US-based spa franchise Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa has begun offering free courses for continued education requirements for all licensed massage therapists – including those not employed by the brand. [read more]

Eco-spa resort operator Lefay Resorts & Residences has unveiled a three-year Lefay Spa Academy training programme to create “first-class wellness professionals in luxury hospitality”. [read more]

Leading spa and beauty organisation CIDESCO International has partnered with cancer education charity Wellness for Cancer to launch a new global qualification. [read more]

On 24 June 2022, skincare specialist and therapist trainer Jennifer Young will launch a new training course called Hormonal Wellness Touch Therapies. [read more]

Wellness training institution The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) hosts a nationally recognised Diploma of Wellness Spa Management to help existing industry members and newcomers upskill in wellbeing and management. [read more]

US-based beauty and wellness training institute Bellus Academy is seeking to advance skincare and spa education by launching new CBD wellness training, with guidance from leading industry trainer and Bellus Academy’s director of spa and wellness education Joanne Berry. [read more]

Hospitality industry executive search and recruiting firm Hutchinson Consulting has joined forces with functional medicine physician Mark Hyman, MD, as part of a programme designed to support functional and integrative medicine facilities and professionals. [read more]

Spa education centre Chiva-Som International Academy in Bangkok has upgraded its online course offering for spa and wellness students worldwide. [read more]

Following intensive training with certified specialist Christine Clinton, Four Seasons has launched a Cancer Care Massage at its two Bali spas: the all-new Healing Village Spa at Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay, and Sacred River Spa at Four Seasons Sayan. [read more]

ISPA and global beauty and spa therapy educational organisation, CIDESCO, are collaborating to tackle the training and staffing issues in the world of spa. [read more]

CBD-infused skincare line, Color Up has announced a new CBD training course and scholarship programme. [read more]

Training provider, ASTECC, is launching a remote wellness coaching course for aestheticians, massage therapists and other holistic healers. [read more]

Chiva-Som International Academy, a professional wellness school in Bangkok, Thailand, has announced the launch of online educational courses for the spa industry. [read more]

Hospitality management education group, Sommet Education, is continuing to support its spa course student’s education during the pandemic by switching to remote learning resources. [read more]

Skincare brand Dermalogica has unveiled measures to help its spas and professional skin therapists reopen their businesses when the time is right in their local markets. [read more]

Beauty and spa therapy educational organisation CIDESCO International has entered into an agreement with skincare brand BABOR to launch a Student Scholarship programme. [read more]

CIDESCO International, the beauty education body, has announced it will open a training salon at its head office in Zurich, Switzerland in 2020. [read more]

The International SPA Association (ISPA) has announced the addition of the ISPA Talent Symposium and ISPA Resource Partner Summit, taking place 14-15 April 2020 at The Ritz-Carlton, Bacara in Santa Barbara, California. [read more]

For the first time, the International SPA Association (ISPA) will host a pre-Conference Spa Workforce Super Session focusing on workforce development within the spa industry at the 2019 ISPA Conference & Expo. This two and a half-hour workshop will take a deep dive into one of the spa industry’s top priorities of recruiting, retaining and engaging quality talent. [read more]

The International SPA Association (ISPA) Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2019 Mary Tabacchi Scholarship. [read more]