About Us

With over 20 years of experience in the spa industry–in hands-on esthetics, product retail, management consulting, education and day spa operations–Preston is an excellent, comprehensive resource for spa business entrepreneurs in search of a more successful business and more satisfying career. We enjoy close working relationships with some of the world's top day spas, resort spas, and medical spas. We can show you how to maximixe your brand potential, increase sales and much more!

We work exclusively with Vancouver-based Vitelle Dermatology Laboratories to manufacture and market Preston and Preston Naturals Private Label Skin & Body Care. We're rapidly expanding and continue to develop specialized, high quality products that meet the discerning tastes of the day spa, medical spa, and resort markets.

Executive Bio
Douglas Preston, President
Mr. Preston is a business consultant and frequent lecturer in the day and medical spa industry who's been featured on CNN and Fine Living channels. Preston's business articles regularly appear in Spa Management Journal, Medical Spa Magazine, Dermascope, Spa 20/20, BeautyNZ, and others. He also contributes as an editorial advisor to several respected spa trade publications. Preston is past-president of Aesthetics International Association (AIA), and served as committee chairman for The Day Spa Association (DSA). Preston was named The Day Spa Association's 'Spa Person of the Year' in January 2006 and received distinction as Favorite Spa Consultant in American Spa magazine's 2006 readers' poll.

An entertaining speaker and educator, Preston appears at numerous spa industry and corporate events including the Day Spa Expo, I/SPA, Cosmoprof, IECSC, Spa and Resort Expo, the International Congress of Esthetics, Face and Body Conference, and others. As an established leader in sales and management strategies, Preston's systems have helped to improve business efficiency and profit for many thriving international companies, large and small. Preston Private Label Products, operated from Vancouver Canada and Santa Fe, NM has become a significant source for independently branded skin and body consumables in the growing spa retail and professional markets.

Douglas Preston can be contacted at douglas@prestoninc.net.