net keywords aw lake
Pure simpler range by AW Lake
Cellulift.Pro machine by Thalgo The Cellulift.Pro machine is part of Thalgo’s new anti-cellulite Slim and Go treatment range. Using skin lipo-stimulation techniques, it is designed to smooth, reshape, and firm specific areas of the body. Three levels of intensity are available depending on the amount of cellulite a client has and the machine comes with three attachments for therapists to tailor treatments for the knees, ankles, and face.
spa-kit.net keyword thalgo
Cellulift.Pro machine by Thalgo
Drink supplement for skincare French wellbeing company Evo2lution has developed a seaweed-based cosmetic drink concentrate for spas. Reinforce Skin Firmness is a liquid supplement designed to complement the efficiency of all facial treatments and skincare regimens. It’s part of Evo2lution’s nutricosmeceutic concept and is a series of 15ml vials of skin nutrient concentrates that can be taken over 14 or 28 days.
spa-kit.net keyword evo2lution
Drink supplement for skincare
Russie Blanche expands range Russie Blanche has launched two face and body products. Its latest addition, forming part of its Siberian Petals face range, is the Balancing Mask with Plants, which uses Siberian ginseng and golden root plus green clay. Meanwhile, the Banya Hydra-rose Firming body cream contains caffeine concentrate with Siberian ginseng and golden root, plus rose, geranium patchouli and chamomile.
spa-kit.net keywords russie blanche
Russie Blanche expands range
Purexpert concept for oily skin Purexpert by Germaine De Capuccini is a new skincare concept for oily and normal skin. It incorporates a cleanse, renew and hydrate programme and products include the Purifying Mattifying Foam, Refiner Essence and Oil-Free Hydro-Mattifying Gel-Cream. Ingredients in the foam comprise prebiotic, manuka concentrate and willow extract. In total, there’s one treatment and nine homecare items.
spa-kit.net keyword germaine
Purexpert concept for oily skin
Luxsit’s organic facial mist The Enrich Hydrating Facial Mist, by Swedish-based natural product company Luxsit, is designed to refresh and hydrate the skin on a daily basis. The mist can be used with or without make-up to help reduce fine lines and dryness, and also protect the skin from external environmental damage. Ingredients include birch tree sap, cucumber extract, and beta glucan from Avena sativa oats.
spa-kit.net keyword luxsit
Luxsit’s organic facial mist
Telomere technology in skincare Aromatherapy Associates has introduced a fresh skincare line – the Rose Infinity collection. Comprising a serum, moisturiser and eye cream, the range incorporates telomere cell research and technology. Telomore cells are part of our chromosomes which relate to skin tissue degeneration and ageing (see sb13/1 p54). The products use hydrolyzed soy and yeast proteins designed to protect and rebuild telomeres.
spa-kit.net keywords aromatherapy associates
Telomere technology in skincare
Voya’s Get Glowing clay mask Voya has revealed its Get Glowing clay mask which has been created to help purify the skin to leave a brighter complexion. The mask contains a blend of rosemary and organic seaweed to detoxify, along with eucalyptus to eliminate oils and toxins, plus palmarosa, lavender and baobab oil. The cooling mask also contains kaolin clay to help reduce the production of sebum in summer.
spa-kit.net keyword voya
Voya’s Get Glowing clay mask
The Gemya Evo bed by Lemi The Gemya Evo spa bed by Italian design company Lemi has been developed with exceptional comfort in mind, and comes with a face hole and cover, for ease of-use for various types of massages. It features integrated adjustable armrests and a variable-tilt headrest. The armrests are designed to provide more comfort while the customer is lying down. The bed can be used for both face and body treatments.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme
that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-
day destination.
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
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