Press release - THE SPA PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006

 Presented during the

ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

“Hearts for a Cure” at DAY SPA EXPO – LAS VEGAS

Winner was chosen through online votes at www.dayspaassociation.com 

 

This year’s Spa Person of the Year is

Skip Williams

Educator, Consultant and Author, Vice President of Resources and Development, Inc. joins Douglas Preston of Preston, Inc., Linda-Anne Kahn of Beauty Kliniek Aromatherapy Day Spa and Wellness Center, Catherine Atzen of ATZEN®, Cheryl Sott of Aroma Works Software and Peggy Wynne Borgman of Preston Wynne who won this award over the past 5 years.

The Day Spa Association chooses a “Spa Person of the Month” 6 times a year – they are individuals who have made a significant contribution to and have been influential in shaping the day spa industry nationwide as well as in their own community. The “Spa Person of the Year” Award is presented each year during the annual Awards & Charity event at THE DAY SPA EXPO from the pool of current and previous years’ Spa Persons of the Month.

The 2006 votes for this unique award were collected online starting in late August at www.dayspaassociation.com  – 840 people cast their votes, with Skip Williams receiving 52.43% of the votes. The award was presented to Skip at The Day Spa Expo in Las Vegas, and presented to the industry at the annual Awards & Charity event “Hearts for A Cure” on Thursday, February 22, 2007. 

This year’s candidates were: Michael Beresford, Moor Spa, Inc. • Mary Lynne Blaesser, Marine Agency, Inc.  • Michael Carter, Athena Health Club and Day Spa. • Joyce Jamison, American Spa Magazine  • Rosemary Weiner, Brass Rose Spa & Salon • Skip Williams, Resources & Development, Inc.

“We are very pleased that the Day Spa Expo was chosen again this year to host this award and in the years to come”, comments Shane O’Sheeran, Show Director of the Bentley International Group, organizers of this annual event geared solely towards Day Spa owners and managers. “We are delighted to have this award as part of our conference which is being held during the DSA’s Charity event, benefiting SpaCare, Organized Charitable Giving, in collaboration with the Melanoma Research Foundation and Uniquely-U”.

Not only are the winners acknowledged by their peers and prominently placed on www.dayspaassociation.com , but they are rewarded with a beautiful engraved Irish Crystal Lamp, imported from Ireland with a commemorative plaque naming the award.

To read more about the candidates go to: www.dayspaassociation.com/professionals/Allied . If you know of anyone that you would like to nominate as a Spa Person of the Month and consequently being entered in this Award Program, please contact Hannelore Leavy at DaySpaAssn@aol.com

press release - START-A-SPA BOOT CAMP™ SEMINAR

Operation Financial Freedom

LAS VEGAS, NV – March 20, 2007 – Resources & Development, the spa industry’s leading start-up operations consultancy, is offering an intensive four-day Start-A-Spa Boot Camp™ designed to address the specific needs of future spa owners. 

The Start-A-Spa Boot Camp™ is an intimate program and is specifically designed for future spa owners, executives, hotel executives, and general managers wanting to understand what it really takes to create a Spa facility.  The program will cover the following objectives:

·        How to write the Business Plan

·        Designing a Spa for profit

·        Floor plan optimization

·        Equipment needs

·        Opening Critical Path/Opening Matrix

·        Menu Creation

·        Hiring techniques

·        Reality of day to day spa operations

·        Presenting plan for financing

·        Suppliers connections

·        Studying best practices

The Start-A-Spa Boot Camp™ will be held May 21-24, 2007 at Resources & Development Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada.  With this program, Resources & Development will offer a unique workshop environment where participants will create their customized documents and have one on one confidential expert advice by the educators.

The program is complete with speakers with a variety of spa operations, development and financial backgrounds.  Mr. Skip Williams, acclaimed spa financial expert, author of “The Reluctant Spa Director and The Mission Dream” and recipient of the Day Spa Association’s Spa Person of the Year Award, will review finance principles, compensation systems and evaluating profitability.

Mr. Dan Hussey, president of Global Success Solutions with over 25 years and millions of dollars of successful business development and banking experience, will share successful strategies on how to present the vision for financing.

Ms. Zahira J. Coll, author of  the “Spa Ready-to-Use Business Tools©” for spas and resorts and former human resources director, executive spa director and resort manager, will inform participants of human resources principles, recruitment techniques and share lessons learned in the day to day operations and the secrets to managing and motivating various personalities unique to the spa world. 

The Start-A-Spa Boot Camp™ is $1,950 (US) for the first participant and $975 (US) for second attendee from the same property or company.  Fees are inclusive of:

• All course material including a Business Plan CD
• Templates and guides
• Continental breakfast each morning
• Cocktail reception
• Certificate of completion

For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Resources & Development at (702) 436-0371 or visit www.ResourcesAndDevelopment.com. 

Press release - R&D offers new service for spa investors

SPECIAL News from R&D

 

 

Your Bottom Line™

Spa Business Valuation Service

"You may be sitting on your most valuable asset!"

Do You Know How Much Your Spa Business Is Worth?

• Perhaps you are getting ready to sell your Spa Business, and don’t know what the selling price should be…
• Perhaps you want to prepare your Spa Business for Maximum return when you sell in a year or two…
• Perhaps you are looking at buying a Spa Business but need to determine if the asking price is reasonable…

Resources & Development’s NEW “Your Bottom Line, Spa Business Valuation Service” can help you determine the value of any US based Spa Business!

“Your Bottom Line, Spa Business Valuation Service” is not a one-business-fits-all approach; instead it is a unique Financial Modeling Tool that was designed to specifically address the needs and the idiosyncrasies of the Spa Business. 

It was designed by Resources & Development, the leading Spa Consulting Firm, dedicated to business improvement and Feasibility Analysis of Day Spas, Medical Spas, and Resort Spas.

Spa Business Valuation is our Specialty and we can help you to get the Maximum Value for your Dollar.

For more information on this new & comprehensive service, call our offices at 702-436-0371 and/or visit http://www.resourcesanddevelopment.com/Valuation.htm

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Press release - Spa Administrative & Operational Forms©

NEW “Ready-to-Use” Business Tools

HENDERSON, NV – March 18, 2006 – Start-up spa businesses and existing operators can now have the expertise and resources of the most seasoned spa professionals.  Resources & Development, the spa industry’s leading start-up operations consultancy, launches their first expansion to their “Ready-to-Use” Business Tools—specifically designed for the spa industry. 

The success of the original “Ready-to-Use” Business Tools created a need to enhance the user-friendly CDs and expand with the new Spa Administrative & Operational Forms©. In this brand new CD and Manual you will find;

• Documents such as “Time Off Request Form”; “Late Absent Report”; “Performance Appraisal“; “Customer Intake form”; “Customer Waiver form”; “Prescription form” and many others. 
• For recruitment needs you will find the “Employment Application”, “Interview Evaluation Form”, “Practical Evaluation Form”, Offer Letter”, “Reference Check Form” and many other forms.

The Spa Administrative & Operational Forms© CD provides you with numerous templates to assist you in creating all the administrative and operational forms you need to drive the consistency you are trying to create in your operations. 

“We developed the Spa ‘Ready-to-Use’ Business Tools because we have often been approached for assistance in writing Employee Handbooks, Job Descriptions, Standard Operational Procedures and Spa Business Plans for clients. This demand and the idea of providing easy to use manuals that allowed the flexibility of customizing individual concepts prompted us to create the Spa Ready-to-Use Business Tools™ in 2003” said Zahira J. Coll, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Resources & Development, “we have received excellent feedback on how much these tools have helped hundreds of Spa owners, managers and operators. We are continuously adapting and improving the tools as the industry evolves. We used over 40 years of combined hands-on experience and successful, time-tested materials to create a set of tools that have been described as “Extremely easy to use and very under priced for what you get.” 

Resources & Development—your complete resource for Spa and Hotel development—is the fastest growing resource for consulting, coaching and support services for the spa and hotel industry.  Specializing in start-up operations and facility enhancements for existing businesses, Resources & Development focuses on the operational development of facilities, design feasibility and human resources.  Resources & Development experts provide assistance with facility concepts, marketing and sales strategies, service menu design, maximizing profitability, recruiting and training staff and creating successful business guidelines and practices.  Resources & Development is headquartered at 2430 Pickwick Drive, Henderson, NV, 89014. 

Press Release from Discover Spas about the Day Spa Expo, Read complete article here