Jeremy McCarthy’s Bio

Jeremy McCarthy, MAPP ’09, is the Group Director of Spa for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group leading their internationally acclaimed luxury spa division featuring 44 world-class spa projects open or under development worldwide.

Before his current assignment, Jeremy was the Director of Global Spa Operations and Development at Starwood Hotels where he was responsible for spa development for all of Starwood’s hotel brands including the rollout of the uplifting Heavenly Spa brand, which opened its 14th spa under his leadership.

Prior to being at Starwood he was Spa Director at the famous La Costa Resort where he opened a new 43,000 square foot Spa. McCarthy also worked 14 years for Four Seasons Hotels, opening and operating spas at luxury resort locations worldwide.

Jeremy McCarthy served 6 years on the Board of Directors for the International Spa Association, and is a regular contributing author for several spa industry books and magazines.

Jeremy’s blog is The Psychology of Wellbeing, and he teaches courses and offers a free webinar on Positive Leadership. He has also authored the book, The Psychology of Spas & Wellbeing: A Guide to the Science of Holistic Healing.

Jeremy’s articles are here.