The 2012 Post-Mortem of the Spa Industry
Last month, we shared some insights about the trends that the spa industry consolidated in 2012. We would like to welcome 2013 by taking a look at the way our industry evolved last year. In particular, we would like to focus on the three trends that we saw unfold in 2012 and will continue […]
Revisiting Top Health and Travel Trends in 2012
This month, we are featuring a series of posts where we will look at the most important trends surrounding the spa and wellness industries. In particular, we will discuss the trends that defined our industry in 2012 as well as those that are likely to shape the future of it in 2013. In the […]
Revisiting the Spa Concept
Should the spa industry get rid of the word spa? This challenging question, which ignited a very interesting discussion on The Weekender, the blog for the Global Spa & Wellness Summit, is the one we would like to address in the following lines. The idea of shaking the foundations that have shaped our core […]
Spas and Hospitals: A Fruitful Collaboration?
Lately, we have written extensively about the evolution of the spa industry and the current challenges and opportunities we have ahead of us. In particular, our posts have introduced the present synergy that is taking place between the spa industry and the medical field. From cancer-related treatments to pain management, we have explored different […]
Top 10 Spa Trends for 2012
In our previous post, we revisited the 2011 spa trends elaborated by SpaFinder, a global media company dedicated to the global spa marketplace. Now that the year is just starting, it is time to take a look at the trends that SpaFinder expects to see evolving in 2012. Spa Finder has just released […]
Revisiting the 2011 Spa Trends
Now that the year is coming to an end, it is time to look back at the predictions the spa industry set up at the beginning of this 2011. In particular, we would like to review the predictions made by Susie Ellis, the President of Spa Finder, a well known media company dedicated to […]
Top Wellness Trends for 2012
Health and Fitness Travel have uncovered their top wellness trends for 2012. As spa and wellness consultants, we find them very interesting to share with our readers. Here are their latest predictions for 2012: El dinamismo de la industria del spa abarca varias opciones. Además de los spas de […]
El mercado de cosméticos para los adolescentes crece y viene para quedarse (Español)
En el sector de productos de belleza es normal ver como las nuevas tendencias vienen y van pero esa tendencia, que ha cobrado fuerza en los últimos años, parece a haber venido para quedarse: los cosméticos creados para adolescentes. Según estudios de Experian, una empresa dedicada a la investigación del mercado, en 2005 […]
Spas. ¿Nuevos Aliados en la Lucha contra el Cáncer? (Español)
Como bien mencionamos en artículos anteriores, Otro paso del sector de spa; de lujo a bienestar y Spas, Wellness Practictioners y Médicos por fin en el mismo barco, el sector de spas se abre poco a poco a un público más amplio redefiniéndose como centros de bienestar para un gran público y no solamente […]
Spas, Wellness Practitioners and Doctors Finally in the Same Boat
An excellent article on Wellness Villages that we would like to share with our readers. We believe that this a model that could be adapted by many in order to address the current needs of the medical, wellness and spa sectors. Pampering to Wellness. How Doctors, Wellness Practitioners and Spa can Play Together Nicely […]