Health spa businesses are booming these days. More and more people are discovering that spa treatments can help them to relieve stress and give them a better quality of life. If you’re entrepreneurial or have massage therapy training or experience, now’s a great time to consider opening a spa. Finding information to help you start and build your business can be a challenge. To help you get started, I’ve put together a selection of resources that’ll give you the business information you need to open a spa:
1. Spa Management Journal
If you’re serious about opening a spa, this is one magazine you don’t want to be without. It’s specifically designed for spa owners and manager and gives the most up-to-date information on managing a successful spa. If you want information dealing with the business end of running a spa, this should be one of your first choices.
2. Day Spa Magazine
This website publishes a print magazine that shows day spa owners how to increase profits and better service their clients. Included is a listing of invaluable articles you can access from their back issues.It also covers trends in the spa industry, management issues, marketing, and financial issues.
3. Dermascope Magazine
This print magazine helps the spa owner keep abreast of the latest trends.and techniques in skin care and how they relate to the spa industry. You’ll also learn which spa marketing techniques work spa as well as coverage of legal and financial issues.
4. Massage and Bodywork Magazine
Covers all aspects of massage and how it relates to health and well being. A recent issue included articles on opening a spa, a discussion of spa anatomy, massage for golfers, and an article on connecting with spa clients.
5. Preston Wynne Success Systems
This organization offers training courses and seminars on spa startups as well as consultiing services to the spa industry.
6. Royal Treatment Enterprises
Offers business information, workshops, and spa consulting services for entrepreneurs interested in owning their own spa.
7. Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals
This organization can hook you up with hundreds of massage therapy schools and is a good resource for locating massage therapy courses.
8. Skin Inc.
This magazine discusses trends in the face and body care industry along with discussions of skin related products and techniques.
In addition to these resources, you can also find a variety of books on Amazon.com that focus on opening a spa. One excellent one is FabJob Guide to Becoming a Spa Owner. Before you take the big plunge and open your own spa, be sure to get the education you need by attending workshops, talking to other spa owners, and even enlisting the help of a spa consultant. Hopefully, these resources will help you get started on your path to starting a profitable spa of your own!!
