{"id":2026,"date":"2013-08-26T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schoolpages.co.za\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2013-08-26T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:02:20","slug":"how-to-open-a-spa-part-8-the-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spa-balance.com\/es\/2013\/08\/how-to-open-a-spa-part-8-the-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open a spa: Part 8 – The opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are now in the final step of the ‘pre-opening’ phase and at the beginning of a whole new set of challenges. The success of this stage normally depends on how well the pre-opening phase has been orchestrated, right from the conceptual design through to the pre-opening training and generating the right buzz about your new business. In the following lines, we will discuss how to keep your expectations real during this stage and what kinds of things you need to do in order to fine tune operations before your potential clients arrive to your new business. Let’s take a look.<\/p>\n

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Estamos ahora en la etapa final de la fase de ‘pre-apertura’ y al inicio de un nuevo conjunto de retos. El \u00e9xito de esta etapa normalmente depende de lo bien que haya sido dise\u00f1ada la fase de pre-apertura, desde el dise\u00f1o conceptual hasta el proceso de formaci\u00f3n y la correcta promoci\u00f3n de su nuevo negocio. En las siguientes l\u00edneas, vamos a discutir la manera de mantener sus expectativas reales durante esta etapa y qu\u00e9 tipo de cosas hay que hacer para afinar las operaciones antes de que sus potenciales clientes llegan a su nuevo negocio. Vamos a echar un vistazo.<\/p>\n

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Focus and expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this step, which we call ‘opening phase,’ your main focus is on ensuring that you are fine tuning operations. Many spa managers or owners who are new to the business expect THE ‘opening day’ to be a big and key day, and it definitely is. However, it is important to realise that there will not be an ‘avalanche’ of people walking through your spa’s doors. The number of clients visiting your new business will depend on how well you worked on the previous stage of marketing and selling your spa during the pre-opening phase.<\/p>\n

Another important thing to remember is that your operations will not be seamlessly ‘perfect’ the day you open your spa. There will still be many small things that will need working on, and these small items will still be works in progress for many weeks to come. In spite of this, it is unrealistic to wait until you have everything ‘perfect’ especially because every day you delay the opening of your spa, you will be losing revenue. Additionally, the \u2018perfect spa\u2019 ends up turning into a moving milestone as one discovers how much more there still is to do.<\/p>\n

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Final checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Throughout the series of articles on how to open a spa from start to finish, we have elaborated a number of different checklists for some of the steps you need to take in during the entire process. Your final checklist needs to include the following set of things that will help you fine tune your operations during the opening stage:<\/p>\n

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