Dr Oz has long been a proponent of sleep health and will speak at the Global Wellness Summit
Spa clients often say they’d like to fall asleep after their treatments, something the schedule rarely allows. However, these same clients are often unable to sleep well at night, and studies show that the lack of sleep has long-lasting effects on overall health and vitality. At the Global Wellness Institute’s release of the wellness industry economy data earlier this year, Dr Mehmet Oz – who has just been named as one of the keynotes at this year’s Global Wellness Summit – made a surprise appearance and delivered some impactful messages on the power of sleep.
At the event, Dr. Oz said that sleep is the “single biggest underappreciated health problem,” and that there is much more spas can do to promote healing.
“Spas can help us re-boot our system and help us remember what life feels like when we are sleeping normally,” Oz tells Spa Business. “We can also disrupt our bad habits and learn hacks to maintain normalcy after returning home from the spa.”
Dr Oz sits on the Six Senses Wellness Board, which features specialist doctors and scientists who advise the spa and resort brand on nutrition, sleep, and cardiovascular and complementary medicine as part of the Integrated Wellness programme.
Sleep specialist Dr Michael Breus has worked with Six Senses to create a the Sleep with Six Senses programme, which includes a pre-arrival questionnaire, a meeting with a Sleep Ambassador, custom-made mattresses fitted with organic sheets, use of a sleep-tracking device, and a menu of sleep-inducing spa treatments.
“Six Senses is superb because it offers an entire ecosystem, so we can really feel the bliss of being rested,” says Oz. “I had yoga nidra-based therapy in Six Senses Oman, and I was in a twilight that I have tried to emulate since.”
Oz also points to wellness destination Miraval, which he says “does a nice job educating guests” on sleep health – another way that spas can get involved in the sleep wellness picture.
Other spa and wellness destinations – including One&Only, Ritz-Carlton, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and Canyon Ranch – offer treatments or programmes designed to help customers sleep better. Even suppliers have got in on the game, with companies like Comfort Zone creating a Tranquility Pro Sleep Massage.
Oz has long advocated for the important role sleep plays in health and wellness, and recently entered into a joint venture called SleepScore Labs with ResMed and Pegasus Capital Partners. ResMed currently manufactures a non-contact, cloud-connected device called the S+, which uses bio-motion sensors to measure sleep patterns and is used at Six Senses. Beginning in late 2016, S+ devices were also shared with more than 20,000 consumers through Dr Oz’s television show, and so far 1.5 million hours of sleep data have been recorded. The data shows that 70 per cent of people are sleeping less than the minimum recommendation of seven hours per night.
“I’ve learned in my time as a public health teacher, advocate, television host and physician that the current standard of sleep quality in America is drastically unacceptable,” says Oz. “We pay so much attention to making resolutions about diet and exercise. It’s high time we paid more attention to sleep. We know if people have the right tools, they will be able to improve their sleep and overall health.”
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Dr Oz has long been a proponent of sleep health and will speak at the Global Wellness Summit
Spa clients often say they’d like to fall asleep after their treatments, something the schedule rarely allows. However, these same clients are often unable to sleep well at night, and studies show that the lack of sleep has long-lasting effects on overall health and vitality. At the Global Wellness Institute’s release of the wellness industry economy data earlier this year, Dr Mehmet Oz – who has just been named as one of the keynotes at this year’s Global Wellness Summit – made a surprise appearance and delivered some impactful messages on the power of sleep.
At the event, Dr. Oz said that sleep is the “single biggest underappreciated health problem,” and that there is much more spas can do to promote healing.
“Spas can help us re-boot our system and help us remember what life feels like when we are sleeping normally,” Oz tells Spa Business. “We can also disrupt our bad habits and learn hacks to maintain normalcy after returning home from the spa.”
Dr Oz sits on the Six Senses Wellness Board, which features specialist doctors and scientists who advise the spa and resort brand on nutrition, sleep, and cardiovascular and complementary medicine as part of the Integrated Wellness programme.
Sleep specialist Dr Michael Breus has worked with Six Senses to create a the Sleep with Six Senses programme, which includes a pre-arrival questionnaire, a meeting with a Sleep Ambassador, custom-made mattresses fitted with organic sheets, use of a sleep-tracking device, and a menu of sleep-inducing spa treatments.
“Six Senses is superb because it offers an entire ecosystem, so we can really feel the bliss of being rested,” says Oz. “I had yoga nidra-based therapy in Six Senses Oman, and I was in a twilight that I have tried to emulate since.”
Oz also points to wellness destination Miraval, which he says “does a nice job educating guests” on sleep health – another way that spas can get involved in the sleep wellness picture.
Other spa and wellness destinations – including One&Only, Ritz-Carlton, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and Canyon Ranch – offer treatments or programmes designed to help customers sleep better. Even suppliers have got in on the game, with companies like Comfort Zone creating a Tranquility Pro Sleep Massage.
Oz has long advocated for the important role sleep plays in health and wellness, and recently entered into a joint venture called SleepScore Labs with ResMed and Pegasus Capital Partners. ResMed currently manufactures a non-contact, cloud-connected device called the S+, which uses bio-motion sensors to measure sleep patterns and is used at Six Senses. Beginning in late 2016, S+ devices were also shared with more than 20,000 consumers through Dr Oz’s television show, and so far 1.5 million hours of sleep data have been recorded. The data shows that 70 per cent of people are sleeping less than the minimum recommendation of seven hours per night.
“I’ve learned in my time as a public health teacher, advocate, television host and physician that the current standard of sleep quality in America is drastically unacceptable,” says Oz. “We pay so much attention to making resolutions about diet and exercise. It’s high time we paid more attention to sleep. We know if people have the right tools, they will be able to improve their sleep and overall health.”
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2017 issue 2
Wellness communities: Europe
Part 2 of our series explores some of
the most exciting European wellness
communities in development
Promotional feature: Babor
CEO Michael Schummert explains how the
company’s expertise in results-driven treatments makes its precision
‘Made in Germany’ products more relevant than ever before
London Museum will open four new food and drink destinations when it launches its new home
at Smithfield on 28 November, making hospitality a central part of the visitor experience at one
of the capital's biggest cultural openings of the year.
OMA has completed a major transformation of New York's New Museum, creating a larger
cultural campus that combines expanded exhibition spaces with learning, performance,
hospitality and public programming.
A US$50 million (£44.2 million, €51.2 million) transformation of Chicago's historic McCormick
Mansion has created a new destination that combines live magic, immersive theatre, dining and
private membership under one roof.
The Montana Historical Society has officially celebrated the opening of its new Montana
Heritage
Center, a US$107 million (£79 million, €92 million) destination that combines immersive
storytelling with cutting-edge audiovisual technology to bring the sta
San Antonio Zoo has reported a US$283 million economic impact for 2025, following a decade-
long transformation programme that has seen almost US$200 million invested into the Texas
attraction.
Plans for the AU$180 million redevelopment of Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville, Australia, are
progressing, with the project set to transform the attraction into a global centre for reef
education and conservation.
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Disney has reaffirmed its commitment to investing US$30 billion in its US parks and cruise
business by 2033, using new America250 celebrations to underline the role its attractions play
in supporting jobs, tourism and economic growth.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
