Wellness &amp; Wellbeing

April 5, 2023

Hospitality and Lodging can Offer Improved Hospitality Services for Travelers with a Telemedicine App and gain a Market Competitive Advantage

The benefits of a medical services located within a resort or hotel property are well founded. With an aging society and with travel and tourism set to increase post COVID-19, partnering with an onsite medical clinic franchise could strongly benefit a hotel. Now, a new medical App promoted by lodging properties, allows a domestic or international traveler with preexisting medical conditions, or with young children traveling to have increased confidence and ease of mind when traveling.

By Fred DeMicco and Adel Eldin

March 30, 2023

Main Trends for Wellness Businesses in 2023

The wellness industry is diverse, dynamic – and, therefore, complex.

By Gonçalo Santos, Director Solutions Management, TNG Leisure & Activities, HRS Hospitality & Retail Systems

March 22, 2023

Hotel Managers: New Career Opportunities in Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)

As more health care facilities grow to become “medical campuses” and medical meccas for care, they emulate hotels in their quality and delivery of health and wellness (H2H) services. Many build hotels or have partner hotels for medical guests and tourists on their health campuses. An innovative approach for blending hospitality and health care can be found in Orlando, where the RosenCare model could boost lodging revenue by using medical travel to the United States. In fact, in medical centers and hospitals, after the procedure (surgery or other treatment), approximately 75% of the services provided to patients are hospitality/hotel-related services (H2H) including dining, environmental, transportation, front desk, educational, and entertainment services.

By Fred DeMicco and Jackie Guzman

March 20, 2023

Farm to Wellness Retreats as an Evolution for Wellness and Hotel Distribution

Entering yet another unprecedented travel period with a looming recession and the sputtering end of the post-pandemic travel recovery, there are nevertheless a myriad of trends that are strongly converging to offer hotels a path to profitability no matter the economic climate. In this case, we are talking about the growth in demand for wellness products as well as the emergence of newer search platforms to cut through the exhaustion of digital noise in the travel space.

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

March 9, 2023

Tapping into the Power of Micro-Experiences to Build Bonds with Customers and Staff

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.

By Susie Arnett, Director of Wellness Programming, Six Senses

See why hotels are switching to Mews

March 7, 2023

Marketing Spa Stays to Digital Nomads

Although many companies are asking teams to return to the workplace, the digital nomad market continues to see strong growth.

By Susie Arnett, Director of Wellness Programming, Six Senses

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February 24, 2023

Executive Women in Travel Come Together to Share Tools on Financial & Personal Wellbeing; Mentoring, Entrepreneurship & Tips For Attaining Leadership Roles in One of the World’s Most Dynamic Industries

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.

BLLA

February 2, 2023

Going Long for Hotel Longevity Part IX: Add Some Biohacking Foods

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.

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. (Lysol)

February 1, 2023

Condé Nast Traveller Announces Wellness & Spa Award Winners

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.

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Supplier News

January 31, 2023

Unprecedented and Unpredictable: What Businesses Can Learn From the 2022-23 Flu Season

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.

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January 25, 2023

Pack Light & Stay Motivated: Westin Hotels & Resorts Launches a Refueled Gear Lending Program

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.

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January 25, 2023

Proper Hospitality and The Class Announce National Partnership

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.

Proper Hospitality

January 20, 2023

Q&A: Hilton Vice President of Wellness Amanda Al-Masri Addresses Future of Wellness Travel, Current Trends and How to Maintain Your Routine on the Road

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.

Hilton

January 18, 2023

Breath of Fresh Air for Luxury Hotels

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.

Hong Kong PolyU

January 17, 2023

Hospitality to Health Renaissance: Innovative Community-Based Healthcare Strategies that can have Positive Implications to Lodging and Restaurant Operations

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.

By Fred DeMicco and Suzi Mariano

January 12, 2023

How Real Wellness Programming Builds Perpetual Revenues with TheLifeCo

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.

By Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky

January 11, 2023

The Founders of BLLA Relaunch StayBoutique as Booking & Media Platform That Vets & Verifies Featured Hotels

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.

BLLA

December 14, 2022

Wellness-Dedicated Branded Residences All Hype But No Volume

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.

By Roger Allen, Group Chief Executive Officer, RLA Global