“Interconnectivity and the Global Nature of Public Health” By Victor Koo, Chairman of Heyi Holdings & Co-founder of Tianren Culture The on-going epidemic has been a wake-up call and a vivid reminder of the interconnectivity and global nature of public health, the critical importance of wellness in our society and the interdependence between humans and the broader ecosystem of nature, plants and animals, whether we are talking…
Hospitality brands set sights on lucrative wellness real estate sector Wellness real estate has become a natural—and profitable—extension for brands like Aman Resorts, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, Mondrian, Montage and more Yesterday, the Global Wellness Summit’s nonprofit sister organization, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI), hosted its inaugural Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium in New York and virtually around the globe. (The full day’s presentations and takeaway materials are available on demand.) The event drew hundreds of attendees…
GWI’s first-ever Symposium on Wellness Real Estate and Communities brings together top executives, investors & architects The Summit’s sister organization, the Global Wellness Institute, just released the preliminary agenda for the very first Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium, taking place September 28 in NYC (and virtually). This important and timely event will bring together top wellness real estate and communities’ experts to discuss a radically different future for our built environments:…
What Are the Big Trends in Wellness Real Estate and Communities? It’s on the agenda at the Global Wellness Institute’s Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium By Beth McGroarty, VP Research & Forecasting We all know—personally, intuitively, and from reports from analysts and researchers—that the pandemic completely transformed the concept, function and value of the home. It became our “everything” (from where we work to…
Wellness Real Estate and Communities: New Momentum, New Directions The pandemic ignited demand for “well” homes and new trends–from developments that blend home, work and wellness to a huge new value for nature to a shakeup in senior living to thinking beyond the billionaires Waaay back in 2007, GWS trends forecasters named “spa real estate” a rising trend (when destination spas were starting to add…
Take That, Digital: When the World Opened Up, Visits to Real World Wellness Destinations Surged …People hit gyms, fitness studios, spas and wellness travel destinations at rates far greater than expected Since the pandemic hit, we’ve—of course—seen a massive adoption of (and investment in) all kinds of digital health and wellness—from virtual workout platforms to new companies that deliver mental health support (and wellness via screens was a big focus in our 2021 trends report). Investors are pouring gazillions of dollars…
2021 Summit will bring together medical and wellness leaders to create “A New New Era of Health and Wellness.” The growing intersection of health and wellness will be center stage at the 15th annual Global Wellness Summit, which will take place from November 30 to December 3 in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The theme of the 2021 Summit is “A New New Era in Health & Wellness,” and industry leaders…
A ‘WELLNESS SHARING ECONOMY’ TAKES OFF WITH THE PANDEMIC Platforms that let people book daycations at hotels and resorts—and rent private homeowners’ pools, campsites, tennis courts, gardens, boats and more—are on fire We’re deep in our second pandemic summer with a joy-killing Delta variant, and most of us have suffered a long year-plus of nixed vacations, closed public and private pools, and parks swarmed with…
Why Breathing is Suddenly so Hip – Episode #47 with NYT best-selling author James Nestor Sponsored by Murad Skincare We’re diving deep into the GWS 2021 Trend “Just Breath” and talking to the New York Times best-selling author James Nestor. James exploded on the scene in 2020 with his book Breath at a time when our ability to take a breath was a respiratory pandemic and…
WELLNESS DESTINATIONS GET INTO SERIOUS EMOTIONAL HEALING In response to pandemic pain, more programming is tackling tougher emotions—from grief to trauma Back in January, at our trends event in NYC, we speculated that when travel (and the world) started to open up, wellness resorts would need to address tougher, more raw human emotions and pain given the mental wellness crisis wrought by the pandemic. We…
