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spa business uniting the world of wellness


spa business ISSUE 3 2015 spabusiness.com


p36 Spa Foresight™ p70 Investigating massage-on-demand


2015


p46 Investor interview with Pegasus


p64 International spa research


7|Editor’s letter Liz Terry shares her thoughts


21|Letters Investors better placed to make profi ts in spas than operators, says Roger Allen


22|News APSWC to wind down; refresh for Hilton’s Eforea spa brand; 100-person sauna opens in Norway; and fi rst-ever Chanel spa to launch in Paris


32|News report: LivNordic Raison d’Etre signs a deal with Viking Cruise Lines for its LivNordic spa brand


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36|Trends: Spa Foresight™


2015


The team behind Spa Business share their insights on what the world of wellness will look like in the future


46|Interview: Craig Cogut The founding partner of Six Senses’ investment fi rm Pegasus Capital Advisors reveals his vision for the spa operator. Rhianon Howells reports


56|Expert predictions Thought leaders from around the world, working in diff erent industry sectors, talk about spa trends, challenges and growth opportunities


64|Research: Points of view ISPA gauges the public’s opinion of spas in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. Colin McIlheney reports


70|Everyone’s talking about: Massage-on-demand Are the likes of Zeel and Soothe redefi ning the spa industry? Matthew Brennan investigates


76|Wellness tourism: Something in the air Terry Stevens visits Croatia’s Island of Vitality to fi nd out how wellness tourism is driving development


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