Singapore’s Changi airport has been rated #1 worldwide for five years running, in part because they’ve offered stressed travelers so much wellness – from spas to a rooftop swimming pool. And its new terminal (opening soon) focuses heavily on biophilic design with dozens and dozens of indoor trees and green walls.
GWI’s Global Mentorship Program Rolls Out Online Mentoring Platform
The need for more well trained managers in the spa/wellness industry is a massive issue. So the GWI initiative, the Global Mentorship Program, has just launched a new online mentoring platform, which allows experienced “mentors” in spa, wellness and hospitality management to easily connect with “mentees” worldwide. This goal of this web-based “matchmaker” is more successful leaders in spa and wellness.
Must-Reads from the Wellness World (Week of August 1, 2017)
Cognitive-load theory posits that brains have only so much bandwidth, so to best take in information, we must also limit it. As “infobesity” is becoming an ever-growing problem, apply a simple solution: don’t multitask and focus instead on the task at hand. If this doesn’t work, apply an extreme solution and go silent. Stop talking or take a break from technology… or both.
Depression Rises 19% in a Decade – Is Tech Addiction to Blame?
Depression has skyrocketed 19% in the last decade (exactly when the smartphone appeared). And experts are increasingly arguing that it’s our new addiction to technology that’s to blame. …Because compulsive email and social media checking works like any substance abuse: requiring ever-higher doses to maintain the pleasure.
Bubbles Forming in Some Corners of Wellness Industry
Wellness is growing at an extraordinary pace, but more scientists are now warning about the lack of evidence behind many wellness products currently flooding the market. How long will it be before the “Goops” are hit by the bursting of the bubble?
GWI Roundtable on Wellness in Architecture, Engineering & Construction – 5 Takeaways
The Global Wellness Institute recently held the world’s first forum on how designing for human wellness will transform the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries. In a wide-ranging discussion, thirty invited leaders all agreed that “wellness architecture” is now at a tipping point, with serious momentum for new “healthy-for-humans” building strategies. An in-depth report on the many insights will be released later this summer.
