We are happy to have Adele Duncan our new Retreat Manager for Dubai visiting Shanghai for a week from today for her indoctrination in relaxation!

Today we relaunch the Dragonfly blog - with a new format and with greater ease of use we intend to update this more frequently.

After 8 months of trials in Beijing and Shanghai we have today launched and rolled out into several shops in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou a range of relaxing facial treatments in Dragonfly retreats that feature high quality Sothy's products from France.

In keeping with the philosophy of Dragonfly our facials are relaxation focused and manually applied - no machines utilized. Our goal is to leave you even more refreshed and relaxed after your facial - which of course can be combined with our nailspa and massage services to form a complete pampering package.

Recently we are seeing a lot of trade press coverage about the growth of the Spa Industry in China.
China International Business had a piece in June called "Massaging the Masses".
The month before Spa Asia had a feature "China's changing Chi" and the month before that Asia Spa had a feature about China that included Dragonfly.

RnR is officially open for business.

This week we held an early Chinese New Year party for our new staff in Suzhou - Dragonfly @ Jinjihu. I am always impressed by how wonderful our teams of staff inside the shop are and this new team is no exception. What intrigued me in talking to some customers in Suzhou is how delighted they are to have a classy (but easily affordable) alternative like Dragonfly available and one of our staff commented that they are starting to call the shop their "2nd Place".

(Starbucks likes to consider itself "the 3rd Place" - and since Starbucks is just down the road form our Suzhou retreat - this is a strong compliment!

This week our very own Vivi Lau was featured on Zhejiang Radio, on a syndication called "Soulfire" as part of the Perfect Mix series which is a new age lifestyle program. Zhejiang province is located to the west of Shanghai.

Many thanks to Jenny Zhu who hosted this show.

Dragonfly management will be hosting our first "Dragonfly Partner Conference" in Chongqing later this week, in order to update all of our partners about recent developments in the company and plans for the year 2007.

We are pleased to be able to hold this conference in the backyard of our growing Dragonfly Academy - so that all partners can see for themselves the enthusiasm and professionalism of our students.

We are very proud to announce that today we opened our first shop in a "Second Tier" city in China - in nearby Suzhou. Dragonfly @ Jinjihu has opened in the heart of the SIP (Suzhou Industrial Park) district - as I like to call it the "Suzhou Industrial Resort" - because it does not much resemble an industrial park in China, particularly with the nearby scenic Jinji lake.

We are excited to now be able to offer our old and new customers in Suzhou an alternative to the 2 hour drive to Shanghai to get their Dragonfly fix.
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In order to better serve our Dragonfly members in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou we have hired a capable young lady responsible for Members Services. Laura Lonardi takes on this responsibility and is available during regular business hours to answer any concerns our members have about their membership benefits.
Laura will also be working closely with our team to launch new member benefits in the new year.
Laura@dragonfly.net.cn or tel: +86 21 61325068 ext/29.

In celebration of US Thanksgiving Day we have launched the first "Dragonfly Cabin" - a mini Dragonfly suitable for use within a residential compound in the upscale Rancho Santa Fe compound in Minhang, Shanghai.

We came close - and with Georgie in attendance at the Black Tie BASA Awards ceremony we walked away proud that Dragonfly has been recognized by the industry as a new player on the scene.

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This month -- after many requests from our suburban customers, we have launched on a trial basis a new line of relaxing facials at our Biyun retreat. This service features high quality manually applied Sothys products for a wide range of skin types.

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After much anticipation - Dragonfly @ Shunyi has opened its doors in the northeast of Beijing near the airport - and in a key residential area, Shunyi. Located in the busy Pinnacle Plaza this retreat features our first use of a beautiful "relaxation room" to be enjoyed by our guests before or after their treatment.

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Dragonfly @ Sanlitun is now open. This spacious new Retreat is nestled at the foot of South Sanlitun road and is the largest Dragonfly yet in China, with over 500 m2 of service facilities.

Dragonfly Oslo held its grand opening party on 19 May and featured Georgie Yam presenting a Dragonfly @ Oslo chop to Retreat owners Anita Kavlie & Finn Dalheim.

This week has been busy with franchise inquiries targeting all points of the globe: Japan, France, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Australia... For a small company we are certainly attracting a great deal of attention from around the world.

This week we have had a surge of interest from prospective business partners in Latin America. To help spur this on we have added some more testimonials from Spanish and Portuguese customers - with the help of a good friend Katherine Wong.

Welcome to our new Dragonfly blog - about relaxation and our Retreats.