WellMassage scoops innovation award
WellMassage 4D, a collaboration between spa consultancy Tip Touch International and spa equipment manufacturer Gharieni, has been selected for a Wellness & Spa Innovation 2016 Award.
Bestowed by the German Wellness Association, the Wellness & Spa Innovation Awards are presented to companies that have created “innovative solutions for the wellness and spa market”.
Given at the Beauty Dusseldorf trade fair on March 6, the awards honoured a series of companies across the beauty, spa and hotel sectors. WellMassage 4D won in the Beauty and Body Care Treatments category.
WellMassage 4D was developed specifically for use on Gharieni’s MLX, MLR and MLR Wet treatment beds. The massage, which sees the client remain on their back throughout, makes use of the eight different couch positions the treatment beds have, while also incorporating hands-on techniques.
Available as 50 and 80-minute options, the WellMassage 4D comes in two versions: Relax and Deep; the latter developed for clients looking for deep tissue work.
Jean-Guy, founder and chief executive of spa consultancy Tip Touch International said: “To date, 90 per cent of massages have been performed on a at table, so we decided to give guests and therapists a new perspective on what makes a good massage great.
“For the past 15 years, I have been a spa and wellness educator, trainer and motivator, always encouraging spa managers and their teams to steer away from classic massages and copycat spa menus in order to create unique sensorial experiences.
“Having designed signature massages and wellness experiences for major cosmetic brands and hospitality groups, I am like Sammy [Gharieni, chief executive officer and founder of Gharieni] always searching for ways to deliver ‘wow’ moments, when guests savour the ‘Wonders of Wellness’, feeling fully alive and aware of their clear mind, their peaceful heart and their re-energised body.
“Winning the 2016 Spa and Wellness Innovation Awards with Sammy Gharieni and his passionate team tells me we are doing a few things right: leaving guests in awe, making them want to come back for more and creating a new method for therapists that helps prevent stress repetitive injuries and giving spa managers and owners a new fun and physiologically rewarding spa massage that will drive revenue with gift certificates and repeat guests.”
