As our industry becomes ever more global, thanks to the influence of Global Wellness Day and the Global Wellness Summit, we find ourselves positioned to be able to contribute to the wider agenda of wellbeing around the world. This work has never been more important
By Liz Terry | Published in Spa Business 2016 issue 3
Our industry is unique in its focus on the positive. There are no others which put wellbeing, peace, prevention and personal responsibility at their heart.
This means we’re in a position to be a force for good in the world at a time when there are some very dark things happening which need to be countered.
Some say spa and wellbeing and a focus on health are a self-indulgent distraction and that at times of division and political and social unrest, there are more important things to be focusing on. But I don’t believe this is the case, or that these things are disconnected.
Wellbeing is scalable, it starts with the individual, extends to the family, the community, the nation and then to the wider world. For each part of humanity to be well in the widest and truest sense, we must be at peace, feel energised in our own skin and have clarity of purpose. We also need to have good intentions to take the world forward in a positive direction based on understanding and compassion, rather than selfishness.
There is much we can do as an industry to shore up positivity and help people to not only deal with the darkness, but also to begin to turn the tide of it.
We can fight for what we believe is important, work to bring communities together and extend our reach to ensure that knowledge about healthy living and wellbeing is shared where it’s most needed.
Much of what is going adrift in the world at present is as a result of lack of education, lack of opportunity and lack of love and it is well within our remit as an industry to make our contribution to addressing these issues.
All require us to commit to self-care in body and mind and for those in a position to create life-changing chances for other people to do so at every opportunity.
The ultimate goal being a world which is able to keep refocusing on the things which matter – tolerance, collaboration, mutual support, fairness, compassion, peace, love and a commitment to making each day better than the last for everyone on the planet.
This industry is represented by outward looking, well travelled and right-thinking people who form a powerful global network. We are a community and we have many opportunities for collaboration and to exert a wide range of influences for good around the world.
What can be done? Education and community outreach sit at the heart of this and in our annual Spa Foresight™ report on page 50 we highlight ‘social good’ as a key trend which we think the industry can embrance going forward, to open up opportunities for others.
I urge you to look to your own business and to think about how you can reach out and share the philosophy and knowledge that underpins the work of wellbeing.
Liz Terry, editorial director @elizterry
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As our industry becomes ever more global, thanks to the influence of Global Wellness Day and the Global Wellness Summit, we find ourselves positioned to be able to contribute to the wider agenda of wellbeing around the world. This work has never been more important
By Liz Terry | Published in Spa Business 2016 issue 3
Our industry is unique in its focus on the positive. There are no others which put wellbeing, peace, prevention and personal responsibility at their heart.
This means we’re in a position to be a force for good in the world at a time when there are some very dark things happening which need to be countered.
Some say spa and wellbeing and a focus on health are a self-indulgent distraction and that at times of division and political and social unrest, there are more important things to be focusing on. But I don’t believe this is the case, or that these things are disconnected.
Wellbeing is scalable, it starts with the individual, extends to the family, the community, the nation and then to the wider world. For each part of humanity to be well in the widest and truest sense, we must be at peace, feel energised in our own skin and have clarity of purpose. We also need to have good intentions to take the world forward in a positive direction based on understanding and compassion, rather than selfishness.
There is much we can do as an industry to shore up positivity and help people to not only deal with the darkness, but also to begin to turn the tide of it.
We can fight for what we believe is important, work to bring communities together and extend our reach to ensure that knowledge about healthy living and wellbeing is shared where it’s most needed.
Much of what is going adrift in the world at present is as a result of lack of education, lack of opportunity and lack of love and it is well within our remit as an industry to make our contribution to addressing these issues.
All require us to commit to self-care in body and mind and for those in a position to create life-changing chances for other people to do so at every opportunity.
The ultimate goal being a world which is able to keep refocusing on the things which matter – tolerance, collaboration, mutual support, fairness, compassion, peace, love and a commitment to making each day better than the last for everyone on the planet.
This industry is represented by outward looking, well travelled and right-thinking people who form a powerful global network. We are a community and we have many opportunities for collaboration and to exert a wide range of influences for good around the world.
What can be done? Education and community outreach sit at the heart of this and in our annual Spa Foresight™ report on page 50 we highlight ‘social good’ as a key trend which we think the industry can embrance going forward, to open up opportunities for others.
I urge you to look to your own business and to think about how you can reach out and share the philosophy and knowledge that underpins the work of wellbeing.
Liz Terry, editorial director @elizterry
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
Top team: Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
The people behind this world-renowned lifestyle retreat share their business insights with Julie Cramer. Plus a focus on co-investor Hugh Jackman
Ask an expert: Visiting practitioners
Done well, visiting practitioner programmes can boost profits by up to 40 per cent. But how can spas get the offer right? Kate Parker investigates
Promotional feature: Esadore - creating a splash
The MD of Esadore International, Theodora Kioussis, explains how the company’s creative, manufacturing and operational skill sets can bring an international managing director
of UAE-based esadore International to life in a short space of time
People taking GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound
may be losing weight, but they’re also becoming less physically active, according to new
research presented at the ENDO 2026 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Global retreat trade show, Synergy The Retreat Show, has launched a resource called The
Source, which hosts an open-access online Transformation Series programme.
The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) charity has announced its first five-
day Living with Cancer and Beyond retreat, which will be held at Carden Park Hotel and Spa in
Cheshire, UK, between 1 and 5 September.
Patmos Aktis, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, has opened in Greece, with a renovated and
rebranded wellness offering called Ansana Wellness and Spa.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, an Autograph Collection property in Hawaii, US, has opened its
22,000 sq ft indoor-outdoor Spa at Mauna Kea as the final step in the property’s overall
renovation, which has cost more than US$180 million (€166 million, £140 mill
The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced
it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during an event on 16 November at Sopwell House
Hotel in St Albans, UK.
Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this
percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey’s Future of
Wellness 2026 research report.
Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of
a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
Global Wellness Day (GWD) marked its 15th anniversary on Saturday 13 June 2026, with the
theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of simple gestures and activities
that spark joy.
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