Heat of the Moment: Strategies for Thermal Wellness Business Success With interest in saunas and social bathing concepts at an all-time high, the GWI Hydrothermal and Consulting Initiatives are teaming up for an essential webinar diving into the operations side of this booming sector. Whether you’re planning a new build or refining an existing concept, this session will explore the key decisions that make-or-break success in social…
The Path Toward a Metabolic Health Revolution–McKinsey report Their new report explores how the advent of GLP-1s has brought the treatment of obesity to the forefront of public attention. Nearly 900 million adults globally are living with obesity, a substantial risk factor for at least 20 diseases/conditions. The rise of GLP-1s is shifting the discussion of obesity from an intractable issue to a treatable medical…
Nightmares Linked to Rapid Biological Aging and Early Death A 2025 study from Imperial College London, analyzing 183,000 adults and 2,400 children, found that those who had bad dreams once a week or more had shorter telomeres, associated with faster cellular aging. They also found that those who experienced regular nightmares were three times more likely to die before the age of 70 compared with those who did not––concluding…
The Wellness Generational Shift: The Young Value Wellbeing Over Wealth By Thierry Malleret, economist The unprecedented emphasis that younger generations place on wellbeing is a major paradigm shift, and one that suggests a very bright future for the wellness industry. All over the world, and especially in higher-income countries, younger gens have an appreciation very different from their parents of what success looks like. In…
Wellness Policies Can Combat Loneliness By Tonia Callender, GWI research fellow  Too often, those who experience loneliness and isolation suffer in silence and hesitate to ask for help. Physicians and psychologists have raised growing concerns about the lasting consequences of this trend. Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection released its global report, From Loneliness to Social Connection, which highlights the…
How a longevity economy can make growth work for every generation–World Economic Forum Societies are aging rapidly, with life expectancy increasing and the number of retirees set to double. To meet the demands of longer retirements, pension schemes must evolve in tandem with diversified long-term investments and structural reforms. The longevity economy depends on reimagining work through flexible, multigenerational employment, lifelong learning and new technologies…
