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Spa & Resort Expo & Conference LA: Keeping Up With Spa Trends

Spa & Resort Expo & Conference LA: Keeping Up With Spa Trends
by Susie Ellis

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The Spa & Resort Expo & Conference and the Medical Aesthetics Conference is happening tomorrow, February 23-25 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. I will be driving in from Palm Springs and attending all three days, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. One reason I will be there from bell-to-bell is because I am judging the New Product Showcase. With over 100 new products, I have my work cut out for me!

I remember when this show began many years ago….and how I first got involved. I happened to be sitting on an airplane next to a young good looking guy who noticed my SpaFinder bag and began asking me about the spa industry. That was probably seven years ago. It turned out to be Greg Topalian, who at the time had just been selected to launch a spa show for Reed Exhibitions. He has done an amazing job growing the event and produces it now in both New York and LA once a year. We’ve been friends ever since – he is now Group VP at Reed Exhibitions.

On Sunday SpaFinder and Spa Booker by SpaFinder are hosting a cocktail reception (please join us if you are coming to the expo!) and on Monday it is my privilege to introduce Deborah Szekely. She is the keynote speaker at 10:00 a.m. Her topic should hit a chord with everyone and as my husband would say – especially necessary for me.

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“…and the answer is: Balance”Presented by Deborah Szekely, founder of Rancho La Puerta and the Golden Door Spas /lifetime achiever for the spa/medical industries

Finally! An end to all diets and exercise programs. Forget the which’s, what’s, how to’s, and when’s that rule your life. Deborah will share her keys to creating a lifestyle ever-in-balance.

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Jane Fonda Speaks to Destination Spa Goers at Rancho La Puerta

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Am at Rancho La Puerta. It’s “Jane Fonda week.” Actually this is the first time Jane has been to the Ranch and she stopped by to say thanks to Deborah Szekely with whom I was having breakfast this morning. Wow…all of us at the table agreed that she looks fantastic! She is smaller than I remember and still has great hair, great bone structure, and that familiar voice. Then someone mentioned to me that she was 70!

Actually I had met her once before…many many years ago when she interviewed me (I did not bring this up) to take over the management of her Jane Fonda Workout Studio in Beverly Hills, which she wanted to franchise. She narrowed it down to two of us and ended up hiring the other person. I believe she thought I was too young and in retrospect I think she was right.

She lectured this evening to all the guests at the Ranch….I caught the last few minutes. She seems content, wiser, and has a great sense of humor. Seeing her at 70, and Deborah Szekely at 85, certainly makes aging much less scary.

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