Wellness Initiatives news

Spa and wellness veteran Shannon Malave has been named spa director at iconic US spa destination Mohonk Mountain House. Based in New York’s verdant Hudson ... More

With a new master franchisee on board, the rollout of Anytime Fitness in the Middle East will get underway later this year, with the first ... More

Inventor Justin Wiggan is creating a new haptic suit that massages people by translating the electrical impulses and frequencies from vegetation and minerals into vibrations. ... More

Luxury hotel and spa operator Auberge Resorts Collection has named Vivianne Garcia-Tunon as its first-ever global vice president of wellbeing. Garcia-Tunon has worked in health-focused ... More

The second annual International Wellness Tourism Conference has been postponed to 29-30 November 2022, following Hurricane Fiona. “Taking place in the Dominican Republic, the two-day ... More

Luxury hotel group Dorchester Collection has announced the appointment of Teresa O’Farrell as global head of wellness and spa, effective immediately. O’Farrell will oversee the ... More

Wellness training institution The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) hosts a nationally recognised Diploma of Wellness Spa Management to help existing industry members and newcomers ... More

Ilana Moses, founder of the Florida Spa Association (FSA), has recently announced new alliances with the Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA) and Club Spa ... More

Mark Sands has been promoted to VP of wellness at Six Senses. Prior to his promotion, Sands worked as area spa director for Six Senses ... More

The City of Portland in Maine, US is investing in a customised wellness programme, which it will make available to its workforce. The local government ... More

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has partnered with wellness brand COMO Shambhala to launch a menu of specially curated wellness dishes on selected SIA flights from September ... More

Saturday, 8 June 2019 will mark the eighth annual Global Wellness Day (GWD), and thousands of locations across the world – including hotel/spa chains, fitness ... More

International hotel group Hyatt Hotels Corporation has selected Mia Kyricos as its senior vice president, global head of wellbeing. In this newly created position, Kyricos ... More

Global spa management company Resense has partnered with EarthCheck, a scientific benchmarking certification and advisory group for travel and tourism. The move was made in ... More

Africa is a fast-growing spa and wellness market, and according to Australian wellness advocate and course developer Angela Derks, a quality education framework is the ... More

Entrepreneur Angela Derks has launched The Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA), with enrolments now open for the first-ever Australian course of its type. ASWA – ... More

Hyatt Hotels has named Mark Vondrasek as executive vice president, global head of loyalty and new business platforms, reporting to Mark Hoplamazian, president and CEO. ... More

The Global Wellness Institute’s Wellness Communities Initiative has written a white paper to address critical issues surrounding the fast-growing wellness real estate market – estimated ... More

The nonprofit Global Wellness Institute is launching a Wellness in Architecture Initiative with a mission to bring together diverse thought leaders to raise the awareness ... More

The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has announced it has established 16 wide-ranging wellness initiatives, each of which is chaired by a leader in that unique ... More

Whether employees consider their companies to be genuinely caring about their wellness is key to boosting worker health and productivity, according to new research from ... More

A new UK government strategy is targeting wellness in children as young as five, investing public money in programmes that encourage physical activity among the ... More

Wellness continues to be a major investment made by employers in the US, but 90 per cent of corporations don’t have sufficient data to measure ... More

Westin Hotels & Resorts has announced the global launch of its US$15m (£9m, €10.8m) brand-wide campaign to enhance and promote the wellbeing of its guests ... More

Alila Villas Soori on the southwest coast of Bali has launched a new wellness retreat programme featuring three signature wellness programmes that will run from ... More