CONVERSATIONS WITH
Thirty-five years ago,
GAYLE BRADY
launched Air Vita: a
bold concept for a
fitness center, spa
and business center
located right in the
airport. Since then,
Brady has led spas at
Marriott, Golden Door,
Canyon Ranch and Skin
Authority, while also
serving as an ISPA Board
Member and Chairman.
While Air Vita may have
been too far ahead of its
time, the widespread
growth of airport spas
shows that Brady wasn’t
far off the mark. This
month, Pulse sat down
with Brady to discuss her
experience launching Air
Vita and what she thinks
of recent growth in the
market.
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march 2019
GAYLE BRADY
Pulse: Air Vita was
unlike anything else at
the time. Where did
the idea come from?
gayle Brady: in the
early 1980s, we were
living in aspen at the
time, and whenever we
would fly through
Denver we had enormous
delays every time. So, we
said, “gosh, there’s got to be
something better to do in an
airport than drink!” We thought
“why not put in a workout facility
with massages?”
from that, we started to think about what it would look like. The
Airport spas have grown into a popular segment of the industry since Brady opened Air Vita in the early 1980s.