Word: spas
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...think of any other explanation for Hungary's stellar record in water polo. From 1928 to 1980, the Hungarian men won medals at every Olympics, taking home gold six times. In 2000, they won their seventh title. "Hungary has lots of spas," says Kemény, who coached the squad to gold in Sydney and hopes to repeat that success at this year's Summer Games. Nature's gift allowed players to train all year round even before the era of indoor swimming pools. But can Hungary rule the pool in Athens, where it will face one of the tightest...
...style of the Cirque du Soleil," says Ernest Albrecht, author of The New American Circus. Cirque has also sparked interest in vaudeville, acrobatics and street performance. Up next: another Vegas show, premiering in September, a new touring show for 2005 and possibly, down the road, even Cirque-themed restaurants, spas and casinos. The high-wire act continues. --By Steven Frank
Drive a stick into the ground anywhere in Hungary, the saying goes, and thermal water will come surging up. The country has some 100 thermal spas, part of a tradition dating back almost two millenniums. Yet today, when most travelers consider a spa trip, they think Japan or Iceland. Hungary is out to change that. By the end of next year, the government and the hotel industry will have spent some $510 million on up to 100 projects ranging from spa refurbishments to a $12.6 million thermal water park in the eastern town of Debrecen. Some of the best spas...
...growth of medi-spas has prompted a competitive response from more traditional day spas. Last June Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon & Spa in New York City hired a part-time plastic surgeon to administer Botox injections. Other Elizabeth Arden locations will get doctors later this year. "We have introduced several different modalities tied into what the medi-spas are doing, which is creating a relaxing environment like the traditional day-spa industry but providing Botox injection, for example," says Elaine Sauer, Elizabeth Arden's national spa director and head of Mario Tricoci Salons in Chicago. The doctors, she says, give...
Despite the potential profits, there is little regulation of medi-spas. Guidelines mandated by the state and protocols for handling people in a medical environment exist, but for the most part, professional standards are lacking in the industry. For example, a medi-spa's skin-care products, which generate lots of profit, are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). About 75% of Denese's $3 million business, for example, comes from the sale of creams and lotions she developed and tested with chemists. For Avis, about 40% of the medi-spa's revenue is from cosmetic-product...