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Marriott Guarantees Sunshine ... or a Spa Treatment is Yours

A $50 resort credit serves as the silver lining if rain puts a damper on visits to Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in the new year.   To accommodate sun-seeking guests in all types of weather, Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa will now serve up an additional $50 resort credit if there is less than a 75% chance of sunshine (forecasted as 25% chance or greater of rain) during their stay. Travelers can spend the resort credit on any of the hotel's indoor amenities, from spa to shopping.

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Spotlight on Spa Capsules

Spa capsules are an all-in-one option for therapists to offer a wide range of treatments in one compact unit. Features of the spa capsule include an LCD panel showing preset programmes, adjustable steam therapy, infrared therapy, 14 Vichy shower heads, a cooling face breeze, aromatherapy reservoir, music facility and capsule remote control.

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Mobil Travel Guide Announces the 2008 Mobil Four and Five Star Hotel, Restaurant and Spa Awards

Mobil Travel Guide, the originator of the Mobil Travel Guide star ratings certifications, today unveiled its list of Mobil Four- and Five-Star hotels, restaurants and spas.  This is a milestone year for a company that has defined excellence and quality in the travel industry for the past 50 years.

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Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa receives Green Hotel Award

The Bangkok Marriott Resort & Spa announced its achievement in receiving the ASEAN  Green Hotel Standard Award. The award recognizes the resort commitment in  being environmentally friendly and having adopted energy conservation measures.

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Spas Cater to Couples Trying to Conceive

Aspiring to go from being pampered to becoming parents, a growing number of couples are turning to spas to increase their chances of conceiving.  Instead of taking hormone injections, prospective mothers are submitting to acupuncture needles. Meds are being traded for massage. And in place of a cold doctor's office, couples enjoy feng shuied rooms, cascading waterfalls, and enough New Age music to turn a pit bull into a poodle. It's all part of the philosophy that relaxation is the drug-free path to reproductive success.

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Woman Sues Stonewater Spa Over Fondling Incident

A former resident has filed a federal lawsuit against a spa and its Canadian owner, alleging the salon should have fired the masseur convicted of fondling and kissing her two years ago because of two complaints from female co-workers about being touched by him.

Filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., on Thursday by Rosey Kalayjian, the suit alleges that the Stonewater Spa & Boutique did not discipline or fire Michael Krzyzak despite knowing he had been reported for touching female co-workers before groping Kalayjian and another woman on Jan. 16, 2005.

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Workers being tested for tuberculosis at La Costa Resort, California

Employees at the luxury La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad are being tested for tuberculosis after a former worker was diagnosed with the disease. The resort didn't specify yesterday how many of its 1,000 employees have been tested but said that everyone who had been in contact with the former golf maintenance worker has received a skin test. No other active cases have been found.

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UC Irvine Extension Explores Online Integrative Wellness Within a Spa Environment

University of California, Irvine Extension, the pioneer of the first “Spa and Hospitality Management” certificate program on the West Coast, also the first and only fully-online certificate program of its kind in the United States – announced today a new online elective course, “Integrative Wellness Within a Spa Environment: Rituals of Healing.” The course will be taught strictly online for the first time and take place March 31-June 13.

Students will gain a different and broader psychological perspective of the spa experience and be able to identify integrative wellness current trends in spa programs. Potential and existing spa owners, directors and managers will learn to identify the biopsychosocial elements of rituals and their applicability to the modern spa environment.

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Having a Little Work Done (at the Mall)

He snickered when he first saw a medical spa offering Botox and laser hair-removal services on a visit to a Las Vegas mall in 2002. He laughed at the thought of someone — anyone — shopping for the latest fashions, grabbing a bite to eat and then, oh yeah, strolling in for a quick shot of Botox to zap out a nasty wrinkle.

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Home, Home on the Spa

“We’re always getting massages,” Troy Coughlin said, “or my wife is getting her nails done. We’re totally pampered by the people at the spa ”  Mr. Coughlin, a professional drag racer from Delaware and Ohio and his wife, Julie, are among the many who in recent years have bought vacation homes at spa resorts. Spa-centered residential communities are springing up on both coasts and many points in between, giving buyers easy access to spa services and opportunities to have equity in their own houses or condominiums.

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