A Decade of Hot Springs: First-Ever Ten-Year Time Series Data There is no question that nature is essential to all dimensions of our wellness. Nature is also an essential “ingredient” to all kinds of experiences, services and products across the wellness economy: from biophilic design, to forest bathing, to seaweed wraps and plant-based supplements, and so much more. In honor of Earth Day, our data…
On the Symposium Agenda… How Unique Business Models Are Driving Return on Investment in Wellness Real Estate Register On May 14, high-level global delegates will gather to discuss the unique business models driving higher ROI and growth in this sector of real estate—just one of many topics on the agenda for the 2024 Wellness Real Estate and Communities Symposium. The wellness real estate market is valued at $398 billion…
Dear friends and colleagues, May 14 might seem like a long way off, but not to our team! We have been planning in earnest for the third annual Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium, to be hosted by our partners at JPMorgan Chase headquarters, midtown Manhattan. This sector of the wellness economy—real estate—has been booming for years now, even during COVID; the result has had an…
A Decade of Wellness Tourism: First-Ever Compilation of 10+ Years of Market Data In 2013, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) unveiled the Global Wellness Tourism Economy report—a landmark study that defined the parameters and characteristics of the emerging wellness tourism sector and provided, for the first time, market size estimates at the global, regional, and country levels. In that report, GWI first measured wellness tourism…
New GWI Wellness Policy Toolkit Proposes a Changing Paradigm for Wellness Tourism Tomorrow the GWI will release its latest report, Wellness Policy Toolkit: Wellness in Tourism. It is the latest in the GWI policy series, suggesting concrete actions for stakeholders to bring wellness to all in the context of tourism. Importantly, the report introduces a new paradigm, broadening the focus from wellness tourism to wellness…
Wellness Economy Research Master Class on Wellness Tourism Now Available to Stream Online View the recording of the Wellness Economy Research Master Class: Wellness Tourism held in March 2024 with GWI research fellows Katherine Johnston, Ophelia Yeung & Tonia Callender. At the recent Wellness Economy Research Master Class with a focus on Wellness Tourism, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released the Wellness Policy Toolkit: Wellness in Tourism, presenting…
