Word: spas
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...implants, is only going to keep growing, at a 25% annual clip, according to Allergan's calculations. Says Allergan chairman and CEO David Pyott: "Everyone is trying to work out how to play in the game." And he's right. Dermatologists, cosmetics giants, pharmaceutical companies, medical-device makers and spas are all trying to get rich selling youth to the nation's aging baby boomers, a group that's nearly 80 million strong and getting more wrinkled by the day, bless their narcissistic little hearts...
...building its community of reviewers, Yelp is hoping for a MySpace-like allegiance to the site's content and personalities. There's also the $15 billion that companies spend annually on local Yellow Page ads nationally to motivate their efforts. "Most local businesses--whether veterinarians, massage parlors, spas or restaurants--aren't buying Google key-words," says Peter Fenton, a partner at Benchmark Capital, which this month sank $10 million into Yelp...
...nets draped over the beds. Running water is piped in from the lush mountain range behind. "The mountain water is so clean we actually thought about bottling it," says Casalegno as he gestures up the forested slopes. Nobody seems to mind the rustic conditions - after all, the region has spas and resorts aplenty for those who can't live without dvd players, martini lounges and business centers for a week. And besides, after a day's diving, waterskiing or canoeing, you'll be happily tired and probably unwilling to venture further than Paradiso's tiny waterfront restaurant and its menu...
Relaxation usually means escaping the crowds - but don't tell that to the operators of the jumbo-sized spas that have recently become popular in Asia. Tokyo's five-story, 10,000-sq-m Spa LaQua, tel: (81-3) 5800 9999, crams some 65,000 guests a month into its hot-spring baths, pools (pictured), saunas, massage rooms and restaurants. In Seoul, the popular Sports Club Seoul Leisure, tel: (82-2) 404 7000, uses an extraordinary range of facilities as its lure: its 10 floors feature themed saunas, oxygen rooms, a golf practice range, a movie theater and a karaoke...
...Queen Spa (86-755) 8225 3888 sprawls over 40,000 sq m and includes overnight sleeping capsules, more than 500 massage rooms, and a leisure area with Internet access, billiards and table tennis (there's also a restaurant serving Cantonese and European fare). Can such behemoths really be considered spas? "They are more like leisure entertainment complexes for the masses," says Maggie Gunning, managing director at Spa Synergy, a Singapore-based spa consultancy. They're fast becoming hotel alternatives, too. An extra $17 at LaQua, for instance, lets you stay overnight in a fully reclining chair. Factor...