Spotlight on GWI Initiatives that Impact the Spa Industry

The annual Spa Business Handbook was just released and it’s an amazing resource for the spa industry, from its trends forecasts to its analysis of what’s being built in the spa/wellness property pipeline worldwide. The new issue features Susie Ellis, GWI chairman and CEO, highlighting what’s been recently accomplished (and what’s on deck) for six GWI Initiatives that directly impact the spa industry.

5 Austrian Wellness Experiences Most People Haven’t Heard About

Little Austria is a spa and wellness travel giant (the 5th largest market globally) even with its tiny population of 8.5 million. But Austria is so well established, and has been for so long, that people often overlook their historic – and current – innovation. This is the land of “wellness hotels” (resting, breathing fresh air, drinking pure water, exercising in Alpine nature, soaking in hot springs, etc.), where spas are as vast as theme parks – and their menus seem as long as novels. 

GWI Launches New Wellness Architecture Initiative

The GWI is launching a new Initiative, Wellness Architecture, designed to bring together leaders to raise awareness of, and gather the research evidence for, how architecture and our surroundings impact humans – whether psychologically, physically, energetically or emotionally. The goal: a collective knowledge base (and conferences on) how humans interrelate with the environment and how the environment impacts human wellbeing. The Initiative’s chair is Veronica Schreibeis Smith, CEO and founding principal, Vera Iconica Design.

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