The world is full of experiences, big and small. In travel, there’s a lot of focus on the peak experiences like that instagrammable moment at the top of Mt. Everest. But micro-experiences may be more important, not only for our health and well-being, but for our humanity too. Plus, it can supercharge customer loyalty with brands.
Although many companies are asking teams to return to the workplace, the digital nomad market continues to see strong growth.
With global tourism predicted to reach 80% to 95% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, registrations and the speaker roster for March 2 & 3, Women in Travel & Hospitality (TIEWN) Conference at the Westlake Village Inn in Los Angeles County both reflect that vibrancy.
Prioritizing health, nutrition and wellness are a long-term trend, but how can any hotelier distill this multi-decade progression into one or two action items that can elicit measurable results over the next few quarters? You may not have a spa or capex for wholly new programming, so start small and start with F&B – an operation that nearly all hotel guests experience during their stays.
Last night Divia Thani, Global Editorial Director. Condé Nast Traveller and Simon Leadsford, Publishing Director, hosted Condé Nast Traveller’s Wellness & Spa Awards for 2023 in association with Healing Holidays. The event took place at The Lanesborough Hotel in London.
The 2022-23 flu season, marked by unprecedented unpredictability and a higher-than-usual volume of cases, offers businesses important learnings on how to protect their staff and patrons in the workplace, according to new analysis[1] conducted by scientists and data experts from Reckitt’s Lysol Pro Solutions and BlueDot.
Rooted in its mission of providing signature wellness programs that empower guests to regain control and enhance their well-being when they need it most while traveling, Westin Hotels & Resorts – part of Marriott Bonvoy’s® portfolio of 30 extraordinary brands – has reimagined its Gear Lending program, featuring the latest in high-tech recovery and total body strength training equipment. Rolling out at the brand’s over 230 properties globally beginning this month, the next generation WestinWORKOUT® Gear Lending program will encompass a library of kits allowing guests to borrow the equipment they need – whenever they want – to optimize their stay and feel their best.
Proper Hospitality and Proper Hotels announce today a national, brand-wide partnership with The Class, a mindful movement studio that blends cardio, strength training, and guided meditation into a music-driven workout that builds stronger bodies and calmer minds.
This year, more than ever, people are considering how their sleep, nutrition, fitness routines and mental well-being are being integrated or enhanced during their travels. In fact, half of Hilton global survey respondents* reported that it’s important that their 2023 travels address their mental or physical wellness.
Trees, potted plants and “green walls” may not be conventional forms of interior design, but with growing demand for sustainable, eco-friendly hospitality, hotels are upping their efforts to incorporate “green atmospherics” into their indoor spaces. Whilst people’s behaviour is known to be shaped by their physical surroundings, the specific effects of living plants, scent, air quality, natural light and green spaces are not yet known. Focusing on the luxury hotel sector, Professor Jin-Soo Lee of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and co-researchers explored the influence of various dimensions of green atmospherics on the well-being and behavioural intentions of hotel guests and employees. Their findings could help luxury hotel managers deliver a more enjoyable experience for guests and take better care of their employees while also reducing their environmental impact.
This paper provides some community-based creative solutions bridging Hospitality to Healthcare - putting the “heart back in healthcare” to improve the health and well-being of the community. These innovative programs provide a blueprint for high performance and practical health benefits. These programs cover a wide array of tactics that are practical fixes for health care systems. The health models presented in this paper are adaptable to other geographical regions and are brilliant beacons for health that can succeed and impact other communities.
Our hypothesis is that wellness will play a leading role in many hotel brands’ growth over the coming decades. Populations in advanced economies are getting older, meaning more demand for medical tourism or healthspan-extension programming. Concurrently, there is an ever-growing interest in wellbeing-boosting and antiaging activities, scientific research and products following the work-life reset that was the pandemic.
With the boutique hotel sector experiencing a 7.7% growth compared to 2021, the mother-daughter duo of Frances and Ariela Kiradjian, who brought the world BLLA (Boutique Lifestyle Leaders Association), announced that 2023 will see an expansion and enhancement of their referral site, stay-boutique.com, to a booking and media platform that vets and verifies boutique hotels for consumers. As they have done with the other divisions of BLLA, the Kiradjians have invited hospitality industry thought-leaders to join the new board of StayBoutique™ who have experiences from companies such as Expedia, Saudi Tourism Authority, Viceroy Hotels & Resorts, and more.
Dedicated wellness-themed branded residences have seemed to be all the buzz recently, but the volume of such developments does not indicate that the hype actually translates into a real market trend.
The New Year is the perfect time to embark on a new era of healthy, active living. To help, the wellness and culinary experts at InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, the five-star resort in Central Vietnam, have shared their top tips and recommended activities that will enable everybody to enhance their physical and mental and wellbeing in 2023.Many people make New Year’s resolutions, but all too often these good intentions don’t last past January. That’s why we asked our experts to provide one easy activity that everybody can stick to. You can do these at home; even better, plan to visit us in 2023 and we can work out together in person! said Mr. Seif Hamdy, the resort’s General Manager.
As more hoteliers venture into the experience economy, there will be quite a bit of trial & error to figure out how to create a variety of valuable activities. What should decision makers and teams keep in mind as they approach this process? Whether it’s on-site activities, pop-ups & events, workshops, excursions, or multi-day retreats, the possibilities are truly endless. But you have to find what works for you! Here are our top four dos and don’ts for creating unique experiences at your property.
Arch Amenities Group, a full-service global provider of wellness, amenity and meeting services for commercial and residential properties, hotels and private clubs, today announced the acquisition of Hutchinson Consulting, a firm that provides management-level recruiting services to the hospitality, wellness and estate management industries and is nationally known for award-winning spa and wellness center design and development.
Spas have become a standard amenity at most hotels in recent decades, with several hotel chains placing a strong emphasis on offering top-notch spa facilities to guests. According to a Global Wellness Institute report, prior to the pandemic, the spa industry was growing at a CAGR of 8.7%, reaching US$111 billion in revenue in 2019; hotel and resort spas accounted for over 40% of the industry’s revenue.
New research commissioned by Holiday Inn Express, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts, has revealed that millions of Brits swear by their morning rituals to get their day off to a good start with favoured practices including meditation (14%), exercise (20%) and writing down goals (10%).
Everyone travels for their own reason. For more and more people these days, that reason appears to be wellness.