Across Africa and its diaspora, a growing calendar of wellness retreats, festivals and gatherings is creating space for rest, reconnection, healing, movement and the sharing of traditional and contemporary wellbeing practices.These African wellness retreats and festivals sit within a rapidly growing global wellness tourism economy but they are not simply Africa catching up to a global market. They are knowledge-led rather than amenity-led, organised by…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bathhouse Benchmarking Survey Launches Amid Rapid Global Growth The Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) Hydrothermal and Consulting Best Practices Initiatives have partnered to launch a first-of-its-kind global bathhouse benchmarking survey for bathhouse, communal thermal wellness and sauna operators of all sizes. Take the survey: https://forms.gle/TBqaekondxTwgr3X9 GWI is a global nonprofit that brings together industry leaders to advance research, education and best practices across…
The Power of Generativity: Why Age Inclusion Is Hospitality’s Next Competitive Advantage It was an honor to join Heather Kolakowski, Executive Director of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, and Amanda Al-Masri, Vice President of Wellness at Hilton, for the Cornell keynote, The Power of Generativity: Designing Wellness and Connection for Guests, Teams, and Competitive Advantage. Available free on demand through eCornell, our discussion explored…
Bathhouse Benchmarking Survey Launches Amid Rapid Global Growth The Global Wellness Institute’s (GWI) Hydrothermal and Consulting Best Practices Initiatives have partnered to launch a first-of-its-kind global bathhouse benchmarking survey for bathhouse, communal thermal wellness and sauna operators of all sizes. Take the survey: https://forms.gle/TBqaekondxTwgr3X9 GWI is a global nonprofit that brings together industry leaders to advance research, education and best practices across the wellness economy.…
Advertising & the Aging Well Category: A Global Advertising Industry Perspective Report The over-60s population is the fastest-growing in most countries. The over-60s control over 50 percent of spending in nearly every category of products and services globally. The over-60s are underrepresented in nearly all kinds of advertising. Three statements that are hard to argue with. Here is a question to consider: In a world…
Why Systems-Level Lifestyle Medicine Is a Performance Strategy, Not a Perk Author: Natalie Grinvalds, PhD, MPH, CHES Most employee benefits portals offer the same things: a meditation app, a resilience webinar, a step challenge, a lunchtime yoga class. These are the tools companies reach for to support wellbeing, and employees are expected to use them to cope with their jobs. This piece asks whether systems-level…
