Guest Blog Post by Lydia Sarfati, Founder and CEO of Repêchage Today’s spa client wants head-to-toe services in a New York minute. Your clients do not want to hop around from hair salon – to spa – to nail salon; they want a one-stop shop for all of their...

Guest post by Robb Gorman, Owner of Toronto’s XY Men’s Skin & Grooming Lounge. After 15 years in the business of “beauty” I’ve seen a lot of ugly. In fact, the majority of my career has been devoted to searching for some sort of beauty within an environment super-saturated...

Guest blog post by Melissa Fielding, Director of Leisure Services, Flamingo, Harrahs and Imperial Spa and Salon The spa industry is constantly changing.  How do you know which new trends will be successful in your spa?  Each year there seems to be hundreds of new products and treatments developed...

Guest post by Sallie Fraenkel, Executive Vice President. As Yogi Berra once said (I rarely, if ever, quote sports figures, but this one is apt), “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” SpaFinder® Wellness has been forecasting trends for the past 10 years, and I’ve been involved...

Guest post by Andrea Foster, VP and National Director of Spa & Wellness Consulting at PKF Consulting USA Special for ESI Attendees! ESI attendees qualify to receive 20% off the 2012 Trends® in the Hotel Spa Industry.  Click Here and enter this code: 2012ESI Beginning in 2008 and 2009,...

Guest post by Michael Tompkins, CEO of Miraval Resorts. Having been in this industry now for nearly 20 years, and having managed a couple of the best known destination spa brands in the world, people in spa used to ask me, “What do you think about Day Spas?” when...

ESI Las Vegas professional development speaker Stacy Conlon is a strategic marketing consultant and a certified wellness coach working at San Francisco-based SenSpa. During ESI Las Vegas, she will talk about “Wellness Works: How to Effectively Integrate Wellness Programs into Your Spa.” Specifically, here are Stacy’s recommendations for building awareness...

Michael Tompkins classroom was standing-room-only Sunday and Monday at ESI Vancouver. Michael’s seminar Using Electronic Media and Local Community to Boom Your Brand, drew from his experience as President and General Manager of Miraval Resorts. Down to earth and charming, Michael captivated the audience with invaluable marketing insights useful to both resort spas...

Robert Cass is the co-founder of Spaformation, a leading spa consulting and training advisor to the spa industry that offers over 40 years of combined experience. He will be a speaker at the Esthetique SPA International Conference in Las Vegas April 15 & 16, 2012. Q: How did you get your start...

We had the unique opportunity to interview Michael Tompkins, President of Miraval Resorts and a respected leader in the spa and health industry. He will be a keynote speaker at the Esthétique SPA International Conference in Las Vegas April 15 – 16, 2012. Register today. Q: How did you get your start in the spa...