“Naomi can walk on to a project and translate the owners vision into a successful operation. She has an uncanny gift for identifying the small details that some of us seem to overlook.”
Naomi Gregory - Founder & Principle Consultant
Naomi Gregory has limitless enthusiasm for the spa and wellness industry in which she’s paved a career for almost three decades. She is a respected Industry professional known for creating meaningful spa experiences in world-class facilities in Australia and abroad in the Middle East, South East Asia and neighbouring New Zealand and Fiji.
Naomi’s fitness management and hospitality background along with a personal interest in health and healing allowed her to establish herself in the Australian Spa and Wellness market in the mid - 90’s working for 5-star hotel brands Hyatt and Regent. After 3 years developing and managing her own health retreat in Byron Bay, she moved abroad in 1996 to work with award-winning destination spa, Chiva-Som International Health Resort. In 1999, she joined Mandara Spa, responsible for over 400 staff in operations and new openings in Malaysia, Maldives and Indonesia. Before forming Spa Sessions in 2005, Naomi was the Spa and Leisure Manager for Crown Hotels in Melbourne.
Naomi is an expert operator with many successful large-scale openings to her credit. She is passionate about creating authentic expressions of health and healing in the regions in which she works, and she uses this passion along with adaptability, humility and insight to create forever memorable spa experiences for guests. Her leadership and communication skills coupled with a proven ability to drive results by collaborating with all stakeholders, result in future-proof productivity and post-implementation longevity.
Carla McGill - Consultant
A seasoned professional in the Australian and New Zealand spa industry, Carla’s career background includes hands-on experience in consumer-facing spa therapist and spa managerial roles, responsible for driving business growth, product sales and training, guest care and relationship development. This combined experience provides Carla with a solid understanding of what is required to be successful in the Spa and Wellness Industry.
From an operational perspective, Carla has experience working in luxury spas across varied locations, offering a diverse range of treatments in spas of vastly different sizes and styles. Carla’s hands-on operational experience, with a Diploma in Beauty Therapy and business administration along with a strong work ethic and intuitive approach to delivering the ultimate in guest experiences, make her ideally suited to her role managing the recruitment, training, treatment and product development for all Spa Sessions’ clients.
Devoted, confident and intuitive, Carla is an exceptional communicator, well-versed in dealing with luxury brands. This combined with an organised approach, excellent customer service approach and a pragmatic ability to get things done, ensures she relates exceptionally well to guests, staff and senior management alike.
Capturing the very essence of the spa, beauty and wellness industry, Carla plays an integral role in the operation of Spa Sessions and the services we provide to a high-end client base who demand only the best.
Prashanti Lyree -Research and Development
With over 20 years of experience in the wellness and luxury spa industry Prashanti Lyree is a one of the few qualified practitioners in Australia to hold an Advanced Diploma of Aromatic Medicine, achieved by studying with the world leaders in this arena.
Prashanti travels frequently to participate in global industry events which continues to fuel her passion for working with our clients to produce eco-conscious products.
Prashanti’s vast therapeutic knowledge has made her a highly regarded therapeutic designer and consultant across the industry and is our fastidious go to for researching, sourcing and creating ethical and effective products for our spa and wellness partners