Recent News, Insights and Perspective
America’s New Dietary Guidelines Get the Big Picture Right—and That’s a Big Deal
I’d like to share an insightful article by Dr. Hyman that explores the major changes in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dr. Hyman discusses how these new recommendations mark a significant shift in federal nutrition policy, emphasizing the importance of food quality over calorie counting. If you’re interested in understanding how these updates could impact public health and personal wellness, this article is a must-read.
I’d like to share an insightful article by Dr. Hyman that explores the major changes in the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dr. Hyman discusses how these new recommendations mark a significant shift in federal nutrition policy, emphasizing the importance of food quality over calorie counting. If you’re interested in understanding how these updates could impact public health and personal wellness, this article is a must-read.
YTL Hotels Debut New Spa Village Playlists
Honoring regional healing traditions and customs, the award-winning Spa Villages of YTL Hotels deliver individual and authentic therapeutic experiences that combine natural local ingredients and age-old practices, resulting in one-of-a-kind luxury retreats.
Honoring regional healing traditions and customs, the award-winning Spa Villages of YTL Hotels deliver individual and authentic therapeutic experiences that combine natural local ingredients and age-old practices, resulting in one-of-a-kind luxury retreats. To bring each Spa Village into the homes of guests past, present, and future, YTL Hotels recently released new curated Spa Village playlists. Available on Spotify, travelers are able to get a glimpse of the rest and relaxation offered at Spa Villages across the globe.
Nestled alongside the Straits of Malacca and located three miles off the West Cost of Malaysia on a private island, Pangkor Laut Resort offers a unique retreat that extols the healing cultures of the region. A haven for nature lovers, this paradise wonderland weaves together the beauty of luxury and the wilderness. Surrounded by beaches and glowing sunsets, the resort features Spa Village Pangkor Laut, offering an abundance of Malay, Chinese, and Indian practices and treatments. The Spa Village Pangkor Laut playlist sets the mood for the ultimate retreat.
Expert Tips for Managing Profit in a Changing Economy
Are you wondering why your profitability has changed post-pandemic? You are not alone. Our world has been and continues to be rocked. The pandemic changed everything and continues to do so. Are rules and regulations changing what services we can even provide?
Wellness industry financial expert, Monte Zwang of Wellness Capital Management, is here with insight on this important topic:
Are you wondering why your profitability has changed post-pandemic? You are not alone. Our world has been and continues to be rocked. The pandemic changed everything and continues to do so. Are rules and regulations changing what services we can even provide? Your guests’ lives, economics, and lifestyles are changing. Capacity, staffing, purchasing, profit margin is changed. How can we plan our profit?
Afraid to read the news? Welcome to our new reality. interest rates, labor shortage, supply chain, increasing prices, unemployment. All of this affects us. We’ve never been here before.
Now is the first time in my career that my clients are planning for the short term. Once we see how that goes, we can look longer term.
The landscape is changing. Our relationship with staff and vendors is changing.
Each news issue requires a new path from here.
One issue compounds another and another.
It’s rough out here. Our businesses are affected daily by the labor shortage, supply chain issues, product price Increases, lower customer service frequencies, inflation, gas, and housing prices. Sounds like our headlines, doesn’t it?
Yield management: how your hotel & spa data makes you money
For industries with fixed capacities, such as hotels, airlines, and spas, yield management can spell the difference between mediocre returns and roaring success.
For industries with fixed capacities, such as hotels, airlines, and spas, yield management can spell the difference between mediocre returns and roaring success.
In today’s hyper-competitive business environment, tapping into the power of data-driven decision-making is more crucial than ever. For industries with fixed capacities, such as hotels, airlines, and spas, mastering the art of yield management can spell the difference between mediocre returns and roaring success. Book4Time has seen revenues by customers that use our yield functionality increase by more than 35% in the first six months of using the feature.
Yield management, at its core, is about leveraging data to optimize pricing and capacity utilization based on fluctuating demand and availability. By understanding and capitalizing on these patterns, businesses can boost their revenue potential, approach maximum capacity utilization, and enhance the overall customer experience at your spa and for your hotel or resort’s other ancillary revenue streams.
Unveiling the seductive side of KPIs: metrics that make business sizzle
The term “KPI”, or “Key Performance Indicator,” might at first glance seem like dry, corporate jargon. But if you delve deeper into these amazing little metrics you should find that this isn’t at all the case. KPIs tell you everything you need to know for your business to succeed. This isn’t boring. It’s actually pretty exciting.
The term “KPI”, or “Key Performance Indicator,” might at first glance seem like dry, corporate jargon. But if you delve deeper into these amazing little metrics you should find that this isn’t at all the case. KPIs tell you everything you need to know for your business to succeed. This isn’t boring. It’s actually pretty exciting.
KPIs are the crucial signposts that steer businesses towards their ultimate goals. More than mere metrics; they’re the narratives that chronicle a company’s journey, highlighting achievements and flagging areas for improvement. By diving into KPIs, companies can celebrate milestones, understand setbacks, and benchmark themselves against industry peers. In the world of business, KPIs are the silent architects of towering success stories. Just looking at your numbers and plotting how you’re going to improve them should make you dizzy with excitement.
Findings of the latest State of Spa Report are issued
The Good Spa Guide has revealed its State of Spa Report 2023, entitled, Do sustainability and wellness matter?
The Good Spa Guide has revealed its State of Spa Report 2023, entitled, Do sustainability and wellness matter?
Created in partnership with SpaSeekers, the report surveyed 8,827 people in the UK who use spas through either the Good Spa Guide or SpaSeekers. More than 90 per cent of respondents were female.
The white paper focuses on two key areas. Firstly it investigates how much people are willing to spend on spa trips during the current financial crisis.
The second focus is around key industry buzzwords – sustainability and wellness – and how important they are to spa-goers at the time of booking.
US is world’s top wellness economy – worth $1.2trn, reports GWI
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has penned a new report about the US wellness economy after partnering with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) has penned a new report about the US wellness economy after partnering with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Valued at more than US$1.2trn (€1.1trn, £994.3bn), the report names the US as the top wellness economy in the world. It boasts the largest markets in nine out of 11 of the wellness sectors assessed by the GWI – spanning physical activity, healthy eating, mental wellness, beauty and personal care, wellness tourism and more.
According to the new report, the US wellness economy contracted from US$1.4trn (€1.3trn, £1.2trn) in 2019 to US$1.2trn (€1.1trn, £994.3bn) in 2020 – a number that is expected to continue its upward trajectory.
Findings also showed that the physical activity segment in the US experienced an 18 per cent contraction in 2020, yet remains number one in the world at US$215bn (€201.5bn, £178.2bn).
The physical activity sector includes consumer spending associated with planned physical activities performed during leisure and recreation, including three recreational activity subsectors (sports and active recreation, fitness and mindful movement) and three enabling subsectors (technology, equipment and supplies, apparel and footwear).