Remember the magical mushrooms from the 1960s? Guess what? They’re about to make a comeback in 2018, according to Susie Ellis, Global Wellness Summit chairman & CEO. But this time in the form of medicinal foods with super powers that prove better than existing treatments for anxiety, depression and addiction, with experts predicting they will be legalized medicine within … [Read more...]
The Biggest Mistakes Spas Make
It isn’t just the money, although lack of adequate funding has to top the list. That and the failure of spa owners and managers to fully appreciate the financial side of their business. “They assume that if they build a spa, it will be busy with clients, and that everything will be fine,” Lisa M. Starr, an international spa consultant, told a seminar for spa owners at … [Read more...]
GAINSBOROUGH BATH SPA SPRINGS TO LIFE
Visiting many hotels and spas around the world, I recently visited one of the wonders of the world in hotels incorporating real spa water, from natural springs. Bath is a World Heritage site, with unique waters from three springs. The question is: are there more springs still not tapped into? Gainsborough Bath Spa in Bath, is a hotel that captures the Georgian setting, … [Read more...]
The Geography of Man
Looking at life from a variety of angles helps us understand subjects precisely . As I wrote in the last issue of Spa Canada men are very different creatures from women. Exploring all the differences helps industry personnel and spa owners shape services and products to meet the ever increasing demand that men are placing on the industry at large. Simply by looking at the male … [Read more...]
The Metropolitan
YOU CAN USE THE SPA... DOES NOT MATTER WHICH HOTEL YOU OPEN YOUR SUITCASE AT... EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY... TWO HOTELS WITH DIFFERENT STORIES TO TELL. Two hotels in less than a one-mile distance apart, so different, its like comparing an orange and a lemon, both hotels; fruits join together to make a tasty fruit drink, which is refreshing in the London hotel market, … [Read more...]