The GWI has released a new white paper as part of its series on how wellness concepts could positively “reset the world” post-COVID-19. It’s called Travel and Wonder and looks at how travel has been decimated during the pandemic and how its loss has significant psychological and symbolic impacts. The research explores why the recent explosive growth of global travel has resulted in a profoundly…
The GWI just released a “Wellness in the Age of COVID-19” Q&A with Neil Jacobs, CEO, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, a person who needs no introduction in the wellness and hospitality worlds. Under Jacobs’s leadership, Six Senses has transformed “luxury hospitality” around the principles of wellness and sustainability more than any other brand. They have 19 resorts worldwide, with an ever-growing global pipeline. In…
5 ways to diversify the wellness industry – NBC News, June 24, 2020 Nutritionist Maya Feller explains how, “If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s that racism, not race, is an underlying risk factor for poor health outcomes…That’s why my industry, the wellness industry, matters so much right now.” She discusses the dramatic lack of representation of black people in wellness and suggests five ways…
In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: Which travel segments will rebound first? Has the pandemic changed Six Senses’ future focus and offerings? What destinations can we next look forward to? What’s underway for the US? Q&A with Neil Jacobs, CEO, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas In hospitality, Neil Jacobs needs no introduction,…
A major new study (1,600 participants) from the University of California Berkeley un-riddles why disrupted nightly sleep and clogged arteries are pathologically intertwined. It’s the first study to show that fragmented sleep is associated with a unique pathway—chronic circulating inflammation throughout the bloodstream—which, in turn, is linked to higher amounts of plaques in coronary arteries that can result in fatal heart disease. ACCESS STUDY
The GWI has released a new white paper as part of its series on how wellness concepts could positively “reset the world” post-COVID-19. “Food as Nourishment for Body, Mind and Spirit” takes a sobering look at how the current global food crisis extends from hunger to widespread malnutrition—and how the world’s poor eating habits are destroying our physical, mental and cultural health. Provides strategies (for individuals,…
