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With Autumn promising extraordinary demand and exciting opportunities for spa teams worldwide, the new edition of European Spa magazine delves deep into the topics that really matter for spa professionals.

As illustrated by our cover, taken from a report on Banyan Tree’s European flagship, Angsana Corfu Resort & Spa – hands-on treatments are helping guests reconnect with themselves while the easing of travel restrictions is fuelling a sense of liberation and optimism. This season will be a boom time for celebrations, staycations and spa time leading up to and beyond the festive holidays.

Angsana Corfu Resort & Spa

We find out how Angsana Corfu Resort & Spa is building on its eight pillars of wellbeing to provide a personalised retreat on the Mediterranean island.

Festive Retailing Special

To help boost your seasonal revenue, our glorious guide to Festive Retailing features the very best in-spa products and insightful retailing tips from a selection of top brand experts, while marketing and PR specialist Tracey Stapleton shares five ways to supercharge your festive marketing strategy.

Our bumper seasonal guide to the very best in spa retailing showcases 17 products from leading brands along with expert advice on how to make the most of this lucrative period for your business.

Five ways to increase festive gifting spend

The Spa PR Company’s Tracey Stapleton advises spa operators on how best to engage customers and maximise the rewards of a profit-boosting end-of-year period.

Spa teams and leaders

While there are undoubtedly opportunities to take advantage of at this time of year, bringing spa teams through this unprecedented period of post-lockdown demand will require mindful management and strong leadership. So to help you lead well, our expert contributors offer insight into the impact of ‘wellness partnerships’ and the growing importance of spa management training.

Are you building strong ‘wellness partnerships’?

Iain Bell, founder of Executive Fitness Foundation, outlines a new kind of workplace relationship that puts the individual first but benefits your business as a whole.

How to create the best spa management team

Recruiting the right candidates with the correct skills is vital to ensuring your spa management team is fit for purpose, explains Kirsty MacCormick of The Spa Consultancy.

Spa businesses in the spotlight

As always, we bring you news of the latest spa developments and investments as well as behind-the-scenes reports from of two ambitious and unique wellness destinations: the serene Bamford Wellness Spa, UK and the extraordinary Six Senses Ibiza, introduced by wellness pioneer Anna Bjurstam.

Bamford Wellness Spa

We talk to Lady Carole Bamford, OBE about the recently expanded spa and how its offering reflects her organic brand’s focus on ‘conscious living’.

Business Insider

An in-depth look at key investments across the global spa industry, includes the upcoming UK debut of Fairmont Windsor Park spa, the launch of Harrods’ redesigned Hair & Beauty Salon and a new marine getaway in the heart of Paris courtesy of Phytomer.

Six Senses Ibiza, Spain

With its state-of-the-art longevity clinic and a focus on healing with a distinctly Ibizan flavour, the luxury brand’s first Spanish property offers a world-class retreat into wellness.

Scroll on to be informed…

I hope you take heart from all the positivity and expertise in this edition. Please continue to scroll down through the wealth of fitness, digital, operational and treatment product information in this issue – click on the pages to read the magazine and be informed and inspired.

Movement is medicine

Sports scientist Jeff Davis, founder of Reach Wellness, explains how spas and health clubs can accelerate their wellness programming to meet increased demand.

On the Menu

Beginning with an investigation into how the rise of refillable products is set to make spas more environmentally sustainable, we introduce new product launches from [comfort zone], Elemis, Murad and many more superbrands.

Are you surfing the digital wellness boom?

We explore the sublime audio-visual content that makes Earth+Sky Collection a game-changing provider of online wellness programming for spas all over the world.

Spa Specifier

Sommerhuber’s heat-storing ceramics are displayed in the Austrian brand’s Lounger One Plus before we spotlight BC Softwear’s innovative SwimSoft Ponchos and the second generation of Welnamis by leading treatment room designer Gharieni.

Wellness Matters

As the concept of mindful movement gains momentum across the globe, we look at how spas can incorporate this wide-ranging modality into their wellness programmes.