Spa Moves

The Spa at Chatham Bars Inn (chathambarsinn.com) in Cape Cod, MA, opened at its namesake oceanfront resort on Labor Day weekend. Features in the 2,500-square-foot indoor spa area include wet and dry treatment rooms, Vichy shower room and a relaxation room that includes individual Bose sound systems for waiting clients.      More

Cocoon Spa & Yoga Studio has become one of the newest additions on the San Francisco spa scene. The spa, which promises local residents a new kind of urban renewal, opened its doors in September.

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Canyon Ranch (canyonranch.com) has made a strategic and humane move. As of October 1, the company’s Tucson, AZ, and Lenox, MA, locations have switched to the exclusive use of cage-free eggs in its dining facilities.      More

Indigo Eco/Spa (stevenswood.com) has opened its doors inside Stevenswood Spa Resort in Humboldt County, a ruggedly beautiful area well north of San Francisco on the Northern California coast.      More

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Jimmy (Chip) Kouri has become a regional education manager representing the Texas territory for Therafuse. Kouri has more than 18 years of experience in the industry as a stylist, salon owner and sales representative for manufacturers.     More

Anne Sempowski Ward has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Fashion Fair Cosmetics (fashionfair.com), a subsidiary of Johnson Publishing Co. and purportedly the world’s largest cosmetics and skincare company for women of color. Sempowski Ward is the former assistant vice president of African-American Marketing for the Coca-Cola Company, where she was responsible for implementing strategies to build market share with African-American consumers across all major Coca-Cola brands.     More

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Standard mileage deduction rates will increase from 48.5 cents to 50.5 cents per mile for business miles driven beginning January 1, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service announced. The standard mileage rate for service to charitable organizations will remain the same at 14 cents per mile. For more information about standard mileage rates, visit www.irs.gov.

The International SPA Association (ISPA) (experienceispa.com) has announced its board members for 2008.
The elected officers are:...   More

The Iatria Day Spa (iatria.com) chain in North Carolina has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies, announced Iatria president Erika Mangrum. A list of companies previously known as “The Inc. 500” has been expanded to “The Inc. 5,000.” The companies are chosen for the list based on revenue growth.
 
Wilma Schumann Skin Care (skin-care-cosmetic.com)has moved its headquarters into a larger facility, effective Feb. 1. The new site has a clinic and training institute on premises. The company’s new address is 4850 S.W. 72 Ave., Miami, FL 33155. Phone numbers will remain the same: 800/440-3032 or 305/448-2787. 
 
Chellá Professional Skin Care (chella.com) was a featured success story in the business section of the Ventura County Star, a well-known community newspaper in Southern California. The article profiled Chellá founder Chris Kolodziejski (who is also the former starting tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers) about the peptide-based skincare line. Kolodziejski told the Star that he decided to start the company after learning about the potential results achieved by using peptides to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. “When I got into the business, I had to know that there were active ingredients that really worked,” he told the paper...   More 
   
  
  
 
 
 

Kyra Johnson has been appointed spa director of Blue Marble at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay (missionbay.hyatt.com) in San Diego, after having opened and directed five successful spas within the Hyatt Pure American spa portfolio: Stillwater Spa in Toronto; Spa V in Miami Beach; Spa Avania in Scottsdale, AZ; Spa at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay; and Spa Django at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines in Austin, TX. Johnson also holds the title of corporate spa director for the company.

    Blue Marble Spa has been developed as an environmentally friendly spa. Johnson’s goal is for the spa to impact visitors from around the world by providing education on achieving optimal health while reducing their ecological footprints.

Leslie Glover was recently appointed CEO of Aspen

Spa Management based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Glover has worked for the management firm for seven years, in facets ranging from conceptual development and design to project coordination and operations and management.      More