The hotel is filled , the beach burst, the pool loungers are reserved from early but our beautiful spa practically empty …
We a haver heard the comment “Oh what a heat, so I do not want anything to use the spa” … Sounds familiar? You want to increase profitability and revenues also your spa during warmer months.
As each February at this point of the month comes the dreaded Valentine’s Day and we face the question of what to do this year. Whether you are someone who love this day as if you think a commercial development, surely you’ll appreciate a perfume created especially for you, a hot chocolate massage or a trip to a spa hotel in the middle of the cold snow.
So as managers of our hotel, spa and beauty centers, we should not miss this opportunity to create a tempting offer to publicize our businesses to reach local customers, to break the seasonality of winter, to raise awareness the food in our restaurant or to end product stock you had stored …
So get to work, let’s do something different and put a romantic note in our routine work.
From January 30th to February 3rd was the thirty-third edition of the International Tourism Fair FITUR 2013, the most important event of the Spanish tourism sector in Madrid, under the title “All destinations, all businesses”
The fair this year has started investing in innovation and technology, measures to tackle the crisis. For the first time, you could download the Fitur application, visit the bathroom of the future, the Balearic”stand paperless” or take a salsa class with virtual reality.
Breaking barriers and attracts local audiences. In these times our mission is to maximize revenue and profit from our facilities. This becomes crucial being … Read more
Hotel Wellness area quality versus economic profitability
About 10 years ago to incorporate a wellness area in our hotel, was a clear competitive advantage. However in recent years there has been a boom in the world of hospitality, with respect to this area, causing the mere fact of having a spa is not a differentiator itself.
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But also as managers of a production department we must ensure that our spa area profitable. Often, we find cases where there is a doubt between quality and image attribute or profitability.
The last wednesday 21th November, was the fourth edition of the lecture on sustainability and energy efficiency in the city of Valencia , inside the official program of the Spanish Hoteliers Congress, organized by the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation CEHAT.
This conference organized by ITH Hotel Technology Institute and sponsored by Gas Natural Fenosa, Buderus Bosch Group, TÜV Rheinland, Aquasonic and Schneider Electric was intended to show from a global point of view, the different possibilities that the market offers in terms of energy efficiency for hoteliers.
The event was attended among others.
The new Spa Manager. Education key to success
When selecting a spa manager, facing the challenges of the industry today, we might ask some questions.
Traditionally, the spa manager, is a professional from
the world of therapies or aesthetics
, and because of their experience and knowledge becomes responsible for the rest of his teammates and facilities management.
Furthermore, and in order to maximize revenue, implementing marketing policies and other strategies, another spa manager is introduced in the sector with higher 
business and administrative skills.
But what really need to know a spa manager?
This weekend took place the third edition la tercera edición del Congreso Spa & Beauty Spain 2012 in the Catalonia Palace of Congresses, Barcelona, on 20nd and 21th October.
This is a Congress strictly professional, where all sectors are represented Wellness, Beauty, Spa, Aesthetic and Cosmetic.
Despite the rain the assistance of professionals has been high.
The showroom had more than 70 brands, some of the best national and international, it was distributed between 73% representation of cosmetic and spa brands and 27% representation of brands of appliances
This year has had for the first time in this conference,