Ms. Minton

Melinda Minton

Founder

The Spa Association / Spa Secure

Melinda Minton is a spa consultant and health and beauty expert with offices in Scottsdale, New York City, and Denver. Ms. Minton is a certified massage therapist, esthetician and cosmetologist with an MBA in marketing. Ms. Minton is also a member of the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) and of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW).

In 2006, Ms. Minton was appointed to the United States Business Advisory Council (BAC) representing small business interest and was named Colorado Business Women of the Year by the Bush Administration. A past spa owner, Ms. Minton has consulted on spa management issues, product formulations, spa profitability and strategy among sundry other projects. She has worked on hundreds of projects involving everything from spa start-ups to launching marketing programs for Fortune 500 companies.

Ms. Minton is the founder of The Spa Association (SPAA), a world-class organization dedicated to enriching the professional beauty industry through self-regulation, education and sound business practices. SPAA is the largest spa association in North America.

Ms. Minton founded and launched Reed Elsevier’s Spa and Resort and co-located Medical Spa conferences now in Miami, New York City and Los Angeles. She has also organized the International Fitness Show, Club Industry spa track events for Primedia for many years. She has written countless consumer and trade publications. Featured in consecutive year in Entrepreneur magazine, Ms. Minton serves as an expert resource for such publications as Better Homes and Gardens, Shape, First for Women, In Style, and Alternative Medicine magazines and is on the Board of Directors for Healing Retreats and Spas and Hotel Executive magazines. Clients have included: Roche, Teledyne Waterpik, Sandals and Beaches, Borghese, Avon, Disney and W hotels.

Ms. Minton can be contacted at 970-218-5414 or melinda@spaminton.com

Coming Up In The March Online Hotel Business Review

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Hotel Human Resources: The Biggest Challenges
The economic challenges of the past four years have led many hotel companies to re-examine the ways in which they do business and how they deploy talent. In many cases, the work did not go away and fewer people were left to carry on the tasks that had previously been shared among many. As we work our way out of the recession and look forward to a healthier economic environment, there is an understanding that despite recovering business levels, we may never see the return of former staffing levels. This "new norm" of operating with leaner teams has led Human Resources professionals and people managers to look at career development and growth opportunities in a new light. The March Hotel Business Review will take a look at some of the strategies being used by successful hotel brands, and techniques human resource directors are currently exploring.
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