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?
Prestigious German hotel brand and long-standing private label partner of HotelREZ, Dorint Hotels & Resorts, has undergone it's most extensive renovation of the Dorint Hotel Maison Messmer in Baden-Baden since its reopening in 2001. The five-star hotel has a total of 141 rooms, 10 suites as well as a penthouse which spans 240 square metres and includes an impressive roof terrace overlooking the traditional spa town of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest.
IHG earlier this year acquired luxury wellness resort brand Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas for US$300 million. Hyatt Hotels & Resorts (Hyatt) acquired boutique wellness and fitness brand Exhale in 2017 for an undisclosed amount, which followed Hyatt's acquisition of U.S. wellness resort brand Miraval for US$375 million that same year.
Research by CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, shows that awareness of maintaining healthy eating habits is growing momentum amongst business travelers. Overall 38% of business travelers eat healthier while on the road. Asia Pacific travelers are the most likely to eat healthier when traveling for business (46%) compared to travelers in Americas (35%) and Europe (29%).
Miami, FL - The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the foremost gathering of international leaders in the $4.2 trillion global wellness economy, today announced the location of the 2019 GWS will move from Hong Kong to Singapore. The event will now take place at Grand Hyatt Singapore; conference dates remain the same—October 15-17, 2019. Additional details will be provided as soon as possible.
Driven by the interests of an increasingly older and unhealthy population, healthcare has been at the center of political debates in the United States for over a decade. The current conventional healthcare model is broadly recognized as failing and is compelling people to take on responsibility for their wellbeing through alternative solutions.
Picture this: You arrive at your summer holiday destination and step into an air-conditioned, exquisitely styled lobby, where you are greeted with a smile and a chilled glass of lime-infused water. A porter whisks away your luggage and a receptionist presents you with everything you will need for your stay. She already knows you want the WiFi password and to know when breakfast is, and reminds you that if she can be of any help at all, you simply have to ask. Great hospitality caters to your every whim, makes you feel enveloped in attention, whilst also leaving you space to center your thoughts and indulge your senses. In stark contrast, visits to the hospital can feel daunting. The atmosphere cold and sterile. Would it not make a difficult diagnosis and a challenging path to recovery that little bit more manageable if the atmosphere were more… well, hospitable?
In today's economy, consumers seem to be on the lookout for comprehensive experiences with a high feel-good factor. Offering the perfect blend of traditional day spa bliss and the medical expertise found at a doctor's practice, medical spas are slotting nicely into this scene, taking up their place among medical tourism destinations. Under the stewardship of Dr. Frederick De Micco of the University of Delaware, members of the Association of North America Higher Education International, or ANAHEI, along with professors of hospitality and tourism and industry professionals, partook in a pilot survey to better understand this burgeoning field.
SpaSoft, the leading provider of guest-centric hospitality and spa management systems, announces its upcoming SpaSoft User's Group event in Orlando, Florida on July 31st, 2019.
Value adds always become expectations. Such is the course for hospitality and if you aren't constantly evolving your brand then it will become stale. And in an overstuffed hotel marketplace, you need bold new directions to differentiate your product and drive rate.
Marriott Hotels announced today This Works as its new personal care amenity provider starting this month. This collaboration is the latest installment in Marriott Hotels' journey to inspire guests as they travel. Renowned for its natural and clean formulations This Works products are intelligently crafted to work in harmony with the body's circadian rhythms to optimize skin performance 24 hours a day.
The last recession, coupled with the maturation of the social web, has led to new purchasing behaviors and disruption in the travel industry. While the hospitality sector is often perceived as slow to adapt to change, how resorts respond to shifting consumer preference will determine their viability.
"Wellness" sounds trendy, but the concept has always been inherent to the hospitality industry its beginning is arguably rooted in historic spa locations where mineral-rich waters were used for medicinal baths. Belief in the restorative powers of such waters actually dates to prehistoric times. This curious fact underscores another fact — interest in the concept of wellness is not a modern fad. And, it's a bankable product and service offering, as exemplified by recent statistics:
Horwath HTL Miami Managing Director Andrew Cohan, MAI, a leading consultant in hospitality advisory as it pertains to health, wellness and spa offerings as well as environmental and ecologically sustainable resorts globally, has observed "migration" efforts to bring the Asian immersion wellness and destination resorts to the Americas.
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