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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This September, JW Marriott will host Gather by JW, the second annual food & wine festival at JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa on the Venetian archipelago of Isola delle Rose. In collaboration with FOOD & WINE Magazine, the festival will take over the hotel and island from September 26 - 29 for three days of unrivaled food, wine, and well-being experiences led by a star-studded roster of chefs alongside the world's leading mindfulness experts and practitioners.
SpaSoft, an industry leading, all-in-one spa management solution is excited to announce their integration with PXP Financial, an omni-channel, international payments provider. The integration allows for payments to be processed directly through PXP Financial's ANYpay POS solution within SpaSoft, and PXP Financial's ANYpay Gateway for SpaSoft's Online Booking Platform, which provides SpaSoft clients with a safe and secure method to process payments.
SpaSoft, an industry leading, all-in-one spa management solution, announces that they have made significant improvements and enhancements to streamline their implementation process. With their newly enhanced approach, SpaSoft has been able to reduce their training time by about 33% on average.
Travel provides a much-needed break from everyday life to discover new places and cultures, meet new people and see the world from a different perspective. Along the way, travel can also take a heavy toll on physical health and well-being. Energy-draining jet lag disrupts sleep. Disciplined eating habits suffer. Exercise routines get interrupted.
Social media has changed the game in resort marketing, but it remains a confusing and misunderstood medium. Words like Followers and Engagement get thrown around, but how does one go about making real connections with their target demographic?