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Article: Spas pamper all; Asian, Indian influences continue as staples
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2005
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NEW YORK - Now that day spas are turning up in airports, malls and
beauty salons, destination spas are increasingly offering unique
services and products to differentiate themselves from mainstream
purveyors of massages and facials.
New services include unusual Asian healing practices and rituals
inspired by American Indian traditions.
Cleansers and creams are being made from local ingredients like
blueberries, seashells or desert sage to identify spas with their
locales. And packages are being aimed at niche markets - couples,
teenagers, pregnant women.
The number of men going to spas is on the rise too. And thanks to
the girlfriends' getaway phenomenon, even the most exclusive spas - ...