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The luxury boutique spa will feature unique signature treatments by Mandara Spa and will offer local, Balinese and Elemis beauty treatments.

Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR) today announced that its luxury resort spa division, Mandara Spa, has entered into an agreement to operate a luxury spa facility located at the Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The luxury boutique spa will feature unique signature treatments by Mandara Spa and will offer local, Balinese and Elemis beauty treatments. Steiner Leisure will be required to expend $400,000 to acquire the rights to the spa lease from the current operator of the spa and may spend up to an additional $100,000 in connection with refurbishing of the spa.

The spa is estimated to open by the end of February 2007. The term of the agreement is three years, and Mandara has an option to renew the agreement for two additional three-year periods. This luxurious resort re-opened in November 2006, after undergoing extensive upgrading. The property is set along half a mile of sandy beach and against the history-filled backdrop and natural wonders of Cozumel. The resort offers 220 oversized guest rooms with balconies or terraces, most or which overlook the Caribbean Sea, including two presidential suites and five reef suites with oversized whirlpool tubs. Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner Leisure, said, “We are delighted to continue expanding our collaboration with the prestigious Presidente InterContinental hotel and resort group. We look forward to introducing our unique approach to therapeutic luxury to another member of this top quality family of hotels.” Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider of spa services.

The Company’s operations include spas and salons on 126 cruise ships, and in 53 resort spas and two luxury day spas. Our cruise line and land-based resort customers include Carnival Cruise Lines, Caesars Entertainment, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard/Seabourn Cruise Lines, Hilton Hotels, Holland America Line, Kerzner International, Marriott Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Ritz Carlton, and Royal Caribbean Cruises.

Our Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures its Elemis® brand products for use in our cruise ship and land-based spas. This top quality European line of beauty products is also distributed worldwide to exclusive hotels, salons, health clubs and destination spas. Elemis®, as well as other Steiner products, including La Therapie®, Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at http://www.timetospa.com. Steiner Leisure owns and operates four post secondary schools (comprised of a total of 14 campuses) located in Miami, Orlando, Pompano Beach and Sarasota, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; Charlottesville, Virginia; York, Pennsylvania; Salt Lake City and Lindon, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada; Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona; and Westminster and Aurora, Colorado.

Offering degree and non-degree programs in massage therapy and, in some cases, skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the Steiner family of companies or other industry entities.