Day-Spa Company Sees Bright Future In LV

In Business Las Vegas:

Anyone who thinks tanning salons are passe should think again.

A New Orleans-based company has combined a day spa and a masseuse with its traditional tanning operation and is planning a massive expansion in the Las Vegas Valley.

‘Las Vegas is a high-profile town, and people in the type of business we’re in need to have a presence there,’ said Stephen Smith, chief executive of Planet Beach.

Planet Beach Salon Contempo Spas already has one location on Valle Verde Drive in Henderson and another on Maryland Parkway near UNLV and is looking to add as many as 40 locations throughout the valley in the next 5 years.

‘We would like to have one for every 30,000 people in a market,’ Smith said. ‘So we think that is a very realistic number.’

The company has more than 360 locations, primarily in the United States, and almost all of its stores are franchises. Read more.