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More from the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference

eva 706140 More from the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa ConferenceMy favorite session at the International Esthetics, Cosmetics & Spa Conference here in New York was the one given by Eva Jensch, a spa consultant from California who has been in the industry almost as long as I have and has probably worked in more “emerging markets” than anyone I know. She presented a sort of “What’s Happening Around the World” for the spa industry. Because that is also one of my interests, I found her presentation fascinating. Here are some snippets from her presentation:

  • A new Chiva-Som will open in downtown Bangkok
  • Hyatt Pure will open 16 new spas in Asia in the next three years – 12 will be in China
  • Cambodia’s emerging spa industry incorporates healing traditions outlined on the walls of ancient temples
  • Buddha Bar in Paris is opening its first spa
  • There is a spa in London called “The Womb Room”
  • Spas are springing up in Croatia, Bulgaria, and Hungary
  • In Dubai’s project called “The World” (a group of 300 manmade islands that is shaped like the seven continents), the entire island representing Thailand will be a Thai-themed residential spa program called The Jasmine Spa Garden
  • There is talk of creating a Biosphere Spa with various biospheres in the desert in Dubai
  • Six Senses is opening a Souk-like spa in Doha
  • Banyan Tree is building the largest wave pool in the world in Bahrain
  • Banyan Tree is also opening a spa/hospital hybrid in Kuwait
  • Six Senses is building a spa where guests arrive on a paraglider
  • In Peru, a spa is being built out of a renovated convent built on a cemetery
  • Sofitel is expanding their Le Spa brand with an opening in Colombia
  • A new destination spa on the west coast of Africa will cater to people of color from all over the world
  • There are spas now planned for Uganda, Mozambique (will have an ice pool), and Ethiopia, where a 10,000-square-foot spa – the country’s first – will open soon

But her most memorable description was of a spa in Israel that will be using snakes in massage rituals. She was not talking snake oil – she was talking real-life (non-poisonous) snakes!