The fourth-annual Global Wellness Day was recently celebrated on June 11. This international celebration of “living well” saw amazing healthy growth this year: more than 3,000 hotels and spas celebrated the event creatively across 100 countries – with more governments formally behind it – and it’s now reached more than 250 million people around the world.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of June 28, 2016)
Is tech addiction making us far more stressed at work? – BBC News, June 14, 2016
The answer is yes! We are the distracted generations, wasting hours a day checking irrelevant emails and intrusive social media accounts. This “always on” culture – exacerbated by the smartphone – is actually making us more stressed and less productive, according to reports.
Ten Predictions for the Future of Wellness, Travel, Spa and Beauty in Europe
Global Wellness Institute tapped European experts, for forecast ranging from how European nations will increasingly tax unhealthy food/beverages to a coming boom in Eastern European wellness properties. DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT
Spa Industry – Make Your Voice Heard
Global Wellness Institute research on the spa industry has been the go-to resource for investors and the media. We’re updating the $94 billion spa industry data, and our survey is wrapping up soon. If you’re in the spa world, can you PLEASE take a few minutes to answer questions like – What services do you offer? How is business? All info is 100% confidential – and we REALLY need your voice and perspective!
Productivity is Declining Worldwide – Is “Workaholism” to Blame?
All over the world, productivity is on the serious decline, which is puzzling given our era of ramped up technology and innovation. Malleret asks: Is workaholism, or spending too many hours at work, to blame? Read about how workaholism not only leads to many psychiatric disorders, but may also be sapping global productivity, which is nothing short of a threat to democratic order.
Start-ups Have Smoothie Bars & Massages, But the Global Worker is Suffering
Susie Ellis offers up a “workplace wellness reality check”: While the media revels in detailing the workplace wellness “playgrounds” of privileged tech startups – with their stand-up treadmill desks and executive retreats with mindfulness gurus – the facts are that the average global worker is simply getting sicker, older and more stressed. Read her new Huffington Post article on why we need to stop focusing on the “well few” and the cutting-edge workplace wellness “outliers,” and digest the facts about just how unwell the world’s workers are – so we can do something about it.
