Douglas Preston, a spa business leader and educator, and president of Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Preston Inc., announces the formation of the Preston Professionals Spa Consulting Team. According to Preston, this team of business professionals offers a broad range of unique consulting skills needed in today’s burgeoning and challenging spa market.

A comprehensive series of spa business management, spa-director training, and startup seminars is being planned for 2006 by the Preston Professionals Team in cooperation with the Day Spa Association.

The consortium consists of four firms: Preston, Inc. and Inspiration, Inc. in California; Resources and Development in Las Vegas; and Global Success Solutions in New Hampshire. Every consortium principal is a consultant whose services are tailored to address the specific needs of the spa industry: Douglas Preston, douglas@prestoninc.net; Jaya Schillinger, jaya@inspirationinc.com; Skip Williams, skip@vom.com; Zahira J. Coll, zcoll@resourcesandevelopment.com; Daniel J. Hussey, dan@yourspasuccess.com.