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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.

Minimum Gap Restriction: A smart strategy to reduce unsold gaps in the spa schedule and maximize revenue potential

September 26, 2024

As a spa director or revenue manager, you know how important it is to fill your spa schedule with as many appointments as possible. But you also know not all appointments are equal. Some leave unsold holes in the schedule that are hard to fill, especially if the gaps are short or irregular. These gaps can reduce your revenue potential and waste your therapists’ time. How can you avoid these gaps and optimize your spa revenue?

 

Money Matters: The Psychology of Recommending Homecare

March 26, 2021

Dr. Michela Henke-Cilenti, CPLP, has spent her career helping teams become personally accountable for their psychology when recommending products, homecare or add-ons to clients; to connect more deeply and authentically with the guest every time. This article will share a few of those insights, plus best practices on how you too can lead and coach your teams to seamlessly recommending, every time.

Monthly U.S. Hotel Industry Growth Slowed as Q1 Progressed

June 26, 2025

The U.S. hotel industry recorded healthy performance results in the first quarter, with revenue per available room, or RevPAR, increasing 2.2 percent. However, that quarterly result was lifted by strong January results, and in March, RevPAR increased by only 0.8 percent. Owners and operators are carefully watching their bookings in the second quarter to see if the industry’s performance is declining or is merely showing slower growth.

More Hotels Around the World Report an Average Rate of $1,000-plus

April 10, 2025

Strong leisure demand from high-end travelers has supported robust pricing increases at high-end hotels. This translates into more hotels that can regularly charge well over $1,000 per room per night and reported an average daily rate, or ADR, of more than $1,000 for the first half of 2024. In the same time period in 2019, around 150 hotels globally reported an ADR of $1,000 or higher. Last year, that number jumped to 460 hotels.

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