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From wire reports:
What many women want more than anything else is...a massage. Call it the gift of relaxation.
For some women, a visit to a spa is the ultimate kind of pampering. For others, it's an absolute necessity. Either way, the pampering business is big--a $12.5 billion dollar industry that is still growing. According to The Christian Science Monitor, fully 71 percent of the 160 million spa-goers are women. The number of spas in the United States has doubled every four years since 1995 with a total of 10,000 spas today.
Why the surge in spas? Susie Ellis, president of Spafinder, a trade magazine and Web site, told The Christian Science Monitor there are three factors fueling the trend:
1. Spa treatments help us look and feel young. At least, that's what the aging baby boomers think (and hope) is true.
2. We are a nation of wound-up, stressed-out people. Visiting a spa for a massage or a trip to the steam room is one way to calm down and chill out. For time-challenged parents and professionals, it's a way to relax--fast.
3. Many believe that spa treatments will improve their health and wellness. So instead of being just a luxury, visiting a spa is also therapeutic.
People who visit spas regularly see them as a way to seek balance in their rushed, demanding lives. Others define it as a sanctuary, and it's an exotic one at that. Many spas offer much more than cucumber slices on the eyes and a trip to the steam room. Depending where you go, you can get full-body salt scrubs, detoxification wraps, skin conditioning with seaweed, underwater massages, head massages, and even a tropical avocado wrap.
How can you put a price on relaxation? Turns out that's easy. Massages range from $45 for a head massage to upwards of $500 for half-day treatments.
What many women want more than anything else is...a massage. Call it the gift of relaxation.
For some women, a visit to a spa is the ultimate kind of pampering. For others, it's an absolute necessity. Either way, the pampering business is big--a $12.5 billion dollar industry that is still growing. According to The Christian Science Monitor, fully 71 percent of the 160 million spa-goers are women. The number of spas in the United States has doubled every four years since 1995 with a total of 10,000 spas today.
Why the surge in spas? Susie Ellis, president of Spafinder, a trade magazine and Web site, told The Christian Science Monitor there are three factors fueling the trend:
1. Spa treatments help us look and feel young. At least, that's what the aging baby boomers think (and hope) is true.
2. We are a nation of wound-up, stressed-out people. Visiting a spa for a massage or a trip to the steam room is one way to calm down and chill out. For time-challenged parents and professionals, it's a way to relax--fast.
3. Many believe that spa treatments will improve their health and wellness. So instead of being just a luxury, visiting a spa is also therapeutic.
People who visit spas regularly see them as a way to seek balance in their rushed, demanding lives. Others define it as a sanctuary, and it's an exotic one at that. Many spas offer much more than cucumber slices on the eyes and a trip to the steam room. Depending where you go, you can get full-body salt scrubs, detoxification wraps, skin conditioning with seaweed, underwater massages, head massages, and even a tropical avocado wrap.
How can you put a price on relaxation? Turns out that's easy. Massages range from $45 for a head massage to upwards of $500 for half-day treatments.
Please tell me REESES CUP BLIZZARDS though? :lol: