The ISM Spa Management Program is offered via self-paced, distance education; allowing students the ability to keep a full-time job and still study towards a rewarding spa industry career. Payment plans and scholarship opportunities are available for all students.

Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) October 8, 2007 -- As discussed at the Global Spa Summit held this past May in New York, there is a severe shortage of qualified, educated spa managers. This concern has certainly been confirmed by the fast and steady level of student enrollment in the Spa Management Program at the Institute of Spa Management.

Since August, ISM has received more than 2,000 requests for course information. October and November 2007 programs filled to capacity in less than 60 days. Currently, the Institute of Spa Management (www.SpaCollege.org) reports that a few spaces remain for December 2007 intake with open enrollment for January 2008.

Despite the apparent high demand, ISM remains dedicated to catering to small groups of spa professionals in a caring and customized learning environment. Abby Cavanaugh, Director of Admissions and Student Services, "We offer intake for new students on the 3rd Monday of each month. This allows us to bring together groups of students that are learning at a similar pace and it helps to build their link to learning which is extremely important to help students 'stick with it'. Our goal is to provide a highly personalized and direct learning experience, even though it is distance learning, and therefore we limit monthly intake to just 20 students. The ISM philosophy is to teach programs and courses in the same manner and with the same high level of services that our students will be expected to emulate once they become successful spa managers."

At the Institute of Spa Management, the organization's primary goal is to further the spa industry through quality management education and professional training for adults. Information about programs and courses offered via distance education is available by visiting http://www.spacollege.org

About Institute of Spa Management

The mission of the Institute of Spa Management (ISM) is to further the spa industry by offering superior education for spa professionals that is accessible, affordable and self paced. ISM offers high quality programs and courses at reasonable prices in a dynamic format that enables learning and knowledge retention. As a result, spa managers get the training they really need to offer the highest level of service to spa clients for success in a highly competitive business environment. ISM believes that the future of the spa industry belongs to those who treat clients with the highest level of integrity and provide cutting edge services in well run facilities. These necessary elements for spa success can only occur when quality education is the premise for spa managers.