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In a recent article, we discussed SpaFinder\u2019s top spa trends for 2012<\/a>. In that post, we also offered our own insights about additional trends that we feel have the potential to grow in 2012. One of them is the development of lifestyle spas. At Spa Balance, we feel there is an increasing need for integrated wellness concepts and we see lifestyle spas answering that call. The following is an overview of this trendy business opportunity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n En uno de nuestros art\u00edculos recientes, nos referimos a las predicciones de SpaFinder<\/a> y las tendencias del sector del spa en el 2012<\/a>. En dicho art\u00edculo, tambi\u00e9n enunciamos nuestras propias reflexiones sobre otras tendencias que pueden florecer en el 2012. Una de ellas se refiere al desarrollo de los spas de estilo de vida o los \u2018lifestyle spas\u2019. En Spa Balance consideramos que existe una creciente necesidad del concepto integral de wellness y por ello vemos que este tipo de spas responden a dicho llamado. La siguiente es la presentaci\u00f3n de una oportunidad de negocios que crece en popularidad.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is a lifestyle spa?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Before we move further into this trend, let\u2019s start this article with our definition of the concept behind a lifestyle spa. In general terms, a lifestyle spa is one that has an integrated wellness concept. In other words, it is a place where people go to improve their lifestyles and enhance their quality of life through different packages, programmes, treatments and services that range from healthy eating, meditation, exercise, relaxation, flexibility and agility to treatments aimed at providing relief for specific conditions such as back pain.<\/p>\n The key element behind lifestyle spas is that these places not only focus on treatments and beauty, but go one step further with a more integrated and holistic approach. Now that we have a better idea of how we define a lifestyle spa, we will take a closer look at the kinds of services that can be provided by these centres.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A full menu based on the customer<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Lifestyle spas offer a comprehensive approach, which is defined, first and foremost, by the needs of the customer and new demands from the market. These spas offer a combination of services that include traditional spa and beauty treatments, complementary therapies, and fitness programmes.<\/p>\n Thanks to this holistic approach, lifestyle spas provide customers with a full menu of services and programmes that fit all kinds of clients. For instance, the newly opened ESPA Life<\/a> at the Corinthia Hotel in London offers various lifestyle programmes \u201ccovering everything from biological ageing, detox, sleep, weight-loss, pregnancy and general vitality\u201d.<\/p>\n The Lanserhof<\/a>, winner of the 2011 European Health and Spa Award, is another \u2018lifestyle\u2019 spa based in Austria that provides a full menu of services including medical treatments as well as beauty and nutritional programmes. In Spain, the Sha Wellness Clinic<\/a> also offers a variety of services that combine traditional medicine with alternative therapies aimed at providing the patient with an improvement of his\/her health and well-being.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Feeding the synergy between the spa, wellness and medical industries<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Something that lifestyle spas share today is their attention to the scientific and medical evidence that supports their treatments. To this regard, Susan Harmsworth, CEO of ESPA International<\/a>, says that her centre has taken \u201ccomplementary medicine and backed the modalities with science\u201d. Along those lines, the Lansehorf has developed the Lans Med Concept<\/a>, which is a new model oriented towards the achievement of health goals and guarantees long-term, measurable success.<\/p>\n Lifestyle spas are capable of combining traditional medicine with alternative therapies due to their mixed staff model made of spa and wellness professionals and medical practitioners. In this sense, modern lifestyle spas are helping to develop new synergies between the spa industry and the medical and wellness sectors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A holistic concept<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>One of the reasons we believe lifestyle spas can flourish this year, relies on the fact that these centres have been implementing a set of ideal practices to follow within the spa industry. Although some of the new lifestyle spas are still related to the idea of exclusivity and luxury that has defined our sector for years, their comprehensive approach is able to tackle the obstacles and seize the opportunities the spa industry confronts today.<\/p>\n Thanks to their holistic or integrated-wellness approach, which gravitates around their comprehensive menus, these spas are capable of addressing the needs of different kinds of clients and take advantage of the opportunities the market offers. Also, lifestyle spas are being implemented with a concept that goes in line with the synergy that the spa industry has been forging with the wellness and medical sectors in recent years.<\/p>\n Because of their comprehensive approach and the best practices that lifestyles spas are currently implementing, we feel this is a very interesting trend and business opportunity that can shape the future of the spa industry in the near future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00bfQu\u00e9 es un spa de estilo de vida?<\/strong><\/p>\n Antes de adentrarnos en esta tendencia, podemos comenzar por definir el concepto que se encierra en un spa de estilo de vida. En t\u00e9rminos generales, para Spa Balance un spa de estilo de vida es aquel que engloba un concepto integral de wellness. En otras palabras, es un lugar al cual la gente va a mejorar su estilo y calidad de vida a trav\u00e9s de diferentes cursos, programas, tratamientos y servicios que van desde alimentaci\u00f3n saludable, tratamientos corporales y faciales, meditaci\u00f3n, ejercicio, relajaci\u00f3n, flexibilidad y agilidad hasta terapias destinadas a proporcionar alivio de condiciones espec\u00edficas como, por ejemplo, el dolor de espalda.<\/p>\n El elemento clave detr\u00e1s de los spas de estilo de vida radica en que estos lugares no s\u00f3lo se centran en tratamientos de belleza, sino que van un paso adelante ofreciendo un enfoque m\u00e1s integral y hol\u00edstico. Ahora que tenemos una mejor idea de la definici\u00f3n que engloba un spa de estilo de vida, vamos a echar un vistazo a los tipos de servicios que pueden prestar estos centros.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Un men\u00fa completo basado en el cliente<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Los spas de estilo de vida ofrecen un enfoque integral que viene definido primordialmente por las necesidades del cliente y las nuevas demandas del mercado. Debido a esto, dichos lugares ofrecen una combinaci\u00f3n de servicios que incluyen tratamientos tradicionales de spa y belleza, terapias complementarias y programas de acondicionamiento f\u00edsico y de wellness.<\/p>\n Gracias a este enfoque hol\u00edstico, los spas de estilo de vida ofrecen a los consumidores un men\u00fa completo de servicios y programas que se ajustan a todo tipo de clientes. Por ejemplo, el reci\u00e9n inaugurado ESPA Life<\/a> en el Hotel Corinthia de Londres ofrece varios programas de estilo de vida “que abarcan envejecimiento biol\u00f3gico, desintoxicaci\u00f3n, sue\u00f1o, p\u00e9rdida de peso, embarazo y vitalidad general”.<\/p>\n El Lanserhof<\/a>, ganador en el 2011 del European Health and Spa Award, es otro spa de \u2018estilo de vida\u2019 en Austria, que ofrece un men\u00fa completo de servicios que incluyen tratamientos m\u00e9dicos, as\u00ed como programas de belleza y nutrici\u00f3n. En Espa\u00f1a, el Sha Wellness Clinic<\/a> tambi\u00e9n ofrece una variedad de servicios que combinan la medicina tradicional con terapias alternativas encaminadas a proporcionar al paciente con una mejora de su salud, bienestar y calidad de vida.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Promoviendo la sinergia entre la industria del spa y los sectores m\u00e9dico y de wellness<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Algo que comparten los spas de estilo de vida de hoy es su atenci\u00f3n a la evidencia m\u00e9dica y cient\u00edfica que apoya sus tratamientos. En este sentido, Susan Harmsworth, Directora General de ESPA International<\/a>, dice que su centro ha adoptado “la medicina complementaria sosteniendo sus modalidades con el respaldo de la ciencia”. De la misma forma, el Lansehorf ha desarrollado el Lans Med Concept<\/a>, un nuevo modelo orientado hacia el logro de objetivos de salud que garantiza un \u00e9xito medible y de largo plazo.<\/p>\n Los spas de estilo de vida son capaces de combinar la medicina tradicional con terapias alternativas gracias a que cuentan con un equipo humano mixto que incluye personal de la industria del spa y el wellness as\u00ed como profesionales del campo m\u00e9dico. En este sentido, los spas modernos de estilo de vida est\u00e1n ayudando a desarrollar nuevas sinergias entre la industria del spa y los sectores m\u00e9dico y de wellness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Un concepto hol\u00edstico<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Una de las razones por la cual creemos que los spas de estilo de vida pueden florecer este a\u00f1o se basa en el hecho de que estos lugares han venido implementando un conjunto de pr\u00e1cticas ideales a seguir dentro de la industria del spa. Aunque algunos de los nuevos spas de estilo de vida siguen estando relacionados con la idea de exclusividad y lujo que ha definido nuestro sector desde hace a\u00f1os, el enfoque integral de estos es capaz de afrontar los obst\u00e1culos y aprovechar las oportunidades que la industria del spa tiene de frente hoy en d\u00eda.<\/p>\n Gracias a una visi\u00f3n hol\u00edstica o enfoque intregral de wellness, que gira en torno a men\u00fas completos, estos centros son capaces de responder a las necesidades de diferentes tipos de clientes y aprovechar las oportunidades que ofrece el mercado. Adem\u00e1s, los spas de estilo de vida est\u00e1n siendo implementados con un concepto que va en l\u00ednea con las sinergias que la industria del spa ha estado forjando en a\u00f1os recientes con los sectores m\u00e9dico y de wellness.<\/p>\n Debido a su enfoque integral y a la serie de pr\u00e1cticas que los spas de estilo de vida est\u00e1n aplicando actualmente, creemos que ellos representen una tendencia muy interesante y una oportunidad de negocios que bien podr\u00eda ayudar a definir la industria del spa en el futuro cercano.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a recent article, we discussed SpaFinder\u2019s top spa trends for 2012. In that post, we also offered our own insights about additional trends that we feel have the potential to grow in 2012. One of them is the development of lifestyle spas. 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