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Measuring Success: A Simple Tool for Spa Leaders

September 26, 2024

The spa industry faces a unique challenge: While it attracts amazing, people-focused, open-minded talent, it remains fiercely competitive and requires careful management of resources and expenditures. Spas excel in high-touch environments but must also maintain rigorous accountability.

 

Meditation

A state of focused attention through which one emerges into an ever-increasing clear awareness of reality.

Meditation Goes Mainstream

March 26, 2021

Meditation and Mindfulness are more popular than ever. But what’s driving the change, and what can your spa do to make the most of it?

Earlier this year, an interesting press release found its way onto my desk, courtesy of toy manufacturer Mattel. It announced the launch of the Barbie Wellness Collection, featuring Barbies that teach “three key themes: meditation, physical well-being, and self-care.”

Member Perspectives: Conquering Staffing Challenges During COVID-19

March 16, 2021

STAFFING HAS LONG BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE SPA INDUSTRY before the pandemic began: for years, data from the ISPA U.S. Spa Industry showed that there were more open positions than there were qualified applicants to fill them.

Member Perspectives: Mindful Marketing

March 26, 2021

It goes without saying: to grow your business, you need to have effective marketing. Whether it takes the form of an email campaign to recapture existing clients, creating positive word-of-mouth among hotel staff or using Instagram to reach a wider audience, marketing is a skeleton key to unlock your spa’s growth potential.

Member Perspectives: Reset Your Retention

March 26, 2021

As the world returns to normal after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spa industry will rebound. Pent-up demand for travel and soothing human touch will bring business back to spas and resource partners, even if consumers are demanding different treatments, clearer hygiene standards and greater transparency than before.

Meridian Line Therapy

Technique developed to restore energy flow through the twelve body meridians (energy lines).

Microdermabrasion Facial

A minimally abrasive instrument to gently sand your skin, removing the thicker, uneven outer layer. This type of skin rejuvenation is used to treat light scarring, discoloration, sun damage, and stretch marks.

Mind and Body: How to Promote Mental Well-Being in Your Spa

March 16, 2021

Many people who enter the spa industry see themselves as healers by nature, whether they are working as a practitioner or creating products that are sold in a spa. That strong desire to help and take care of people is often the common thread between spa managers and vendors. When it comes to employees’ mental well-being, however, spa leaders must balance that impulse with a clear understanding of the limits of their role and the ability to recognize when employees may be best served by outside resources.

Mindset Reset for Transformational Leadership

March 26, 2021

Never has consistent, collaborative and communicative leadership been more needed. The landscape of even a few months ago has changed, and the guidebooks of last year are out. Stepping into their place is an extraordinary opportunity to create a new leadership model, one built upon a foundation of innovation, empathy, trust and collaboration.

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