Steiner Leisure Announces Resignation of James Howard

Business Wire, Dec 7, 2007

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ:STNR) today announced that James Howard, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Steiner Education Group, Inc. subsidiary, has resigned, effective December 31, 2007.

The Company will commence the search for a successor to Mr. Howard immediately.

Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner Leisure, said, "We have appreciated James' efforts on behalf of our massage therapy school and skin care schools. We look forward to working with James in the transition to new leadership of this Steiner Division and wish him the best in his future endeavors."

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 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 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.