Spa expert reveals the eight most annoying things about hotel spas
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Every hotel wants to offer a spa, but not all of them know how to offer a consistent experience. Johnson's list should be taped to the break room wall.
As part of our 'letting off steam' series, spa expert Lisa Johnson lists the all-too-common errors that stress her out in high-end spas.
Irritating music
It might help therapists to get into the zone themselves, but bland arrangements of classical favourites, pan pipes and mating whales have the opposite effect on me. The best spa music is of ocean waves and birdsong, as at the Maia spa in the Seychelles. The Ila Music CD and Wah! by Savasana are also good. Alternatively, let clients plug in an iPod and listen to their own.
Paper pants
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