Download or read book Tropical Spa written by Sophie Benge and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tropical Spa catalogs Asia's most luxurious spas and suggests a wide range of stress-busting therapies. Perfect for those who want to look and feel good, The Tropical Spa focuses on spiritual well-being and natural cures rather than chemicals or synthetics. Many of the traditional spa techniques described here were handed down from generation to generation. They are all designed to soothe, nurture and calm the body and mind. Within these pages, you╞ll find: Revitalizing facials Relaxings baths and scrubs Healthy tonics and meals Tropical pharmacopoeia Massage techniques and oils A spa directory These practical tips and specific treatments allow readers to recreate the Asian spa experience at home. Complete with full-color photography, The Tropical Spa is your first step to truly unwinding.

Download or read book The Tropical Spa written by Sophie Benge and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tropical Spa catalogs Asia's most luxurious spas with full-color photography and a wide range of stress-busting therapies. The emphasis is on spiritual well-being and natural curatives rather than on modern chemicals and synthetic preparations. Traditional beauty treatments for revitalizing facials; relaxing baths and scrubs; refreshing, healthy tonics and meals; massage oils; blends and techniques; and much more are offered here in an easy-to-follow manner. Many of the spa techniques were handed down from generation to generation. They are all designed to soothe, nurture and calm the body and mind. Practical tips and specific treatments are given to allow the reader to recreate the Asian spa experience at home. Many of the spa techniques were handed down from generation to generation. They are all designed to soothe, nurture and calm the body and mind. Also included are sections on bay treatments, Asia's top spas, and tropical pharmacopoeia.

Download or read book Asian Secrets of Health Beauty and Relaxation written by Sophie Benge and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unwind with calming spa treatments from across Asia. For centuries, people in Asia have relaxed and beautified themselves with natural therapies derived from plants, herbs, minerals, clays, and flowers. Rather than taking an expensive trip to a professional spa, readers can experience luxurious Asian beauty treatments at home. In Asian Secrets of Health, Beauty, and Relaxation, Sophie Benge, an Asian beauty expert, supplies inexpensive, easy-to-follow recipes for soothing facials, relaxing aromatherapy baths, invigorating body scrubs, healthy food and drink recipes, remedies for specific ailments, and more. All the treatments in Asian Secrets of Health, Beauty, and Relaxationare natural and gentle to the body. Lie back and enjoy the benefits of a spa in your own home.

Download or read book Tropical Spa Cultures Eco chic and the Complexities of New Asianism written by Bart Barendregt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Green Consumption written by Bart Barendregt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving towards environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists saw excess consumption as central to the problem, green consumerism now places consumption at the heart of the solution. However, ethical and sustainable consumption are also important forms of central to the creation and maintenance of class distinction. Green Consumption scrutinizes the emergent phenomenon of what this book terms eco-chic: a combination of lifestyle politics, environmentalism, spirituality, beauty and health. Eco-chic connects ethical, sustainable and elite consumption. It is increasingly part of the identity kit of certain sections of society, who seek to combine taste and style with care for personal wellness and the environment. This book deals with eco-chic as a set of activities, an ideological framework and a popular marketing strategy, offering a critical examination of its manifestations in both the global North and South. The diverse case studies presented in this book range from Basque sheep cheese production and Ghanaian Afro-chic hairstyles to Asian tropical spa culture and Dutch fair-trade jewellery initiatives. The authors assess the ways in which eco-chic, with its apparent paradox of consumption and idealism, can make a genuine contribution to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time.

Download or read book Thai Spa Book written by Chami Jotisalikorn and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on traditional Thai herbal lore, the secrets of this country's ancient healing therapies, are offered for the first time in this Thai guide to health and beauty. Feel-good therapies and natural healing are the lifestyle mantras of the new millennium. Asia leads the way in the back-to-nature market, reviving many of its ancient techniques and treatments that have been handed down form one generation of women to the next. Thai Spa Book focuses specifically on stress-busting therapies from Thailand, running the gamut from the many types of Thai massage and meditation, to full beauty treatments, facials, relaxing baths and scrubs, healthy tonics and much more. These therapies are offered with recipes or instructions, or both, which are easy to follow. practical tips are given to recreate these health and beauty recipes at home, and specific treatments are outlined for specific ailments. All are designed to soothe, nurture and calm. With superb, full-color photography using many of Thailand's top supermodels, the book was shot entirely on location in some of Thailand's super-delux spas.

Download or read book Cleanliness and Culture written by C. (Kees) van Dijk and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have shown an increase in interest in the study of cleanliness from a historical and sociological perspective. Many of such studies on bathing and washing, on keeping the body and the streets clean, and on filth and the combat of dirt, focus on Europe. In Cleanliness and Culture attention shifts to the tropics, to Indonesia, in colonial times as well as in the present. Subjects range from the use of soap and the washing of clothes as a pretext to claim superiority of race and class to how references to being clean played a role in a campaign against European homosexuals in the Netherlands Indies at the end of the 1930s. Other topics are eerie skin diseases and the sanitary measures to eliminate them, and how misconceptions about lack of hygiene as the cause of illness hampered the finding of a cure. Attention is also drawn to differences in attitude towards performing personal body functions outdoors and retreating to the privacy of the bathroom, to traditional bathing ritual and to the modern tropical Spa culture as a manifestation of a New Asian lifestyle. With contributions by Bart Barendregt, Marieke Bloembergen, Kees van Dijk, Mary Somers Heidhues, David Henley, George Quinn, and Jean Gelman Taylor.

Download or read book Green Consumption written by Bart Barendregt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green lifestyles and ethical consumption have become increasingly popular strategies in moving towards environmentally-friendly societies and combating global poverty. Where previously environmentalists saw excess consumption as central to the problem, green consumerism now places consumption at the heart of the solution. However, ethical and sustainable consumption are also important forms of central to the creation and maintenance of class distinction. Green Consumption scrutinizes the emergent phenomenon of what this book terms eco-chic: a combination of lifestyle politics, environmentalism, spirituality, beauty and health. Eco-chic connects ethical, sustainable and elite consumption. It is increasingly part of the identity kit of certain sections of society, who seek to combine taste and style with care for personal wellness and the environment. This book deals with eco-chic as a set of activities, an ideological framework and a popular marketing strategy, offering a critical examination of its manifestations in both the global North and South. The diverse case studies presented in this book range from Basque sheep cheese production and Ghanaian Afro-chic hairstyles to Asian tropical spa culture and Dutch fair-trade jewellery initiatives. The authors assess the ways in which eco-chic, with its apparent paradox of consumption and idealism, can make a genuine contribution to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time.

Download or read book Thailand s Luxury Spas written by Chami Jotisalikorn and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone needs a break to relax and rejuvenate--and a visit to a Thai spa is the perfect way to do this. Thailand is home to many of the best spas and spa treatments in the world, and Thailand's Luxury Spas presents the very best options available in that country. For those who cannot make it to Thailand, this new book presents detailed, easy-to-follow recipes for many of the traditional Thai healing therapies practiced there--you can pamper yourself in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Massage, meditation, restorative beauty treatments, pick-me-up tonics and tone-me-down baths--all are outlined with simple instructions and clear color photographs. Thailand's Luxury Spas focuses on stress-busting therapies that run the gamut from all the various forms of Thai massage and meditation to full body beauty treatment, facials, relaxing baths and scrubs, healthy tonics and much more. Practical tips are given on how to recreate many of these recipes at home, and specific treatments are outlined for specific ailments. With superb, full-color photography featuring many of Thailand's top supermodels, the book was shot entirely on location in Thailand's super-deluxe spas. Enjoy a true Thai-style, chill-out spa experience wherever you live with Thailand's Luxury Spas.

Download or read book Understanding the Global Spa Industry written by Gerry Bodeker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales. Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine management practices in this industry and offers a groundbreaking and comprehensive approach to global spa management, covering everything from the beginnings of the industry through to contemporary management and social and ethical issues. With contributions from internationally renowned business leaders, practitioners and academics, this unique book is packed with case studies, examples and advice for all those working in, and studying, the international spa industry. Understanding the Global Spa Industry brings an analytic lens to the spa movement, examining past, current and future trends and the potential for shaping wellness and health services in the 21st century.

Download or read book Tropical Spa Set Journal written by Cool Image and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A life worth living is worth recording, and what better place than this journal? These lined pages crave your scribbled notes, thoughts, ideas, experiences, and notions. Fill the lines, remember your life, don't lose your ideas, and keep reaching higher to live the best life you can. It all starts here, folks, but you'll need your own pen or pencil. Write on!

Download or read book International Spa Management written by Sarah Rawlinson and published by Goodfellow Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a sound and though guide for all future spa managers looking at all aspects on the successful running of a spa facility. Divided into four parts it discusses the following: • The spa industry • The spa consumer • The business of spas • Future directions

Download or read book KL THE GUIDE 43 written by and published by Bluedale Group Of Companies. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fastest guide to Kuala Lumpur. A guide to the essentials of Kuala Lumpur that helps you hit the ground running on your trip. A practical e-book of things to do and see in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Download or read book Australia s Best Spas written by Amanda Jane Clark and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With hundreds of photographs, this spa guidebook presents the best quality spas in Australia--from Queensland's palm-fringed coast to Tasmania's wild mountain wilderness. Australia is blessed with a mind-boggling array of spas in a multitude of shapes, sizes, and locations.Even if it were possible to visit a different spa each month, it would take several years to experience the varied delights of every Australian spa. From just four spas in the late 1990s, there are now over 300, with a dozen more opening in 2005. Getting there is definitely part of the fun. Your journey to inspiring locations will take you through magnificent national parks, to sparkling oceans and sandy beaches, across breathtaking harbors, into glamorous cityscapes and remote landscapes rich in ancient wonders. A spa visit can be a spiritually euphoric experience. With all the laying of hands, cleansing and renewal, sensory stimulation and heightened awareness of our physical presence, the effect of submitting to treatments designed to deliver ultimate pleasure can be mind altering.

Download or read book Behind The Banyan Ho Kwon Ping On Building A Global Brand written by Aaron Low and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While searching for a new holiday home at the age of 32, Ho Kwon Ping chanced upon an unexpected find during his walk along a beach at Bang Tao Bay on the island of Phuket. He fortuitously stumbled on a piece of land that was pockmarked with craters, desecrated by decades of tin mining.Unlike most who would only see despair, he saw business potential. And so began the remarkable story of the Banyan Tree Holdings, one of the most iconic hospitality groups in the world.In Behind the Banyan, the company's founder and executive chairman peels back the layers of the company's successes and failures. Kwon Ping shares how he and his co-founders built a company from nearly nothing. From constructing a resort in the mountains of Lijiang in China to rebuilding his properties in Phuket after the 2004 tsunami, he opens on the highs and lows over the course of his extraordinary 30-year entrepreneurial journey.In so doing, Kwon Ping delivers powerful insights in how to deal with technological disruptions, build a positive company culture, and handle succession in Asian family businesses.A must-read for all aspiring entrepreneurs, business students, resort and spa lovers, Behind the Banyan teases and teaches important business lessons while delivering an emotional punch through masterful storytelling.

Download or read book Ultimate Spa written by Judy Chapman and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asia is now at the forefront of the international spa movement with the creation of many of the world's finest luxury spas--most of which base their treatments on traditional Asian therapies and formulas. Drawing on the expertise of many of Asia's best therapists, doctors, and wellness experts from around the region, ultimate spa offers a comprehensive look at the finest spas in Asia and the unparalleled range of therapies they now offer. This spa pictorial not only describes Asia's best-known destination and day spas in detail, it delves deeply into the ancient wellness traditions of Ayurveda, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and other health and beauty secrets which are largely responsible for the phenomenal success of Asian spas today. The emphasis is on spiritual well-being and natural holistic curatives. All spas and photographs, many with extensive how-to sequences and detailed recipes and instructions. This book is a must-have for spa goers and spa professionals everywhere.

Download or read book Health and Wellness Tourism written by Patricia Erfurt-Cooper and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of natural geothermal springs in the treatment of illness and the promotion of wellness (thermalism, balneology) forms the foundation for a discussion of the development and growth of health and wellness tourism in this book. A range of perspectives are explored, including usage, heritage, management, technology, environmental and cultural features, and marketing.