i don't know if this applies to steiner, but i was speaking with the owner of a large spa company in nyc -- they are getting $500-1000+ per client and he said things went have gone very quiet since september.

he thinks the continuing media coverage of the financial markets has casued a lot people to just stop spending on anything until there's a better sense of whether this is a temporary slowdown or not.

i'd still like to know when stnr's contracts come up for renewal with the cruise lines -- anyone???