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New Trends for Wellness in Meetings Move over yoga. New wellness trends like forest bathing, sound healing, and equine experiences are becoming part of today’s meeting agendas. Layoffs, continued anxiety ignited by Covid, and economic uncertainty, this is a stress-inducing time. Business events are a massive investment, so planners should strive to keep attendees healthy and engaged. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

The Glossy Wellness Industry Is Getting a Dose of Gen Z Realness There’s a huge gap between the green-juice-slinging, athleisure-pushing $4.4 trillion wellness industry and the actual concept of being well. The former projects the illusion that if only you have enough privilege-you’re thin, white, and rich enough-you can buy your way to better well-being with pricy products and services. Read More from the Global…

Minu knows financial, employee wellness are connected, so it built 30 gamified benefits Two years after profiling minu, the company has over 300 enterprise customers and its revenue grew more than five times between 2021 and 2022. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Twentyeight Health Adds $8.3M in Pre-Series A Funding to Finance National Expansion in the US Twentyeight Health, a telehealth company providing affordable access and convenience for reproductive and sexual health, today announced that it has raised $8.3 million in Pre-Series A funding. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Pillar Wellbeing Brings Wellness Hospitality to Doha, London For today’s wellness consumer, a healthy lifestyle is an always-on pursuit – even while travelling. What’s happening: Pillar Wellbeing, a wellness hospitality concept centred around high-performance living, is set to debut in both Doha and London this year. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Wellness industry’s new, ‘wild’ trend has some in travel ready to plunge in Jumping into a frigid lake, pond or ocean may not appeal to everyone, but for a growing number of adrenaline-seekers and wellness aficionados, the activity — popularly known as “wild swimming” — is one worth traveling for. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Trend Forecast: APAC Will See an Emphasis on Mental Wellness & Digital Minimalism Commenting on changes to look for, Jess Tang, Senior Consultant of APAC at WGSN said, “Asia-Pacific has experienced an unprecedented technological transformation over the past decade, and consumers are quick to adopt new digital technologies. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

F45 Training Gets $90 Million in New Financing, New Chairman, New Board Members, Interim CFO F45 Training, Austin, Texas, has closed on a new $90 million subordinated debt facility that was provided by a consortium of existing investors led by affiliates of Kennedy Lewis Management LP, which made an unsolicited bid in September to purchase the publicly traded company. Read the article on Club Industry…

Brigad bags €33 million to make hospitality staffing freelance and flexible Currently operating between the UK and France, Brigad is helping to address the hospitality staffing crisis through its freelancer marketplace. The Paris-born startup has just secured €33 million to expand. Read the article on EU Startups > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Quell’s gamified home fitness tech drums up $10M Today, London-based Quell announced a $10 million Series A led by Tencent and featuring Khosla Ventures and Heartcore Capital. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™