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THE SPA SHIFT
Announcements marking spa industry players on the move.
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Anna-Cari Gund has been appointed Managing Director by
Sweden-based Raison d’Etre.
Ines Sieder is now the Marketing and Public Relations Manager at
TAC | The Assistant Company, headquartered in Austria.
Anna-Cari Gund
Ines Sieder
Cheryl Patella
Denisse Ypina-Favela
John Bevan
Kristin Valentine
THE SPA – Williams Island, located in Miami (Aventura), Florida,
has named Cheryl Patella as Director of Spa.
Located in Poway, California, FIT Bodywrap has brought Denisse
Ypina-Favela on board as Sales Manager.
John Bevan has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at
Spafinder Wellness 365 based in Miami, Florida.
Kristin Valentine is now Vice President of Business Development
at Skin Authority, located in Carlsbad, California.
NEW ON THE MENU
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Located in Newport Beach, California, Spa Gregorie’s kicks off the summer season with new spa services specialized for athletes. Among its latest treatment is the Athletes Knead Recovery, which includes the use of an infrared sauna. The spa also
offers Sports Massage, which combines stroking methods and stretching movements specific to the guest’s sport to soothe
muscles before or after an activity. The spa also offers Spa
Reflexology in tandem with an aromatherapy massage and
Sole Sacrifice, a new full-body massage complete with a
soothing and exfoliating foot scrub massage.
BRILLIANT IDEA
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July 2015
Live Love Spa, located in Santa Ana, California,
has launched LIVELOVESPA365. The 24/7 spa
and wellness digital marketplace will complement
the company’s experiential events and facilitate
connectivity and wholesale e-commerce. Live
Love Spa hopes to help industry brands and
buyers stay connected by providing a nonstop
industry tradeshow.