Q&A: How Covid-19 Is Exposing What’s Broken in Our Cultures of Grief and Dying

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: What has the coronavirus revealed about our culture around death and dying?  What is most broken and needs fixing? What tangible actions can people take to deal with all this fear, grief and dying—to put them in a better place mentally? How is digital disrupting the death…

Q&A: Six Senses CEO predicts which travel segments will rebound first and how behaviors will shift

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,…

What wellness consumers want & how COVID-19 is changing their behavior

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: Just how profound has the digital shift in fitness and wellness been under COVID-19? Will video kill the studio star? What do people demand from spas, salons, and beauty businesses as they reopen?   Q&A with Amaya Becvar Weddle, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Product Marketing, Mindbody,…

How COVID-19 most impacts the active 50+ demographic

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: How has the Coronavirus most impacted the 50+? (The most active, empowered group of “older people” in history?) What developments under COVID will most change the lives of older generations post-virus? Why are you positive about the future? Q&A with David Stewart of the AGEIST, a media…

Cathy Chon on the real future for travel and wellness

In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: How will COVID-19 change the wellness market and concept? What’s the real future for travel? What are the right (and wrong) ways for brands to communicate during the pandemic?   Q&A with Catherine Feliciano-Chon, founder, managing director, CatchOn – a Finn Partners company Cathy Chon is founder…

Martin Palmer on the role of faith in the COVID-19 crisis

Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: What is the state and role of faith in the Coronavirus crisis? How might concepts of faith and spirituality evolve in the future? What’s wrong with the current “science” versus “religion” war? Q&A with Martin Palmer, president of FaithInvest, an organization that helps the world’s religions move their investments into sustainable development. Martin Palmer is…