Karen Steidl | Blu Spas Inc. | Spa Industry Consultants

about us | karen steidl, consultant

With a passion for health, fitness, and wellbeing, Karen has been part of the spa industry for over seventeen years. Ms. Steidl recently held the corporate-appointed position overseeing all North American spas within Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Her responsibilities included new design review, FF&E procurement, menu planning, quality control, new manager development, employee training and standards compliance, operations efficiency, and retail analysis. In addition, she held opening spa director positions at both Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale and Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole properties. While under her direction, both spas received constant media recognition and Mobil’s 4-Diamond Spa awards.

A Scottish native, Ms. Steidl’s career with world-renowned spa resorts gives her a deep understanding and a broad perspective of both European and American spa markets. Karen was with two of Scotland’s most prestigious hotels - St. Andrews Old Course Hotel and Turnberry Hotel, where she was part of their spa’s original opening team – as well as Ihilani Resort and Spa on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Ms. Steidl has a proven track record in all aspects of spa operations such as pre- and post- opening, menu design and planning, treatment design, and treatment training and protocols, as well as personnel and operations development.

Luxury properties of which Ms. Steidl has provided her expertise in management, technical support, and consulting capacities are:
Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale, Arizona,
Four Seasons Resort Aviara, Carlsbad, California
Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, Mexico
Four Seasons Resort Nevis, West Indies
Four Seasons Hotel New York
Four Seasons Hotel Santa Barbara, California
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Ihilani Resort and Spa, Oahu, Hawaii
The Mist Spa, Scottsdale, Arizona
Turnberry Hotel, Scotland
St. Andrews Old Course Hotel, Scotland
Stobo Castle Health Spa, Scotland

Ms. Steidl, a European-trained massage therapist, esthetician, and salon technician, resides in Jackson Hole with her husband and their two cats, Pippa and Lulu, and Diesel the dog.