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Steiner Leisure Limited Announces Agreement to Operate a New Luxury Spa at Starwood Luxury Collection - Grand Mauritian Resort and Spa

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Nov 30, 2007 -- Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR) today announced that its luxury resort spa division, Mandara Spa, has entered into an agreement with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Luxury Collection to operate a luxury spa at the new Grand Mauritian Resort and Spa being built in Mauritius, a tropical island nation off the east coast of Africa. The term of the agreement is ten years. The resort is anticipated to open in the first quarter of 2008. The elegant facility of approximately 10,000 square feet islocated on the beautiful northwest coast of Mauritius in Balaclava onTurtle Bay. The resort will be comprised of 193 rooms and the spa will include a total of 12 treatment rooms and suites, all featuring private gardens. Additional features of the spa include men's and women's changing lounges, Razul showers, baths, aroma steam rooms, a relaxation lounge, spa gardens, a fitness center, a yoga/Pilates studio, a hair and nail salon and a spa boutique. Five of the guest suites in the hotel will feature private spa areas with "spa butlers." Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner Leisure, said, "We are thrilled to introduce our line of premier spa services into yet another part of the world and we look forward to continuing our strong relationship with the highly respected Starwood Hotels group." Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider of spa services.The Company's operations include spas and salons on 132 cruise ships, and in 52 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 and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Our Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures its Elemis(R) brand products for use in our cruise shipand land-based spas. This top quality European line of beauty productsis also distributed worldwide to exclusive hotels, salons, healthclubs and destination spas. Elemis(R), as well as other Steiner products, including La Therapie(R), Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at 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.

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