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Our current list of publications includes:

Examining the Shortage of Qualified Spa Managers and Its Impact on the Spa Industry

According to a poll taken at the Global Spa Summit held this past May in New York, recruiting and retaining good people to work for you is the biggest problem spa owners and managers face today. Given the extreme shortage of readily accessible, high-level business training for spa managers and personnel that exists worldwide, this hardly came as a surprise, given that the more than $40 billion global spa industry has experienced double-digit growth over the past 20 years.
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The Impressive Growth of the Spa Industry in the United States: Just the Facts

The spa industry is booming and spas across the country are literally popping up everywhere you turn. It seems that more and more people are realizing the value of some quality rest and relaxation and many of them are getting just that at their local day spa or taking a well-deserved vacation at one of the many destination or resort spas around the country. There has never been a better time to get into the spa industry because the numbers of spas and their annual revenues has been rapidly increasing at a very impressive rate over the last several years.
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Education for Spa Professionals: Too Little, Too Expensive, and Not Accessible

Have you been searching for a career in the spa industry, but found that the educational opportunities in this fast-growing business are limited at best? With an industry that is showing annual revenues of nearly $10 billion in the United States alone, you’d think that there’d be spa management programs available just about everywhere. While there certainly are a lot of programs out there, finding ones that offer quality, affordable, and accessible spa management training are far and few between.
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A Spa Director’s Wish List: What the Perfect Spa Facility Would Look Like

We’ve all played that game of…what would I do if I won the lottery, right? We’d all buy a fancy new sports car, that big mansion in a gated community, and take an extravagant vacation to some far off, exotic locations, right? Well, spa directors play that game too, but it’s called…what would I do if I had the perfect spa facility? What would it look like? What kinds of treatments would be offered? What would the people be like who worked there? These are the kinds of things spa directors’ dream of, so let’s take a look at what the perfect spa facility would look like from the point of view of the spa director.
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Industry Companies Online We Recommend to Students and Partners:

ISM Spa Management Blog: http://www.spacollege.org/blog

Spa Story: http://www.spastory.com

SpaTrade: http://www.spatrade.com

SpaWire: http://www.spawire.com

Spa Management Journal: http://www.spamanagement.com

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Reputable Industry Associations We Recommend to our Students and Partner Spas:

The Spa Association is a one-stop organization for information, industry resources, education, and community connections in the spa industry. No other organization unites medical spas, day spas, resorts, hotel spas, and wellness centers. SPAA is the premier association for spa owners and business-to-business providers. http://thespaassociation.com

International Spa Association (ISPA) has been recognized worldwide as the professional organization and voice of the spa industry, representing more than 3,000 health and wellness facilities and providers in 75 countries. Members encompass the entire arena of the spa experience, from resort/hotel, destination, mineral springs, medical, cruise ship, club and day spas to service providers such as physicians, wellness instructors, nutritionists, massage therapists and product suppliers. http://www.experienceispa.com/ISPA/