New Wellness Economy Data by Sector Indonesia Research Just Released Indonesia, a republic spanning 17,000 islands and the largest economy in Southeast Asia, is the latest addition on the Geography of Wellness microsite featuring research from the Global Wellness Institute (GWI). According to GWI data, Indonesia’s wellness economy grew from $35 billion in 2017 to $36.4 billion in 2020, ranking the country #19 out of the 218 measured worldwide and…
NEW GWI RESEARCH REPORT “Health, Happiness, and the Wellness Economy: An Empirical Analysis” The first-ever data on how spend in each wellness sector impacts happiness and health outcomes Global Wellness Institute (GWI) researchers unveiled the first global analysis of the relationship between wellness spending at the national level and happiness and health outcomes. Part of the GWI Wellness Policy Series that began with the groundbreaking Defining Wellness Policy report issued…
New Global Wellness Trends Report To Be Released January 31 at the Annual GWS/GWI Press Event The Global Wellness Summit’s annual trends report, The Future of Wellness, has garnered a reputation for predicting billion-dollar new sectors. Preorder the 2023 Future of Wellness global trends report to see what’s next. The Future of Wellness is the only wellness forecast that draws from the insights of the renowned economists, medical and wellness professionals,…
Social Impact Initiative 2021 Trends Corporate Social Responsibility TREND 1: CSR is an Expectation Not a “Nice to Have” Corporate social responsibility is becoming a greater expectation rather than an added benefit to a company’s value proposition. TREND 2: Putting Investments to Work in a Way That Truly Matters Impact investing is the one sector of venture capital that has been growing exponentially. TREND 3: Purpose…
Social Impact Initiative 2022 Trends TREND 1: Change for Good A shift from performative “social washing” to taking action to help achieve the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. TREND 2: Nothing About Us Without Us Including people with lived experience of social problems in developing solutions to these problems. TREND 3: Stories are as Important as Numbers Increased use of qualitative data in the…
Sleep Initiative 2021 Trends TREND 1: Hotels shift focus to good sleep while traveling Recent research (linked here) shows that an important predictor of hotel guest satisfaction is the guest’s ability to get a great night’s sleep during their stay. What are hotels doing today to promote restful sleep, and what else could/should they be doing to help their guests and their ratings? TREND 2:…
