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International Spa Association definitions

Spa – Spa is a special place that is devoted to enhance overall well-being through a variety of professional services which encourages the renewal of mind, body and spirit as well.

Types of spa

Club spa:

The club spa is for the people whose primary purpose is fitness. These spas offer a variety of professionally administered spa services on a day-use basis.

Cruise ship spa:

A spa service which are provided in abroad cruise ship. The spa services such as fitness and wellness components and spa cuisine menu choices are provided under professional administration

Day Spa:

Day spa is a place where people visit for professionally administered personal care treatments like facials and massages. It is moreover like a beauty salon where people will only visit for the duration of their treatment. There are spas named airport spas that offer services for hair and nails and these spas are sited in airport. In contrast if the same services are provided in hotel setting where people reside for one or more number of days then spas are termed as destination spas. In dental spa the services related to dental will be supervised by a licensed dentist where dental services will provided as alongside spa treatment. “Spa dentistry” is the technical term that describes the dentistry practiced there which is recognized by the International Medical Spa Association and the Day Spa Association but not the American Dental Association.