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Press Releases

Below you will find press releases from the years 2014-2023. For more information, please contact Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting.

2024

• JOALI BEING Partners with Global Wellness Institute to Elevate the Maldives as a Global Wellness Tourism Destination
• The Global Wellness Economy Reaches a New Peak of $6.3 Trillion––And Is Forecast to Hit $9 Trillion by 2028
• Global Wellness Institute Launches New Report Highlighting Saudi Arabia’s Booming Wellness Economy
• Global Wellness Summit Celebrates This Year’s Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Scholarship Recipients
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Report on the United Kingdom’s $224 Billion Wellness Economy
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Mental Wellness Policy Toolkit
• Leading the Industry for a Decade: Global Wellness Institute Announces Fourth Edition of Hydrothermal Spa & Wellness Development Standards
• Wellness Real Estate Market Reached $438 Billion in 2023 and Is Forecast to More Than Double to $913 Billion by 2028
• Brazil’s Wellness Economy Ranks #1 in Latin America-Caribbean Region
• Global Wellness Institute Extends Partnership with Singapore to Spotlight Growing Urban Wellness Economy
• United States Wellness Economy Now Valued at $1.8 Trillion – The Largest Wellness Market in the World
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Wellness Policy Toolkit That Proposes an Entirely New Paradigm, Moving the Focus from Wellness Tourism to Wellness IN Tourism
• Aradhana Khowala Appointed to the Global Wellness Institute Board of Advisors
• BDMS Wellness Clinic and Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Continue Partnership
• Philippines Department of Tourism Partners with the Global Wellness Institute to Explore Country’s Thriving $41B Wellness Economy
• The Global Wellness Institute Spotlights South Korea’s $113 Billion Wellness Economy
• Global Wellness Institute Ranks 145 Countries by Wellness Market Size
• The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Announces Canada as Latest Country Added to its “Geography of Wellness” Platform

2023

• The Global Wellness Economy Reaches a Record $5.6 Trillion—And It’s Forecast to Hit $8.5 Trillion by 2027
• Global Wellness Institute Announces Recipients of Second Annual “Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness”
• The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Announces Japan as Latest Country Added to its “Geography of Wellness” Platform
• WellnessEvidence.com Adds CBD to Its Growing List of Wellness Approaches with Aim of Empowering Consumers to Make More Informed Decisions
• Global Wellness Institute Releases First Wellness Policy Toolkit on Physical Activity
• International Philanthropy Leader Joins Global Wellness Institute Board of Advisors
• Detailed Wellness Economy Data from the World’s #1 Wellness Economy, the United States, Now Available for Download from Global Wellness Institute (GWI)
• Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Adds Indonesia to its “Geography of Wellness” Platform
• Global Wellness Institute Welcomes Three New Wellness Experts to Board of Advisors

2022

• Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Adds Data on the United Kingdom’s Wellness Economy and its Unique Wellness Assets to “Geography of Wellness” Platform
• The Global Wellness Institute Introduces “In Pursuit of Wellness: The Art & Science of Living Well,” a New Digital Series Produced by BBC StoryWorks for the GWI
• Spending on Wellness Is Strongly Associated with Greater Longevity and Happiness, Bolstering the Case for Wellness Policy, According to New Global Wellness Institute Research
• Global Wellness Institute Announces Historic Partnership with Fountain Life for the Wellness Moonshot
• Recipients of the Inaugural “Susie Ellis Scholarship for Equity in Wellness” Announced
• Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Spotlights Thailand’s Unique Wellness Assets on New “Geography of Wellness” Platform
• AG7 Partners with the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) to Amplify and Highlight Brazil’s Unique Wellness Assets and Opportunities
• Global Wellness Institute Launches Web 3.0 Initiative to Explore the Future Intersections between Technology and the Multitrillion-Dollar Wellness Economy
• Eight Global Wellness Trends and How They Will Impact the Future of Fitness
• Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Launches “Geography of Wellness” Microsite to Spotlight Country-specific Wellness Economy Data
• Global Wellness Institute Announces New Initiative on Respiratory Wellness
• Global Wellness Institute Announces New Initiative on Psychedelics & Healing
• Global Wellness Institute Research Ranks 150 Countries by Wellness Market Size

2021

• Global Wellness Institute Announces New Digital Film Series to Be Produced by BBC StoryWorks
• The Global Wellness Economy Stands at $4.4 Trillion Amidst the Disruptions of COVID-19; Is Forecast to Reach $7 Trillion by 2025
• Wellness Real Estate Market Nearly Doubles from 2017-2020–Jumping from $148 to $275 Billion
• Global Wellness Institute’s Wellness Real Estate and Communities Symposium Adds Top Investors and Developers to Agenda
• Global Wellness Institute Launches Children’s Wellness Moonshot Calendar to Bring Healthy Habits into the Classroom Every Day of the Year
• Kendra Kobler Named Director of Programs & Operations for The Global Wellness Summit and The Global Wellness Institute
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Preliminary Agenda for Its First Wellness Real Estate and Communities Symposium
• Global Wellness Institute to Hold First Symposium on Wellness Real Estate & Communities
• Global Wellness Institute Announces the Formation of a New Initiative Focused on the Booming Wellness Communities & Real Estate Sector
• Global Wellness Institute Launches New Initiative to Showcase Regional Approaches to Wellness Innovation
• Global Wellness Institute Announces Living Well From Within, a New Initiative Formed to Inspire and Develop a Coalition of Conscious Leaders in the Wellness Industry and Beyond
• Tianren Culture Teams with the Global Wellness Institute to Expand Reach of The Wellness Moonshot to Millions in China
• Victor Koo, China-based Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Tianren Culture, Joins Global Wellness Institute Board
• Rick Stollmeyer, Wellness Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Mindbody, Joins Global Wellness Institute Board
• Global Wellness Institute Launches The Wellness Moonshot Challenge at Global Press Event

2020

• Global Wellness Institute Finds Mental Wellness Is a $121 Billion Market
• New Reports: The Physical Activity & Fitness Markets for Six Global Regions
• “No-Touch” New Normal Prompts a Closer Look at Augmenting Wellness with Touchless, Automated Hydromassage
• Welltech1 invests $400,000 in PopBase, a start-up building a gamified platform that teaches kids how to maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Global Wellness Institute Names John Kao, Serial Innovator and Best-Selling Author, to its Advisory Board
• Q&A: Nicola Finley, MD, Canyon Ranch—The wellness industry, inequality and the Black community
• Wellness Q&A with Neil Jacobs: Six Senses CEO Predicts Which Travel Segments Will Rebound First
• Q&A with Amaya Weddle: What Wellness Consumers Want & How COVID-19 is Changing Their Behavior
• David Stewart, Founder of AGEIST, Challenges the Myths Surrounding COVID-19 and Aging
• Q&A: Cathy Chon, CEO of CatchOn, Predicts The Future of Travel and Wellness
• Global Wellness Institute Announces Collaboration with Vatican on “Resetting the World with Wellness” (updated 5/18/20)
• Welltech1 Calls on Wellness Start-ups to Apply for $200,000 Investment during Coronavirus Crisis
• Global Wellness Institute Launches Wellness Q&A Series on COVID-19’s Impact – Now and Post-Crisis; First in Series Is World-Renowned Architect, Bill Bensley
• Global Wellness Institute Cautions Industry and Consumers to Sift Fact from Fiction When It Comes to Immunity-Boosting Claims for Coronavirus
• The Wellness Moonshot Goes Truly Global; The Global Wellness Institute Announces Strategic Partnerships in China, India and Israel
• US Leads Overall Spend in $828 Billion Physical Activity Market, But Ranks 20th in Participation, Indicating a Sharp Divide in Wellness “Haves and Have-Nots”

2019

• GWI Adds Leading Experts to Its Board of Directors
• GWI Announces New Initiative to Support UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 3 “Good Health & Wellbeing”
• Physical Activity Is an $828 Billion Market – To Reach $1.1 Trillion+ by 2023
• Asia-Pacific’s Physical Activity Market Now $240 Billion – To Reach $373.5 Billion by 2023
• Global Wellness Institute Releases 2nd White Paper in its “Understanding Wellness” Series
• GWI Announces Partnership with Prevention Magazine on The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease
• First-Ever Report on the Global Economy of Physical Activity To Be Released at Global Wellness Summit
• GWI Announces New Initiative to Define the Ancient, Multidimensional Science of Yoga Therapy
• GWI Launches White Paper Series: “Understanding Wellness”
• GWI Announces New Initiative to Explore Opportunities Wellness is Creating in Retail
• Global Wellness Institute Initiative Names Top Five Hot Springs Trends Worldwide
• Wellness Experts Predict a Rise in “Tech Ethicists” as Society Grapples with Technology’s Impact on Modern Culture
• MENA’s Wellness Tourism Market Ranks #1 in World for Pure Percentage Growth
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Agenda for 2019 Wellness Symposium at the Arabian Travel Market
• Top 6 Trends in Hydrothermal Spa & Wellness Experiences
• Global Wellness Institute Launches Next Phase of The Wellness Moonshot^TM: A World Free of Preventable Disease

2018

• New Study Reveals Wellness Tourism Now a $639 Billion Market—to Reach $919 Billion by 2022
• GWI Publishes New Edition of Its Popular Hydrothermal Spa & Wellness Development Standards Book
• Wellness Now a $4.2 Trillion Global Industry – with 12.8% Growth from 2015-2017
• Il mercato Europeo ed Italiano del Wellness in forte crescita
• European and Italian Wellness Markets Post Strong Two-Year Growth
• Global Wellness Institute to Release In-Depth Analysis on Ten Sectors of the Global Wellness Economy at Next Month’s Global Wellness Summit
• Global Wellness Institute Announces New Initiative: “The First 1,000 Days”
• Global Wellness Institute Names New Research Fellow
• Global Wellness Institute Announces access+INSIGHTS, a Monthly Think Tank on Topics Impacting the $3.7 Trillion Wellness Economy
• Global Wellness Institute Presents Worldwide and MENA Wellness Travel Trends at Arabian Travel Market
• Agenda for the 2018 Spa and Wellness Travel Symposium at the Arabian Travel Market Announced
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Landmark Report “Build Well To Live Well”
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Study on Removing Barriers Between Beauty and Wellness
• GWI partner research: Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute Releases Research Report: “Wellness 2030 – The New Techniques of Happiness”

2017

• Agenda for Wellness Travel Symposium at 2017 World Travel Market Announced
• New Research on the Booming Wellness Lifestyle Real Estate & Communities Market Released by Global Wellness Institute
• Global Wellness Institute Launches Wellness Moonshot: Destination – A World Free of Preventable Disease
• Susie Ellis to be Honored as Trailblazer for Gender Equality by the Metropolitan New York Chapter, US National Committee for UN Women
• Global Wellness Institute Holds First-Ever Roundtable on Wellness in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries
• Global Wellness Institute Releases New Data and Trends on Middle East-North Africa Wellness Travel at Arabian Travel Market
• Agenda for Arabian Travel Market’s Wellness Travel Symposium Announced
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Report from its Roundtable on Wellness Real Estate & Communities
• WTM and Global Wellness Institute Announce Strategic Partnership
• Global Wellness Institute Releases “Global Wellness Economy Monitor” – Packed with Regional & National Data on Wellness Markets

2016

• Global Wellness Institute Publishes 2nd Edition of Popular Guide for Hydrothermal Spa Building Standards
• International Wellness Tourism Growing Much Faster than Domestic
• Wellness Now a $3.72 Trillion Global Industry – with 10.6% Growth from 2013-2015
• Collaboration Among Impassioned Leaders Helping Shape the Future of Wellness
• Global Wellness Institute Releases Report and Survey on‘The Future of Wellness at Work’

2015

• Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Announces Non-Profit Status to Focus on Educating Public and Private Sectors on Preventative Health and Wellness
• Global Wellness Institute Roundtable in Wales Attracts High-Level Government, Academic and Private Sector Leaders
• Global Wellness Institute Roundtable Identifies Ten Ways Workplace Wellness Must Evolve in the Future
• New Research: The Fastest Growing Middle East/North Africa Wellness Tourism Markets
• New Data Released at WTTC Indicates Powerful Role Wellness Tourism Can Play in Inbound Tourism Recovery for Countries with Crisis-Driven Disruptions
• Global Wellness Institute Appoints Two Senior Research Fellows
• Global Wellness Institute and Scientific American Worldview Hold Roundtable on the “Science of Wellness”
• WellnessEvidence.com Launches: First Site to Provide Direct Access to the Medical Evidence for Common Wellness Approaches
• Global Wellness Institute Announces Expansion of Global Wellness Tourism Congress Calendar for 2015

2014

• Global Wellness Institute Identifies Opportunities for Growth in $3.4 Trillion Wellness Industry
• Global Wellness Institute Teams with UNWTO to Bring Wellness Tourism Increased Recognition
• Global Wellness Institute’s New Research on the $494 Billion Wellness Tourism Sector to be Featured on Agenda at London’s World Travel Market
• Global Wellness Institute Study: $3.4 Trillion Global Wellness Market is Now Three Times Larger than Worldwide Pharmaceutical Industry
• GWTC Unveils Key Strategies for Wellness Tourism Growth