Wellness &amp; Wellbeing

June 24, 2020

22 Best Practices For Your Wellness And Spa Department During And Post-COVID-19

Sooner or later, COVID-19 will be a thing of the past. However, as the crisis will pass, many things will have changed. New ways of working, new consumption patterns, a new way of interacting with people, and most certainly, cleanliness standards as new ways of measuring the attractiveness of hotels will become the norm.

By Alex Sogno, CEO, Global Asset Solutions

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

June 15, 2020

Horwath HTL Market Report: Designing Through The Wellness Lens

The latest report by Horwath HTL Health and Wellness provides key guidelines to successfully design wellness resorts.

Horwath

Supplier News

June 12, 2020

International WELL Building Institute Accelerates WELL Health-Safety Rating for Hotels and Resorts

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world's leading certification body for healthy buildings, today announced the establishment of the WELL Advisory for Hotels and Resorts to provide insights on the application of the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facilities Operations and Management for hotels and resorts. The WELL Health-Safety Rating is an evidence-based, third-party verified rating focused on operational policies, maintenance protocols and emergency plans to address a post COVID-19 environment. IWBI will accept registrations for the WELL Health-Safety Rating from all building and facility typologies later this month.

Healing Hotels of the World

May 20, 2020

Healing Hotels Hosts Master Class On The Future Of Hospitality

Healing Hotels of the World will host a 45-minute master class to explore the role of healing in hospitality, and why consumers are seeking transformation today more than ever. Hosted by celebrated New York radio personality Valerie Smaldone, the session will feature expert insight from Healing Hotels Co-Founder Anne Biging along with Claudia Roth, Founder and Managing Director of Soul Luxury and Co-Founder of the Healing Summit.

World Panel Wellness, Lifestyle and Spa

April 29, 2020

Post-Crisis Planning: Simple Spa & Wellness Strategies to Consider

One truth…there is very little we can confidently predict at this point. Yet in my career, I have seen and led teams through some very difficult periods and the one thing I can confidently predict is that we will endure and thrive and the data backs that prediction up. In 2018 the International Spa Association reported that total spa revenues in the US grew 48.7% since the end of the Great Recession to $18.3 billion.

By Robert Vance, Founder & Principal, HUMNEX Advisory

HN Original

Hospitality Net launches World Panel on Wellness, Lifestyle and Spas

As the hotel industry contends with the immediate challenges posed by the Coronavirus crisis, for some hoteliers this also represents an opportunity to take a longer-term view of their businesses. Hospitality Net™, which launched the Hospitality Net World Panel last year to highlight the opinions of leading hoteliers on industry trends, is now launching another panel, this time on wellness, lifestyle and spas.

Hospitality Net

April 17, 2020

Investing in Cannabis: Is the Grass Greener for Investors?

Starting as a peculiarity in the 1970s in the Netherlands, the use of cannabis for medicinal or recreational purposes has gained immense momentum across the globe in recent times. Thus far, 4 countries and 11 U.S. states have officially legalised cannabis for recreational use and more than 40 countries and some 30 U.S. states for medical use. Furthermore, the recent legalisation of cannabis in Canada (in 2018) and in the U.S. State of Colorado (in 2014) for recreational purposes has been widely publicised and commented upon.

By Dr Jean-Philippe Weisskopf, Associate Professor, EHL

February 18, 2020

Reframing Wellness to Wellbeing in the Hospitality Industry

The wellness tourism is now a $639 billion industry. This begins to point us in the direction of traveler & guest desires, but the word wellness can lead to restrictive thinking. What comes to mind when I say wellness? Did you get images of yoga, smoothies, or maybe essential oils floating into your head?

By Samantha Hardcastle, Founder, Amore Social

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February 13, 2020

Health Movement Leads To Growth In Hotel Spas

In 2007, CBRE introduced Trends® in the Hotel Spa Industry in response to the spa industry's rapid expansion within hotels and resorts and its relevance to hotels' bottom lines. For the second time in the history of the publication, spa revenue increased at a higher rate than rooms revenue and total operating revenue. During 2018, the 159 hotels in our survey sample of achieved a 3.7 percent growth in RevPAR, which led to a 3.8 percent rise in total operating revenue. Concurrently, spa department revenue increased by 4.8 percent. With RevPAR forecast to increase less than 1.5 percent through 2021, the Spa Department represents an opportunity for hotel owners. Wellness is a growing desire in the minds of guests, and hotels can capitalize on this trend.

By Jenna Finkelstein and Mark VanStekelenburg

United States

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Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)

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.

adage.com

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.

skift

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.

skift

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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Supplier News

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.

Virtuoso

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.

Accor

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.

Four Seasons

Oahu, Hawaii, United States