How Image Skincare Boosted its Spa Partner’s Facial Bookings by Double Digits

When Image Skincare set out to drive business to national massage and facial spa Hand & Stone, the 20-year-old skin-care brand launched an extensive pilot program. Image Skincare piloted three different facials with Hand & Stone, including an oxygenating facial, a Vitamin C peel and an organic facial. Image Skincare kicked off the trial with […]

Eric Danver of Hand & Stone Honored with Distinguished 2023 MVP Award from Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine has again honored franchisee excellence with its annual MVP (Most Valuable Performer) Awards. The winners, chosen from a long list of multi-unit franchisee nominees, are the country’s best and brightest power operators, innovators, and creative thinkers who have demonstrated outstanding performance in growing both their organization and their brands. Eric Danver […]

Hand & Stone Makes Big Splash at 2023 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference

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The annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference is designed for the best and brightest in multi-unit franchising. Our CEO, John Teza, and Chief Development Officer, Jennifer Durham, have both attended MUFC multiple times over the last two decades and cannot speak more highly of the event and the team that puts it on, Franchise Update Media. This was another record-breaking year for […]

Hand & Stone Partners with Pittsburgh Technical College

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Hand & Stone is a proud partner with over 75 massage and esthetics schools across the U.S. through our National School Partnership Program. This program encourages our spas to build direct relationships with our partners and work with them individually in the ways that can most benefit these schools – such as teaching a CE class, […]

Hand & Stone Partners with Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork

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Hand & Stone is a proud partner with over 75 massage and esthetics schools across the U.S through our National School Partnership Program. This program encourages our spas to build direct relationships with our partners and work with them individually in the ways that can most benefit these schools – such as teaching a CE class, […]

Hand & Stone Named One of the Fastest-Growing Franchises of 2023 by Entrepreneur

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Philadelphia, PA – Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa was recognized as one of the Fastest-Growing Franchises in the March/April issue of Entrepreneur magazine and on Entrepreneur.com. The 2023 ranking highlights the companies that saw the greatest franchise unit growth in the U.S. and Canada from July 2021 to July 2022.Hand & Stone was ranked #244, 52 spots higher […]

Hand & Stone Grows To Over 550 Spas Nationwide and Expands Into Hawaii

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Leading Massage and Facial Spa Franchise Accelerates Expansion Efforts in California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois PHILADELPHIA, PA – Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, the nation’s leading luxury massage and facial spa franchise, announced today that 2022 marked one of the most successful years in its 19-year history, opening 39 new spas and signing […]

Hand & Stone Partners with North Carolina School of Advanced Bodywork

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Hand & Stone is a proud partner with over 75 massage and esthetics schools across the U.S. through our National School Partnership Program. This program encourages our spas to build direct relationships with our partners and work with them individually in the ways that can most benefit these schools – such as teaching a CE […]