Investing in children’s facilities gives a spa and wellness offering a competitive edge, as well as helping the next generation achieve their potential, explains Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice, The Wellness
Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice,
Albert Einstein once said “Play is the highest form of research”, explains Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice, The Wellness. “My aim is to revive this philosophy and help our future generations develop and have fun, away from the stressful life we put them through.
“We want kids to be kids, learning without stress and enjoying life but how can we do this today? The high-tech life they live nowadays takes them away from the active, movement-filled life children used to live and creates a lot of problems with their social, visual and motor skills.
“It’s so important we give our children the right tools to adjust and stay healthy and socially intact. We must ensure we let them shine,” he says.
“When we talk about wellness for kids, we’re not talking about kids’ spas, we’re much more interested in how to help guide our new generation to develop and cope with life challenges,” he explains.
Children’s clubhouses “The availability of children’s facilities – I’d call them children’s clubhouses – are a key consideration for consumers when choosing their next destination,” says Ibrahim, “so they should be a revenue generator, as well as offering what each parent seeks for their child and what each child needs.”
Ibrahim’s vision is to enable kids to re-learn the skills they’re losing due to modern life: “Our aim is to meet the needs of families and operators through a creative design approach that aims to make sure kids stay kids, but also learn while being active,” he says.
“Offering this kind of full experience that caters for children, while also giving parents the opportunity to ‘dream big’ in terms of their own wellbeing, is very important for spa and wellness operators.
The complete experience “Parents must also be relieved of worry about their kids’ wellbeing and to know they’ll be playing, learning, experimenting and developing,” he says.
“My vision is for the creation of a kids club which is a complete experience – a place where children can grow, develop life skills and have fun, while creating a socially integrated community for all the family,” says Ibrahim.
“When developing children’s clubs, we take into account each location, the society and culture. This ensures we create every facility using a concept that’s unique and special in every way – every time,” says Ibrahim.
“Life challenges have a vital role to play in kids’ everyday lives, it shapes them into healthy, happy adults.”
The process “When creating great children’s clubs, the assessment process is very important. This is conducted using observatory play research, where experts establish the development needs of the target audience,” explains Ibrahim.
“The most important aspects when designing any children’s facility are this research and understanding the daily operational challenges. This enables us to create custom-designed solutions and enhancement programmes designed to respect each child’s differences and visions.”
Children’s clubhouses - The Wellness Blueprint
Mohammed Ibrahim outlines the elements of play needed to inspire kids to have fun and gain confidence.
Target age groups are toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children. Each will have their own dedicated zones
The social zone
Here, kids learn behavioural skills, enjoy making friends, building their character and learning how to integrate with others and to deal with living successfully in society
Language development
Language development allows
kids to learn how to express themselves by talking and making conversation, reading and storytelling, listening and expressing
The active zone
The place where kids use their body to develop their strength and endurance and their motor skills to achieve higher levels of physical literacy and better health and vitality
Visual perception
These activities help the brain make sense of what the eyes see.
Visual perception has been shown to be closely associated with language processing
Auditory perception
This developmental element involves listening and explaining what you heard. We use auditory perception to enjoy the theatre or cinema, get attached to a story and then express our opinion
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Investing in children’s facilities gives a spa and wellness offering a competitive edge, as well as helping the next generation achieve their potential, explains Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice, The Wellness
Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice,
Albert Einstein once said “Play is the highest form of research”, explains Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice, The Wellness. “My aim is to revive this philosophy and help our future generations develop and have fun, away from the stressful life we put them through.
“We want kids to be kids, learning without stress and enjoying life but how can we do this today? The high-tech life they live nowadays takes them away from the active, movement-filled life children used to live and creates a lot of problems with their social, visual and motor skills.
“It’s so important we give our children the right tools to adjust and stay healthy and socially intact. We must ensure we let them shine,” he says.
“When we talk about wellness for kids, we’re not talking about kids’ spas, we’re much more interested in how to help guide our new generation to develop and cope with life challenges,” he explains.
Children’s clubhouses “The availability of children’s facilities – I’d call them children’s clubhouses – are a key consideration for consumers when choosing their next destination,” says Ibrahim, “so they should be a revenue generator, as well as offering what each parent seeks for their child and what each child needs.”
Ibrahim’s vision is to enable kids to re-learn the skills they’re losing due to modern life: “Our aim is to meet the needs of families and operators through a creative design approach that aims to make sure kids stay kids, but also learn while being active,” he says.
“Offering this kind of full experience that caters for children, while also giving parents the opportunity to ‘dream big’ in terms of their own wellbeing, is very important for spa and wellness operators.
The complete experience “Parents must also be relieved of worry about their kids’ wellbeing and to know they’ll be playing, learning, experimenting and developing,” he says.
“My vision is for the creation of a kids club which is a complete experience – a place where children can grow, develop life skills and have fun, while creating a socially integrated community for all the family,” says Ibrahim.
“When developing children’s clubs, we take into account each location, the society and culture. This ensures we create every facility using a concept that’s unique and special in every way – every time,” says Ibrahim.
“Life challenges have a vital role to play in kids’ everyday lives, it shapes them into healthy, happy adults.”
The process “When creating great children’s clubs, the assessment process is very important. This is conducted using observatory play research, where experts establish the development needs of the target audience,” explains Ibrahim.
“The most important aspects when designing any children’s facility are this research and understanding the daily operational challenges. This enables us to create custom-designed solutions and enhancement programmes designed to respect each child’s differences and visions.”
Children’s clubhouses - The Wellness Blueprint
Mohammed Ibrahim outlines the elements of play needed to inspire kids to have fun and gain confidence.
Target age groups are toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children. Each will have their own dedicated zones
The social zone
Here, kids learn behavioural skills, enjoy making friends, building their character and learning how to integrate with others and to deal with living successfully in society
Language development
Language development allows
kids to learn how to express themselves by talking and making conversation, reading and storytelling, listening and expressing
The active zone
The place where kids use their body to develop their strength and endurance and their motor skills to achieve higher levels of physical literacy and better health and vitality
Visual perception
These activities help the brain make sense of what the eyes see.
Visual perception has been shown to be closely associated with language processing
Auditory perception
This developmental element involves listening and explaining what you heard. We use auditory perception to enjoy the theatre or cinema, get attached to a story and then express our opinion
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
View contents of Spa Business 2020 issue 1
Editor's letter: Time to shine
As spas reach peak revenues, now’s the time for our industry to act as a catalyst in working out how we measure the impact of an experience and the ‘return on wellness’ says Spa Business' editor Katie Barnes
Promotional feature: TechnoAlpin
If you want to deliver a hot and cold experience as part of your wellness programme, adding a snowroom will introduce a delightful and more gentle form of cold therapy, as Sara Brenninger explains
Trends: Spa Foresight™
Climate emergency, gen alpha and brain optimisation are among Spa Business’ latest trend predictions
Promotional feature: The Wellness
Investing in children’s facilities gives a spa and wellness offering a competitive edge, as well as helping the next generation achieve their potential, explains Mohammed Ibrahim, CEO of industry design and consultancy practice, The Wellness
Promotional feature: RKF Luxury Linen
As a symbol of luxury, innovation and quality in the world of spa and hospitality, much of RKF Luxury Linen’s success comes from its highly client-centric design process, says CEO Riadh Bouaziz
Design: Heat of the moment
From giant golden eggs and converted ski lifts to rustic, hand-crafted huts, we showcase the latest in heat experience design and innovations
TLee Spas and Wellness has revealed the design concept for a high-tech spa with body
mapping scanners to improve public health, for AI company Midjourney.
Ameyalli, the 78-acre wellbeing resort and residential community in Midway in Utah, US, has
broken ground on phase two of the hot spring development – the Ameyalli Resort and Spa –
which is due to open in 2028.
Gran Hotel Taoro in northern Tenerife, Spain, has completed the final phase of its three-year
renovation with the debut of its Sandára Wellness Centre.
Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa, the spa business with more than 650 locations across
the US and Canada, has appointed franchise expert Carrie Walsh as CEO as the company plans
to expand.
Synergy – The Retreat Show, the global trade show for retreats, has launched a global research
initiative that will provide insights into the retreat sector from both consumer and industry
perspectives.
The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has published a non-regulatory global industry
framework designed to ensure the retreat market offers responsible experiences.
A new survey of UK and international spa practitioners shows that stress, burnout and
wellbeing concerns have caused one in three respondents to consider leaving the industry.
The UK's four Chief Medical Officers have published a refreshed edition of Physical activity
guidelines: UK Chief Medical Officers' report, updating the evidence that underpins the nation's
physical activity recommendations and placing greater emphasis on strength, balance, reducing
sedentary behaviour and, for the first time, supporting people taking weight loss medications.
The MSpa Oslo series is a perennial bestseller in global markets. With innovative
engineering and premium performance, this completely portable spa line-up is expertly
designed to meet the needs of customers worldwide. [more...]
