Invitees

If you would like to receive an invitation for the 2008 summit, please send an email with your contact information and a brief bio to info@globalspasummit.org.

To nominate an individual for possible inclusion, please email name and contact information to the same address. For general inquiries, please call Dulcy Gregory at +1 212.716.1199.

New to the Summit this year, will be the presentation of the first-ever Global Spa Economy Report. This research study was commissioned by the Global Spa Summit, and conducted by SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute) via global surveys and in-depth interviews.  All delegates who attend the 2008 Summit will receive a copy of this groundbreaking report as a part of their registration fee.   If you are not attending the 2008 Summit and would like to pre-order a copy of the report (on sale for $1495 on May 20th), please do so by writing to research@globalspasummit.org with “research” in the subject line.

Global Spa Summit - Invitees

  • SIR RICHARD BRANSON (Founder, Virgin Group, Ltd.)
  • MICHAEL CANIZALES (CEO, Spa Chakra)
  • STEVE CASE (Chairman & CEO, Revolution, LLC)
  • DEEPAK CHOPRA (Chairman & Co-Founder, Chopra Center for Wellbeing)
  • JENNIE CHUA (CEO, Raffles Holdings, Ltd.)
  • JERRY COHEN (CEO, Canyon Ranch)
  • MARC COHEN (Professor, RMIT University, Department of Complementary Medicine)
  • ANNBETH ESCHBACH (CEO, Exhale Spas)
  • KERSTIN FLORIAN (Founder & CEO, Kerstin Florian Spa Products)
  • LEONARD FLUXMAN (President & CEO, Steiner Leisure Limited)
  • RICH GERSTEN (Partner, Catterton Partners)
  • LEANDRO GUALTIERI (President, STB Thermal Spas)
  • SUSAN HARMSWORTH (Founder, ESPA International)
  • PHILIPPE HENNESSY (Founder & CEO, Pevonia Botanica)
  • KP HO (Chairman, Banyan Tree Spas & Resorts)
  • JANE IREDALE (President, Iredale Mineral Cosmetics, Ltd.)
  • GEOFFREY J.W. KENT (Chairman & CEO, Abercrombie & Kent)
  • ULRIKE KLEIN (Founder, Jurlique)
  • MEGAN LARSEN (Founder and Managing Director, Sodashi)
  • MARK LOMANNO (President, Smith Travel Research)
  • J.W. MARRIOTT, JR (Chairman & CEO, Marriott International, Inc.)
  • VIKRAM OBEROI (Managing Director, The Oberoi Group)
  • CRISTINA ONG (COMO Shambhala Group)
  • JEAN-GABRIEL PERES (President & CEO, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts)
  • STEPHEN PURDEW (Director & Co-owner, Champneys Health Resorts)
  • RICHARD SCHMITZ (Board Member, Brenner’s Park Hotel & Spa)
  • IAN SCHRAGER (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ian Schrager Company)
  • SYLVIA SEPIELLI (Founder, SPAd Inc., Sylvia Planning and Design)
  • ISADORE SHARPE (Founder, President & CEO, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts)
  • BARRY STERNLICHT (Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group)
  • DEBORAH SZEKELY (Founder, Rancho La Puerta & The Golden Door)
  • KATHLEEN TAYLOR (President & CEO, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts)
  • JONATHAN M. TISCH (Chairman & CEO, Loews Hotels)
  • JOHN UEBERROTH (CEO, Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide)
  • MATTHEW D. UPCHURCH (CEO, Virtuoso)
  • TODD WALTER (CEO, Red Door Spa Holdings)
  • MICHELLE AND CLIVE WARSHAW (Founders, Steiner Leisure Limited)
  • DR. ANDREW WEIL (Program Director, College of Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona)
  • RETO WITTWER (President & CEO, Kempinski Hotel)
  • PHILIP WOLF (CEO, PhoCusWright Inc.)
  • PETER YESAWICH (Chairman & CEO, Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell)
  • ADRIAN ZECHA (Founder, Amanresorts)
  • ENID & MEL ZUCKERMAN (Co-founders, Canyon Ranch)
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  • ...And more than 100 other industry leaders and your esteemed colleagues