Inside the health club with a £100,000 joining fee BY Jak Phillips | 01 Dec 2015 A high-end island resort health club offering “best in class people, programmes and
facilities” will cost a cool US$150,000 (€142,000, £100,000) to join when it officially opens
in Q2 2017.
Former Disney exec developing Mammoth US$14bn Carolina resort BY Kim Megson | 01 Dec 2015 A sprawling lifestyle resort in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains is due to bring
hotels, restaurants, retail, sports and other elements of leisure to the North Carolina
wilderness.
You can change your genes, Deepak Chopra tells GWS BY Liz Terry | 01 Dec 2015 Deepak Chopra addressed a full house at the recent Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in
Mexico City, exploring how conscious lifestyle decisions can have a huge impact on
wellness.
Iseli named managing director of Canyon Ranch Kaplankaya BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 Wellness destination Canyon Ranch has appointed Markus Iseli managing director for its
inaugural international resort, Canyon Ranch Wellness Resort at Kaplankaya. The resort is
slated to open July 2016 as the anchor brand of an exclusive waterfront enclave on the
south Aegean coast, near the city of Bodrum.
Mindfulness meditation shown to reduce pain: study BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, US, have found new
evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain.
Natura Bissé Foundation provides free treatments to cancer patients to improve sufferers' quality of life BY Helen Andrews | 30 Nov 2015 The Ricardo Fisas Natura Bissé Foundation is working with hospitals via an assistance programme
to provide free treatments to cancer patients. It also trains professional aestheticians about
products and treatments to use on sufferers’ skin and it teaches volunteers how to
support patients. Patricia Fisas, senior VP of marketing for the Natura Bissé Group, told
delegates of the Global Wellness Summit about these treatments for cancer during a
Knowledge Workshop in Mexico City.
Ritz-Carlton opening locations in Japan, Thailand BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will develop two hotels in Asia in partnership with YTL
Hotels: The Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui in Thailand and a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Japan.
Fashion icon Kenzo Takada designing Cambodian private island wellness retreat BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 Akaryn Hotel Group has plans to open a private island wellness retreat in Cambodia, with
interiors by famed Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, best known for his Kenzo
brand of clothing, perfume and skincare.
Global Wellness awards honour industry icons BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 The second annual Global Wellness Awards winners, which honour industry members and
students, were announced at the Global Wellness Summit earlier this month.
Hawaiian rituals take centre stage at renovated Four Seasons Lanai spa BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 The Four Seasons Lanai in Hawaii, US, has undergone a multi-million dollar, lobby-to-roof
renovation, including redesigned guestrooms, newly refurbished lobbies, additional dining
options and a renovated spa.
Paris venue Les Bains wins big at European Hotel Design Awards BY Kim Megson | 26 Nov 2015 A Parisian hotel created inside a 19th century bathhouse once frequented by novelist
Marcel Proust has won the top prize at the 2015 European Hotel Design Awards at a
ceremony in London.
Workplace wellness: good for the bottom line BY Jane Kitchen | 26 Nov 2015 Dr Kenneth Pelletier, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health at The
University of California San Francisco and the University of Arizona Schools of Medicine,
tackled the issue of workplace wellness during a panel at the recent Global Wellness
Summit.
Liz Terry predicts the creation of Living Buildings BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Liz Terry, CEO of Leisure Media and editor of Spa Opportunities and Spa Business
magazines, was invited to identify two architectural trends for the wellness industry in a Trends Jam
brainstorming session at the Global Wellness Summit in Mexico City last week.
Where does happiness live? Scientists use MRI to find out BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Scientists at Kyoto University have used MRI to narrow in on the neural structures behind
happiness, and hope their findings will have larger implications for happiness training.
Health Performance Indicators (HPIs) should replace KPIs, says Harvard professor BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Dr Josef Allen, assistant professor of Harvard’s T.H.
Chan School of Public Health, discussed Harvard’s
Healthy Buildings Programme during the recent Global
Wellness Summit in Mexico City, focusing on a new
vocabulary to describe indicators of healthy
environments.
100% of mentorship programme participants feel the initiative benefits the industry BY Helen Andrews | 24 Nov 2015 Almost all of those surveyed – 98 per cent - who took part in the 2015 pilot mentorship
programme found it ‘very successful’ or ‘successful,’ according to a new report released by
the programme, and 100 per cent of participants said they believe the programme
benefits the spa industry.
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Inside the health club with a £100,000 joining fee BY Jak Phillips | 01 Dec 2015 A high-end island resort health club offering “best in class people, programmes and
facilities” will cost a cool US$150,000 (€142,000, £100,000) to join when it officially opens
in Q2 2017.
Former Disney exec developing Mammoth US$14bn Carolina resort BY Kim Megson | 01 Dec 2015 A sprawling lifestyle resort in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains is due to bring
hotels, restaurants, retail, sports and other elements of leisure to the North Carolina
wilderness.
You can change your genes, Deepak Chopra tells GWS BY Liz Terry | 01 Dec 2015 Deepak Chopra addressed a full house at the recent Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in
Mexico City, exploring how conscious lifestyle decisions can have a huge impact on
wellness.
Iseli named managing director of Canyon Ranch Kaplankaya BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 Wellness destination Canyon Ranch has appointed Markus Iseli managing director for its
inaugural international resort, Canyon Ranch Wellness Resort at Kaplankaya. The resort is
slated to open July 2016 as the anchor brand of an exclusive waterfront enclave on the
south Aegean coast, near the city of Bodrum.
Mindfulness meditation shown to reduce pain: study BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, US, have found new
evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain.
Natura Bissé Foundation provides free treatments to cancer patients to improve sufferers' quality of life BY Helen Andrews | 30 Nov 2015 The Ricardo Fisas Natura Bissé Foundation is working with hospitals via an assistance programme
to provide free treatments to cancer patients. It also trains professional aestheticians about
products and treatments to use on sufferers’ skin and it teaches volunteers how to
support patients. Patricia Fisas, senior VP of marketing for the Natura Bissé Group, told
delegates of the Global Wellness Summit about these treatments for cancer during a
Knowledge Workshop in Mexico City.
Ritz-Carlton opening locations in Japan, Thailand BY Jane Kitchen | 30 Nov 2015 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will develop two hotels in Asia in partnership with YTL
Hotels: The Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui in Thailand and a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Japan.
Fashion icon Kenzo Takada designing Cambodian private island wellness retreat BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 Akaryn Hotel Group has plans to open a private island wellness retreat in Cambodia, with
interiors by famed Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada, best known for his Kenzo
brand of clothing, perfume and skincare.
Global Wellness awards honour industry icons BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 The second annual Global Wellness Awards winners, which honour industry members and
students, were announced at the Global Wellness Summit earlier this month.
Hawaiian rituals take centre stage at renovated Four Seasons Lanai spa BY Jane Kitchen | 27 Nov 2015 The Four Seasons Lanai in Hawaii, US, has undergone a multi-million dollar, lobby-to-roof
renovation, including redesigned guestrooms, newly refurbished lobbies, additional dining
options and a renovated spa.
Paris venue Les Bains wins big at European Hotel Design Awards BY Kim Megson | 26 Nov 2015 A Parisian hotel created inside a 19th century bathhouse once frequented by novelist
Marcel Proust has won the top prize at the 2015 European Hotel Design Awards at a
ceremony in London.
Workplace wellness: good for the bottom line BY Jane Kitchen | 26 Nov 2015 Dr Kenneth Pelletier, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health at The
University of California San Francisco and the University of Arizona Schools of Medicine,
tackled the issue of workplace wellness during a panel at the recent Global Wellness
Summit.
Liz Terry predicts the creation of Living Buildings BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Liz Terry, CEO of Leisure Media and editor of Spa Opportunities and Spa Business
magazines, was invited to identify two architectural trends for the wellness industry in a Trends Jam
brainstorming session at the Global Wellness Summit in Mexico City last week.
Where does happiness live? Scientists use MRI to find out BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Scientists at Kyoto University have used MRI to narrow in on the neural structures behind
happiness, and hope their findings will have larger implications for happiness training.
Health Performance Indicators (HPIs) should replace KPIs, says Harvard professor BY Jane Kitchen | 25 Nov 2015 Dr Josef Allen, assistant professor of Harvard’s T.H.
Chan School of Public Health, discussed Harvard’s
Healthy Buildings Programme during the recent Global
Wellness Summit in Mexico City, focusing on a new
vocabulary to describe indicators of healthy
environments.
100% of mentorship programme participants feel the initiative benefits the industry BY Helen Andrews | 24 Nov 2015 Almost all of those surveyed – 98 per cent - who took part in the 2015 pilot mentorship
programme found it ‘very successful’ or ‘successful,’ according to a new report released by
the programme, and 100 per cent of participants said they believe the programme
benefits the spa industry.
