By NATARIO McKENZIE


Tribune Business Reporter


nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

A Harbour Bay-based salt therapy and wellness spa is set to close this weekend after just 18 months in business, as businesss levels are not enough to ensure its continued viability.

The Salt Room (Bahamas), in an e-mail notice to customers, said the business was not generating the necessary customer volume to make it sustainable.
 The Salt Room’s co-owner and general manager, Jonathan Cancino, declined comment on the matter when contacted by Tribune Business.

But a letter sent to the spa’s clients, a copy of which was seen by Tribune Business, said the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza-based business would close its doors this Saturday, November 2 - a move thought likely to affect some five employees, though that number could not be confirmed.

The Salt Room said: “While we believe in salt therapy and have seen the product work wonders, based on our business model it just did not bring in the volume of the general public to sustain us moving forward.

“We are very proud to have had our dermalogica team and therapists that ran our spa. We know in closing that it will leave many of you upset you cannot get your treatments and products that we feel very strongly is such a great service and product.”
 The Salt Room (Bahamas), described as “a salt therapy wellness spa providing drug-free therapy for respiratory and skin ailments using salt’s natural antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties”, opened last May, marking the second outlet for the brand, as its first store opened in Orlando, Florida, some five years ago.
 The Salt Room (Bahamas) noted in its letter that while part of its business was gift certificates, heading into the Christmas season it felt it would “not be in good faith to continue and not have the means to fulfill those services many of you would buy as a gift”.
 “That being said there are still some unredeemed gift certificates. While the store will not be open we will be available for a time period of two weeks after closing on - November 2 to November 15 - between the hours 11am - 2pm for you to redeem any outstanding gift certificates for dermalogica product or Salt Therapy,” the letter said.