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February 10, 2020

How Hyatt Is Investing In The Wellness Market: Marketer’s Brief Podcast

Hyatt has wellness on the brain—quite literally. The Chicago-based corporation hired its first Head of Wellbeing, Mia Kyricos, two years ago, and recently announced a new partnership with meditation company Headspace that will bring new offerings to both hotel guests and employees.

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January 23, 2020

Are Hotels Ready for Wellness Certification?

As the new decade begins, it's becoming more apparent to the travel industry that the well-being of the individual is intrinsically tied to the well-being of the environment. That's why we are starting to see hospitality companies looking into getting certified for wellness.

January 6, 2020

Is the Future of Wellness Travel in Going Niche?

Yoga retreats and spa getaways used to be the definition of wellness travel. Guests would fill their days with beachside yoga classes or couples' massages, dine on healthy fare, and lounge poolside. And yes, those types of trips still exist, but the days of one-size-fits-all wellness travel are long gone.

December 13, 2019

How Wellness Travel Became a Thing in the Past Decade

As the decade comes to a close, it's inevitable that we'd start thinking about how wellness travel has changed over the past 10 years. With more people interested in fitness than ever before, there has been an uptick in people working out while traveling. ClassPass recently made this announcement in its 2019 Fitness Trends, finding that 18 percent of business travelers booked workouts in a city other than where they lived, compared with 14 percent in 2018.

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December 12, 2019

Virtuoso® Reveals Stressed Gen X-ers Are Driving Wellness Travel, With Mindful Meditation The Focus For 2020

Travelers resolving to improve themselves in 2020 are focusing on wellness of the mind and spirit - even more than the physical. A survey by global luxury travel network Virtuoso® of advisors specializing in the growing wellness niche uncovered that reducing stress and anxiety are paramount with travelers in the New Year. The expert advisors named meditation and mindfulness as the top wellness travel activity and cited spiritual and mental wellness as significant emerging trends.

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White Paper

December 3, 2019

Accor Releases Thought-Leading White Paper on the Business of Wellness and Hospitality

When stepping into a hotel these days, one cannot help but notice a growing wave of smoothie bowls, pilates poses, and mindfulness seminars. For many years, Accor has been at the forefront of the wellbeing movement, leading the way to integrate health and wellness into all aspects of the guest experience. In a new white paper, "It's a Wellness World: The Global Shift Shaking up Our Business", Accor explores the fundamental societal shift currently underway as the lifestyle goal of feeling healthier has moved out from beyond the walls of the spas and gyms and entered the mainstream.

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Opinion Article

December 2, 2019

Report: 2020 Wellness Trends

The following research and insights are compiled by Jeremy McCarthy, Group Director of Spa & Wellness at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The brand leads the luxury hospitality sector in integrating wellness into the guest experience, continuously creating offerings that nurture the mind, body and soul.

By Jeremy McCarthy, CEO & Founder, Leisure Alchemy

November 29, 2019

Four Seasons Resort Oahu At Ko Olina And Sensync Partner To Introduce The World’s First Multi-Sensory Virtual Reality Wellness Experience

Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina and Sensync, the immersive wellness company founded by Dr. Adam Gazzaley and Dr. Alex Theory, have partnered to introduce The Vessel - a luxury virtual experience that combines mixed reality innovation with advanced therapeutic technology to create a revolutionary, immersive sensory experience.

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Oahu, Hawaii, United States

November 26, 2019

Industry Leaders Reveal the Future of the Spa and Wellness Industry

A Hilton wellness program that aims to shake up the spa industry recently scored a big award, and in recognition of it, two wellness gurus sat down to discuss the curation of the program, its impact on the industry and the future of spas and wellness overall.

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November 13, 2019

JW Marriott Nashville Announces New Collaboration With Tune

NASHVILLE, TN/UNITED STATES — JW Marriott Nashville is pleased to announce a new collaboration with tune, a revolutionary bio-tuning company that taps into the science of sound, frequencies, and vibration to optimize overall health and well-being. This first-to-market collaboration with the JW Marriott brand and one of its newest hotels, JW Marriott Nashville, furthers the property's dedication to well-being by providing an oasis for guests and visitors to experience in Nashville's first tune studio. The JW Marriott Nashville tune studio is the first of many set to roll out across multiple JW Marriott properties throughout the world as a part of the brand's larger focus around mindfulness.

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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November 12, 2019

SO/ Hotels & Resorts introduces the SO/ Wellness Experience

PARIS, - SO/ Hotels & Resorts, an exclusive lifestyle brand from Accor that features fashionable hotels exhibiting a distinctively rebellious interpretation of luxury, is pleased to announce a vibrant new wellness program designed for its adventurous and stylish guests and socializers. The new SO/ Wellness Experience is now available at SO/ Vienna, one of the brand's most avant-garde properties, where the program concepts are being piloted in advance of a future global roll-out.

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October 23, 2019

Austin PR Firm’s Luxury Hospitality Clients Land in Top #1 or #2 Positions on Prestigious Travel Awards Lists for 2019

The Fiske Group, an Austin-based award-winning national public relations firm specializing in luxury hotels, resorts, spas and luxe lifestyle brands is proud to announce that all four of their hotel and resort clients have secured either the #1 or #2 position in their respective categories on prestigious awards lists for 2019. Just announced, Lake Austin Spa Resort, La Cantera Resort & Spa, The Beach Club at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina have earned high marks on Conde Nast Traveler's 2019 Readers' Choice Awards and earlier this year, Hotel Eleven was named #2 hotel in the US on Travel + Leisure's 2019 World's Best Awards.

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October 17, 2019

Destination Medical Center: Beyond the Standalone Clinic

We are living in the age of information accessibility, in a time when booking a flight is as simple as click, click, click. We are engulfed by products and services, seemingly offered up on a platter. Businesses are tailoring their offerings to our individual needs, stepping up their game by anticipating our desires. For those who can afford it, it is an era of abundance, of limitless opportunities. Shush any environmental qualms and the world is your oyster.

EHL

September 27, 2019

Let The Sea Sublimate Yourself

Anyone who's treated themselves to a wellness break by the sea knows all the benefits it brings, both during and after! A restful look, glowing complexion and a more toned body… A feeling of revitalization you can now take away with you thanks to Thalassa Sea & Spa. How? Through the marine skincare and haircare products of its new Thalassa Sea & Skin cosmetic range.

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September 13, 2019

Wellness for Business Travel Is an Uphill Slog

It only makes sense that business travel — including meetings and conventions — would incorporate more aspects of the wellness movement. While industrywide changes are happening, it's debatable whether they've made a real impact on the lives of business travelers yet.