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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Launches New Spa Therapy

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will introduce a new bespoke Oriental Essence spa therapy, together with additional homecare products at many of its luxury hotel spas worldwide, from May 2010. The one-hour signature Oriental Essence massage has been devised to introduce guests to a simple, effective and authentic spa experience in a short period of time.

Oriental Essence consists of a powerful, hands-on body massage ritual that combines the potent effects of oriental meridian massage with the therapeutic benefits of Mandarin Oriental’s signature “Quintessence” custom-blended essential oil. Each treatment begins with a short back diagnostic consultation in order to determine each individual’s personal and current state of wellbeing. A firm full body massage is then tailored to each guest.

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SpaCast: Oakworks launches "breast comfort system" on its Utopian Massage Tables

OAKWORKS®, Inc., the premier U.S. manufacturer of spa, massage, and medical equipment, today announced the launch of the Utopian Massage Table with patent pending ABC System, the revolutionary new Adjustable Breast Comfort System designed by Rebecca Savich, President of Contour Table Systems.

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ISPA Annual Show: 16 spa operators and their latest offerings

American spas continue to come up with new and sometimes wildly creative ideas for making visitors feel happy and healthy. Thursday night the International SPA Association, known as ISPA hosted its annual show in New York City, showcasing 16 American spa operators and their latest offerings.

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Spa STAR mid-2009 performance figures for Hotel Spas

Continuing economic headwinds have not spared the luxury hotel spa industry. According to the latest figures of Spa STAR, the spa benchmarking program published by STR, performance metrics were either on par or declined for the first six months of 2009. 

“The luxury hotel industry is facing a very tough operating environment,” commented Jan D. Freitag, vice president at STR. “The luxury spas in those hotels have not been immune to the effects. It stands to reason that operators are now giving renewed attention to locals business, which seems to have the desired effect on utilization rates.”

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Farmaesthetics went from farm stand to Macy’s, luxury spas

Ten years ago, Brenda Brock was selling organic skin lotions she whipped up in her home blender at a farm stand in Portsmouth. Today, she’s heading up one of the hottest natural, green skin care lines in the country as founder and CEO of Farmaesthetics.  The skin care line was selected to among a handful of natural product companies to be featured in Macy’s new Beautiful Planet, a green cosmetics boutique within the department store.

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British spa and skincare brand claims to be able to rejuvenate skin in a jiffy

If you think a 30-minute facial sounds suspicious, join the club. Such skin pampering sessions are meant to treat your skin to a number of rejuvenating treatments, as well as allow you a blissful hour or so of doing absolutely nothing. So can one that takes half the time be effective?  British skincare brand Elemis certainly thinks so. In fact, it claims that it offers all the crucial bits minus the fuss so that clients can nip in for a quick fix and then get on with their busy lives.

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Massage-Chair-Relief.com Launches New Inada Sogno Massage Chair

Massage Chair Relief is one of the first North American retailers of the new Sogno Dream Wave massage chair by Inada. The chair combines the technology of the Inada massage chairs and coins itself the chair of the future.

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BIOTONE Introduces Facial Therapy MicroRefiner with Bio-Firming Complex

BIOTONE introduces Facial Therapy MicroRefiner with Bio-Firming Complex at the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conferences (IECSC) in New York. The latest addition to the BIOTONE Spa family of facial products is a gentle microdermabrasion creme for the face, neck and décolleté. It prepares the skin for a facial massage or treatment and also reduces the appearance of pores and fine lines to provide smooth, younger looking skin.

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Shady Day Sunscreen Wipes receives honors

Shady Day Inc., the company that combined high-quality sunscreen protection with mess free wipe-on application, today announced that its Shady Day Daily Sun Protection Wipes SPF 30 have received an Honors Award in the 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Parenting Resources competition. The award is the latest in a succession of honors for Shady Day including being named Best New Sunscreen by Luxury Spa Finder in 2007 and Best New Cosmetic Product at the Extracts Beauty and Wellness meeting in 2006.

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Rosewood Hotels & Resorts of Dallas is branding its spas

Ultra-luxury hotel owner and operator Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is putting its brand on spas. The Dallas-based company, which began prominently including its name on its hotels only two years ago, has launched Sense, a Rosewood spa.    It's a move that mirrors efforts by other upscale hotels to leverage their spas as a marketing tool and revenue driver.

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