Extreme Heat and Wellness Tourism Investment: Go Short on Shores, Long on Hills By Thierry Malleret, economist This summer was the hottest one in history, with unprecedented heat waves engulfing most of the northern hemisphere. They will only become more intense and frequent, and will change everything. Wellness tourism will be impacted dramatically, with new destination winners and losers. The warm weather and beachy destinations…
HOW THE GLOBAL WELLNESS INSTITUTE IS HIGHLIGHTING BETTER SLEEP HABITS This article was contributed by NASM, the Geography of Wellness Country Partner for the US. Sleep and rest are crucial to our overall well-being. In fact, getting too little or even too much sleep can adversely affect our day-to-day physical health, energy levels, nutrition and mental well-being. In the recently published “The Global Wellness Economy: United States” report authored…
Wellness at Work Article Series, 2019 Inclusion, gender equity, true engagement, the aging workforce, the relationship between mind and microbiome, and conscious leadership are among the many often-overlooked topics vital to building a culture of wellness and wellbeing at work. The following papers, written by Global Wellness Institute’s Wellness at Work initiative members and expert guests, sheds light on how leaders and employers can act…
Well at Work Interviews, 2018 As part of our mission, our team recently interviewed 24 senior leaders across the globe to explore how work, workforces, and work environments are changing now and in the future, and what this means for the role of wellbeing. A few themes emerging from these interviews were: advancing the role of technology to mitigate suffering and promote human flourishing, boosting…
2023 Trends The correlation between wellness and our physical environment has long been established. An exciting and growing trend in today’s architecture and design combines sustainable building principles with a growing focus on people and their wellness needs, whether they are physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, financial or environmental. So called “thin places”, either natural or constructed, will help give meaning and purpose to our…
2022 Trends Wellness Architecture is a Mega-Trend in 2022 and Beyond The way people work, live and socialize has changed dramatically for most of us during the pandemic. Newly embraced lifestyle and workplace shifts, coupled with an increasing focus on climate change, has opened the gates wider for investors, developers and designers to further explore design possibilities for this new paradigm. Some of the related…
