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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1



Contact: Leonard I. Fluxman,                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
         President and Chief Executive Officer
         (305) 358-9002



                    STEINER LEISURE LIMITED AGREES TO ACQUIRE
                               GREENHOUSE DAY SPAS
     LEADING PROVIDER OF SPA SERVICES TO CRUISE INDUSTRY EXPANDS TO OWN AND
                  OPERATE CHAIN OF LAND-BASED LUXURY DAY SPAS


NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS - (April 30, 2001) - Steiner Leisure Limited, a leading
provider of spa services, and the leading spa operator in the cruise ship
industry, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Greenhouse
Day Spas. The chain of luxury day spas consists of eleven spas located
throughout the U.S., including New York City; Beverly Hills; Greenwich,
Connecticut; and Troy, Michigan.

Leonard Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer confirmed that Steiner
Leisure Limited will pay for the Greenhouse Day Spas $24.7 million in cash and
$3.0 million in Steiner Leisure stock. In addition, $3.0 million and 200,000
options in Steiner Leisure stock can be earned if certain EBITDA thresholds are
obtained. The transaction is expected to close May 31, 2001.

The terms of the deal call for the continued operational involvement of Gerald
and Lee Katzoff, the current owners and senior executives of the Greenhouse Day
Spa group. In addition, Steiner will license the right to use the "Greenhouse"
name to the Katzoff's, who will continue to own and operate the Greenhouse
luxury destination spa in Arlington, Texas, which is excluded from the Steiner
transaction.

"We are very excited by the acquisition of this well known and well respected
brand, which offers a full range of the most modern beauty services including
facial and body treatments, expert manicures and pedicures and non-evasive laser
procedures for skin resurfacing and hair removal." said Fluxman. "It reflects
our continued diversification into high quality land-based operations with ideal
settings for daily luxuries and exceptional guest services, and will assist us
in opening new channels for distributing our Elemis product line in the U.S.
Additionally, we will selectively offer this well respected brand to our luxury
maritime and resort partners."

Steiner Leisure Limited (NASDAQ: STNR) is the leading world-wide provider of spa
services in the world. The company operates the spas and salons on 100 cruise
ships, including Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Princess
Cruises, Disney Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, and Holland America Lines. Elemis
Ltd., a dedicated spa therapy company, manufactures its Elemis brand for use on
board Steiner cruise ships spas. This top quality European line of beauty
products is also distributed worldwide to some of the most exclusive five star
hotels, salons,





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health clubs and destination spas. Elemis, as well as other Steiner private
label products, including La Therapie, Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are
available at www.timetospa.com.

Steiner Leisure also owns and operates three post secondary schools (comprised
of nine campuses) located in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Sarasota, Virginia
and Baltimore. Offering degrees in massage, advanced 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.

Steiner expects to open a luxury spa at a major resort and casino in Las Vegas,
by the end of 2001.

                           FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this news release and in our other published information
may contain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results,
performances or achievements to differ materially from future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking
statements. Such factors include our dependence on cruise line concession
agreements and land-based spa agreements of specified terms and that are
terminable by cruise lines and the lessors of land-based spas with limited or no
advance notice under certain circumstances; the risk that renewals of an
agreement with a cruise line or land-based spa will require reductions in
margins on existing agreements, as well as on the renewed agreement, with that
cruise line or land-based spa; our dependence on the cruise industry and our
being subject to the risks of that industry; uncertainties beyond our control
that could affect our ability to timely and cost effectively construct
land-based spa facilities; the risk that the company will be unable to
effectively integrate new acquired businesses or facilities; changes in tax and
other laws and regulations affecting Steiner Leisure Limited and other factors
described in further detail in Steiner Leisure Limited's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors set forth in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

The company will be holding a conference call at 10:00 am (E.S.T.) on Tuesday,
May 1, 2001. Clive E. Warshaw, Chairman of the Board, and Leonard I. Fluxman,
President and Chief Executive Officer, will discuss the contents of the press
release.

If you wish to participate in this conference call, please call (415) 217-0050
for domestic and international calls approximately 10 minutes before the
scheduled time and give the password "Steiner". This call is available for
replay from Tuesday, May 1 (approximately 3 hours after the call takes place)
for one week. You may reach it by dialing (913) 385-6780 for both domestic and
international calls. The PIN access code is "2429."


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