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Seasoned industry executive Cornelia Zicu has formulated a range of organic and eco-friendly facial masks called Lalele Phytoactive Skincare. Zicu is best known in the industry as the mastermind behind Fifth Avenue’s luxury early-aughts day spa concept, named Cornelia Spa, which offered resort-style wellness
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The Lake Nona Impact Forum will see leaders from health, wellbeing, technology and business gather in Florida during 8-10 March 2023. The annual event brings together hundreds of leaders committed to improving human health on a global scale with a mission of developing and discussing long-term strategies that
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A new wellness concept exploring the world of sound therapy has launched at the five-star InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort in Vietnam. Created for InterContinental Danang in partnership with global wellness consultancy Raison d’Etre, the journey has been crafted to help guests tune their bodies to
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Luxury beachfront hotel The Nici in Bournemouth, UK, is planning to unveil the coastal town's first destination spa in April 2023. The West Cliff destination is launching brand-new spa and fitness facilities as part of the next phase of its multi-million-pound refurbishment. The first phase cost £20m (US$24.2m,
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The British Beauty Council has introduced the Future Talent Programme, a beauty-specific career development programme set to nurture a steady pipeline of talent to the beauty industry and all of its sectors. The UK hair and beauty industry supports almost six hundred thousand jobs and these roles contribute
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Industry organisation the Sustainable Spa Association has undergone a rebrand and now goes by the name Sustainable Wellness. The non-profit membership-based trade body was formed in 2020 to offer independent guidance, benchmarking services and ongoing support to spa operators to help them improve their
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Modern US wellness brand The Well has opened a wellness sanctuary at Chileno Bay Resort & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection, in Los Cabos, Mexico. Named The Well at Chileno Bay, the facility looks out across the shores of the Sea of Cortés and marks The Well’s first West Coast and second international
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The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) – a research and educational resource for the global wellness industry – has announced that Indonesia is the latest country to be highlighted on the organisation’s Geography of Wellness microsite. The platform, which launched last year, gives key stakeholders in the 218
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2023 is set to be a big year for luxury hotel and spa The Grove in Hertfordshire, UK. Just in time for its 20th anniversary, The Grove will complete the final phase of an extensive three-year property-wide refurbishment in April. The grand re-opening will unveil the multi-phase refurbishment of the hotel’s
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Luxury five-star hotel and wellness facility, Palace Merano, will re-open its doors this February after totally renovating its Revital Spa. The refreshed 1,200sq m spa is just one facet of the hotel’s 6,000sq m health and wellness centre which provides medi-wellness and preventative health treatments,
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Go Fit has started work on a new wellness hub in Tenerife. It will open in Q4 of 2024 and be fully operational by the start of 2025. The company is investing €20m (£17m) into the project, which will be its second site in the Canary islands. The combined area of the hub, including indoor and outdoor facilities,
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Legendary US destination spa Mii amo in Sedona, Arizona, has relaunched after a substantial renovation and expansion project costing more than US$40m (£34.1m, €38.9m). Nestled at the base of Boynton Canyon amongst its striking natural landscape and towering red rocks, the 22-year-old resort closed for two years
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Spa and wellness veteran Teresa Flyger has left her position as director of global brand wellness at Hilton Worldwide. Having spent almost five years in the role, Flyger’s duties involved creating unique wellness spaces and guest experiences. Hilton has yet to make an announcement about who will fill the
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Just as spring dawns across the UK this April, a brand new botanical spa will come to life in the grounds of English country hotel and retreat Heckfield Place in Hampshire. The 17,000sq ft Bothy by Wildsmith spa will open at the restored 438-acre Georgian estate that’s also complete with expansive gardens,
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Plans for a net-zero geothermal bathing lagoon and chalet village near Québec City, Canada are blazing a trail in sustainability. GeoLagoon, a privately funded company, is on a mission to create a relaxing nature-centric eco-village which it claims will be powered entirely by natural resources in Charlevoix, a
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North American spa franchise Massage Heights has reported record-breaking revenues and peak company average unit volume (AUV) performance for the past year. “As stress levels continue to rise, and the medical community increasingly embraces the benefits of massage therapy, Massage Heights has provided over 1.4
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Google has let go of 31 massage therapists after senior leadership cut its global staff base by 12,000 employees. According to California state documents, the massage therapists were laid off from four of the company’s California locations. Twenty-seven masseuses have been let go from the Mountain View
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GOCO Hospitality, global wellness consulting, development and management company, has appointed seasoned hospitality executive Nicholas Clayton as president of its recently-launched GOCO America divison. In this newly created role, Clayton will guide the wider expansion of GOCO projects in America, including
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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has unveiled its annual trends report predicting the trends set to dominate the global health and wellness industry in 2023. Containing individual chapters dedicated to each trend, the 160-page 2023 Future of Wellness report was unveiled today at a media event in New York
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A large new hot springs and spa destination is coming to downtown Palm Springs, California, this April. Located on 5.8 acres of sacred land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, The Spa at Séc-he is named after the area’s sacred Agua Caliente Hot Mineral Spring claimed to be 12,000 years old and
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A new think tank called the Wellness Access Institute (WAI – pronounced why) has launched to help the industry address its biggest problems and drive research-based innovation. WAI was founded by entrepreneurs Greg Macpherson and Warren Liu after they previously worked together in the preventive health field
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The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced the appointment of two international wellness thought leaders to its Advisory Board. Amir Alroy is co-founder of Welltech Ventures, a leading VC fund investing in wellness and health innovation headquartered in Tel Aviv. Veronica Schreibeis Smith, AIA, NCARB, LEED
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Facial fitness and skincare brand FaceGym has entered the Australian market with its first bricks and mortar studio in Sydney and a new deal with Australasian beauty retailer Mecca. Established in 2014, FaceGym was started by Inge Theron, a spa consultant, former Financial Times spa and beauty columnist and now creative director of spa and wellness for
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Spa and wellness industry thought leaders gathered yesterday (26 January) at the Grow Well webinar – hosted by We Work Well – to share their plans, vision and strategies for 2023. Hosted by Grow Well educator and industry figure Lisa Starr, the W3Spa panel included: • Emlyn Brown – global vice president of
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British skincare and spa brand Elemis has announced its new status as a Certified B Corp after almost two years of implementing changes to processes, and practices and launching new initiatives across the business. Elemis joins a community of over 6,000 Certified B Corps in 87 countries and 159 industries that
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