Aman Hotels Now Valued at $3 Billion After $900 Million Fresh Investment Aman Group has received a $900 million investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Cain International, the London-based privately-held real estate investment firm. The transaction now values the Swiss hospitality brand at $3 billion, said Cain in a press statement. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
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Amazon Care teaming up with Ginger to add mental/behavioral health services
Amazon Care teaming up with Ginger to add mental/behavioral health services Amazon Care, which currently offers virtual health visits, in-person primary care visits at patients’ homes or offices and prescription delivery, is adding behavioral health care to its slate of services. Amazon’s health service business plans to team up with teletherapy startup Ginger as an optional add-on to Amazon Care. Read More from the Global…
Peloton slashing 780 jobs, closing stores and hiking prices in push to turn profit
Peloton to slash 780 jobs and hike prices in push to turn profit Peloton told employees Friday that it is slashing roughly 780 jobs, closing a significant number of its retail stores and hiking prices on some equipment in a bid to cut costs and become profitable. The company did not specify how many of its 86 retail locations it plans to shutter, but said…
Vladislav Doronin on Aman New York, and the brand’s future–including Janu, their less expensive, social- and wellness-focused brand for younger gens that already has 12 deals signed
Vladislav Doronin on Aman New York, and the brand’s future Standing at the crossroads of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, Vladislav Doronin is surrounded by monuments to Manhattan’s prosperity. Opposite is Bergdorf Goodman; to the right, Trump Tower; and to the left, the pencil skyscrapers that line Billionaires’ Row. Behind him is what he hopes will be his contribution to this gilded corner of Midtown:…
Gen Z workers enter workforce with new demands—including increased flexibility, wellness perks and authenticity—shaped by their experiences during the height of the pandemic
Gen Z workers demand flexibility, don’t want to be stuffed in a cubicle Placeholder while article actions load When Ginsey Stephenson moved to San Francisco for work in February, she finally met and mixed with her colleagues for the first time. It was something the 23-year-old had longed for since entering the professional world out of college seven months prior. Read More from the Global…
Meditation app Calm sacks one-fifth of staff (Wellness tech company, which enjoyed a boom in customers during the Covid lockdown, has let 90 of its 400 staff go)
Meditation app Calm sacks one-fifth of staff The US-based meditation app Calm has laid off 20% of its workforce, becoming the latest US tech startup to announce job cuts. The firm’s boss, David Ko, said the company, which has now axed about 90 people from its 400-person staff, was “not immune” to the economic climate. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™
Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings
Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed off… Read…
The Goop-ification of wellness is on the way out, and you can thank Gen Z (How charcoal cheese and CBD leggings lost their selling power)
The Goop-ification of wellness is on the way out (you can thank Gen Z) The new cheese puff snack brand stresses that they are not a “better-for-you” alternative. They make no promises of rejuvenated digestion, extra nutrients, or plant-based goodness. These “unapologetically indulgent” puffs are just tasty “things for your mouth.” “If you’re worried about Ffups being healthy, you’re on the wrong website,” reads the…
Call for Innovation: Wellness and the Metaverse
Wellness and the Metaverse: Global Wellness Summit Announces Groundbreaking “Call for Innovation” Competition This is the first-ever global competition for innovators pioneering a new era for health and wellness in the metaverse and Web3.The contest is now open, accepting submissions through September 20, 2022. Learn more & meet the judges The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the most prestigious conference on the $4.4 trillion business of…