Steiner Leisure Limited Announces Bachelors Degree Program at Its Florida College of Natural Health

Business Wire, Sept 21, 2005

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR), announced today that The Florida College of Natural Health, part of Steiner Education Group, Inc., has established a Bachelor of Science Degree program focusing on natural health with a concentration in spa management.

According to Tod Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer of Steiner Education Group, this unique Bachelor of Science degree program offers students a well-rounded working knowledge of all operations involved in a spa, health club or fitness center. The launch of this new program is exciting because it provides students with the opportunity to broaden the scope of their post-Florida College of Natural Health careers.

Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner Leisure said, "Clearly, this will set the Florida College of Natural Health apart from other institutions as we add this new program to an already varied catalog of programs available to our students. I am very proud of what we are accomplishing in the education field and look forward to the future of the Florida College of Natural Health and its students."

The degree program has five components which include courses in General Education, Massage Therapy, Spa Techniques, Physical Fitness, and Business Management. The program is currently being offered at the Florida College of Natural Health campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando and Sarasota.

Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider of spa services. The Company's operations include spas and salons on 121 cruise ships, and in 54 resort spas and two luxury day spas. Its cruise line and land-based resort customers include Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard/Seabourn Cruise Lines, Harrah's Entertainment, Hilton Hotels, Holland America Line, Kerzner International, Loews Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Its Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures Elemis(R) brand products for use in the Company's 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(R), as well as other Steiner products, including La Therapie(R), Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at http://www.timetospa.com.

Steiner Education Group owns and operates three post secondary schools (comprised of a total of seven campuses) located in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Sarasota, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; York, Pennsylvania and Charlottesville, Virginia. Offering degree and non-degree programs in massage therapy and skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the Steiner family of companies or other industry entities.