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Canyon Ranch to pay $14.75 million in tips to employees

The luxury Canyon Ranch Spa in Lenox, Mass., where patrons pay thousands of dollars for services including facials and tai chi classes, has agreed to pay $14.75 million to hundreds of waiters, massage therapists, yoga instructors and other employees who said the spa denied them tips they were owed.

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Elementary School Opens Foot Spa for its Students

Stressed-out students at a Beitou District elementary school in Taipei will be able to put their best foot forward now that a hot spring foot spa opened on the school grounds on Monday. The hot spring pool, which will also serve as a teaching facility, is the unique perk now being offered at Hushan Elementary School in Beitou, one of Taiwan’s best-known hot spring centers.

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Add Snake Massage to the growing list of Fad Treatments

 

A client in an Israeli health spa enjoys her latest "snake massage" by six non-venomous snakes. Here, large reptiles are good for deep tissue massage while their smaller counterparts ideal for delicate areas such as face. For 70 U.S. dollars, the spa will treat clients to snakes in what it says a relaxing massage curing aching muscles and joints.(Photo Source: gb.cri.cn)

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California Town Imposed Moratorium on Massage Therapy Licenses

In the last three years, the city of Arcadia, California has granted 700 massage therapy licenses. 'We're a small town, we don't need that many,' a city official says.  Officials have imposed a temporary moratorium on massage therapy licenses amid concerns that the upscale town is becoming an unwitting capital of the massage.

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Facelogic Spas helps in fight against breast cancer

Facelogic Spas nationwide are taking part in the second annual Think Pink initiative to raise money for the Facelogic Healing Heart Foundation that will help fund programs providing emotional support to others dealing with breast cancer. Symbolizing the Think Pink initiative during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the nation's leading affordable luxury facial spas will donate a portion of membership sales, product sales and event sales in October

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Ribbon-cutting for $70 million Riviera Resort & Spa Renovation

The Palm Springs City Council will celebrate the $70 million transformation of the iconic Riviera Resort & Spa during a special 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 21. A tour of the property will follow.

The 24-acre resort located at 1600 N. Indian Canyon Drive, in the heart of downtown, is considered one of the most significant mid-century modern landmarks in Palm Springs. The ultra-chic renovation includes guest rooms and an array of meeting and event space as well as signature dining and entertainment, Hollywood Regency style d√©cor and the 11,000 square foot luxury SpaTerre ñ featuring 18 treatment rooms, a full service hair and nail salon, relaxation lounge and fitness center.

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The economy may be heading south, but New York City women are determined that that will not be the fate of their faces.

New York may be the epicenter of the U.S financial world and, therefore, the hardest hit psychologically and job-wise, but it’s also the chutzpah capital of the country. People in other parts of the land might look at their bank accounts and decide that high-priced beauty treatments are a luxury. Not New Yorkers. Here we’re so hyper-competitive in every way that they are a necessity.

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UC Irvine Extension Signs Articulation Agreement With University of Houston

In an ongoing effort to advance educational pathways available to students in the spa and hospitality management field, the University of California, Irvine Extension has signed an articulation agreement with the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. The partnership will allow students who complete the UC Irvine Extension Certificate Program in Spa and Hospitality Management to become eligible for transfer into the University of Houston’s Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management degree program with 10 undergraduate semester credit hours.

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New Luxury Spa Resort Opens in New Zealand

A multimillion-dollar spa resort on the shores of Lake Rotorua is now open.  The $10 million Wai Ora Lakeside Spa Resort is thought to be the first of its kind in the country.

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New Spa Resort in Barcelona, Spain

Hotel Majestic has just opened a new Spa, Majestic Spa Essential Moments; a 5-star spa located in one of the city’s most prestigious boutique hotels. The hotel itself is in fact also enviably located right in the heart of Barcelona and it is a member of the Epoque Hotels Collection.

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