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 Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2016 issue 3
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
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
As designer Yinka Ilori prepares for his first solo gallery show in London, he speaks exclusively
to CLADmag about his mission to spread joy, the power of play, and his bold approach to using
colour (including the colours you won’t see in his work).
The government of Thailand is exploring plans for a THB300bn (£6.3bn, US$8.3bn)
entertainment complex in the country’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), with officials
proposing a large-scale theme park and sports destination as part of a broader tourism and
economic development strategy.
An opportunity to reimagine one of the UK’s most recognisable towers has been formally
opened by Rivington Hark, as St Johns Beacon invites operators and partners to shape its
next phase. [more...]
