Does your spa deserve Top Honors?

Our annual DAYSPA Top Honors feature will appear in our December 2006 issue. If you own a top spa (or know someone who does), we'd like your recommendations for nominees in the following categories:

Diamond: A single-location day spa owner who has honed every aspect of his/her business to perfection.

Entrepreneur: A day spa owner with one to four locations who has made exceptional business strides in a short time under competitive circumstances.

Top Medical Spa: A medical spa that offers a true day spa experience along with in-depth medical services and treatments. (The business must offer day spa services independent of a medical practice and serve a high percentage of repeat clients.)

Top Hotel/Resort Spa: A spa located within a hotel or resort that's open to clients from the surrounding community.

Top Day Spa/Medical Spa Chain: A business with multiple locations and a corporate structure that can be replicated successfully beyond the direct supervision of the original owner.

Rising Star: An individual with less than five years' experience as a spa/salon owner who has exhibited outstanding business acumen and industry understanding.

Top Employer: A day spa owner who has a high percentage of long-term employees, offers an outstanding benefits package and has helped his/her employees grow professionally.

Top Spa Design: A day spa that has an outstanding facility design from the standpoints of functionality, originality, beauty, comfort and client appeal.

Top Boutique: A day spa that does an exceptional job of buying and merchandising products to maximize retail income.

Top Package: An exceptional service package that has continued to bring in new and repeat clients for at least a year, and generates media and client attention.

Top Promotion: An exceptional promotional program that brings in new clients, generates word-of-mouth advertising and draws media attention.

Top Media Kit: An outstanding media presentation by a day spa or medical spa.

Send information and high-resolution (300 dpi) images by September 30 to:
DAYSPA Top Honors
Attn. Amy E. Hamaker
DAYSPA Magazine
7628 Densmore Ave.
Van Nuys, CA 91406-2042
ahamaker@creativeage.com
(Materials cannot be returned.)

Questions? E-mail ahamaker@creativeage.com