SpaNovator: Creative Spa Management, Spa Consulting Company, Spa Training, Spa Business So: พฤศจิกายน 2009

Actually, it's quite a while that i was back from Hong Kong. This year was the first year which i have attended COSMOPROF which is the biggest spa exhibition in Asia. I had beed there for 4 days but i need to spend at least 2.5 days to quickly look for the whole exhibition. There were lots of stuffs to source and look around. They will separate halls into major of business such as retail, salon, packaging, and manufacturer. It really depends on what you are looking for. I started to walk from hall by hall. There are some products trend which i noticed that many people still keep advertising such as Organics or BB cream(which i have no clue :P) but there are something which i felt like attract my attention such as: stem cell cosmetics, micro needle therapy or phyto cosmetics.

Stem cells products' research seems to be the new products for many companies. Then i would say this trend is coming. I will talk about stem cells with spa later on because i am doing some research about this.

In term of spa equipment, who knows American will produce Electronic Herbal Hot Compress or Luk Prakob in Thai. Hmmm, should i be proud of that? I don't think so. The reason that they gave me is the consistency of heat release from traditional compress couldn't really release the benefits from herb.

Many of Thai spa suppliers have shown there and i could feel that our Thai spa products are quite exotic and we still have a lot of ways to present. I felt we are unique from the market 'cos we have culture in our products. This event, i notice Divana spa get a very well response from the clients who walked by. They had set the corner for guests to try their body scrub in the wooden trunk which looked so nice. And i guessed they should have a lot of sales on those day. Proud of Thai spa ^^. Even the booth from Wat Po also got packed with clients who come to try Thai massage and bought some products. Even their packaging wasn't so attractive but the smell of herbs were so beautiful.

Anyway if you are the one who interested to join COSMOPROF next time, my recommendation is
- pre registration long time in advance via website then you won't need to pay your registration.
- List out the products or companies which you are looking for and then will save your times to wander around if you don't have much time
- If you stay in Kowloon area, it will save your money if you go to exhibition by ferry and you will get the different mood...^^
- If you plan to collect a lot of brochures, bring the small suitcase with wheel. Then you don't need to carry on your shoulder. But be careful about the limited weight when you take back home. I would prefer E-Brochure rather than printed one.