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Katie Barnes and Liz Terry from the Spa Opportunities and Spa Business team attended this year’s Global Spa & Wellness Summit to report on proceedings. Delegates were given cop- ies of Spa Opportunities and Spa Business, along with the Spa Business Handbook 2013 – a joint venture publication between the two magazines. Spa Business editor Liz
Terry chose a picture of the Dalai Lama for the front cover of the special GSWS edition of the magazine, saying “It’s an indication of the growing status of both the industry and the GSWS that a global leader such as the Dalai Lama is coming to address delegates. “Bringing the event to India was a mas-
ter stroke for the board of the GSWS, given how quickly this nation is developing and the opportunities which exist for partnership. Having the Dalai Lama attending is extraordi- nary and has created a real buzz in the industry. We wanted to recognise and celebrate this with our cover choice.”
Lori Hutchinson wins first GSWS infographic contest
Tis year’s Global Spa & Wellness Summit saw the launch of a new infographic compe- tition which was sponsored by management soſtware innovators SpaBooker. Te competition – “a global challenge
to communicate about spa and wellness” – challenged entrants to create an infographic to present an “informed, inspired vision of any aspect of spa or wellness they choose.” Over 130 entries were submitted and 25
were shortlisted for the final selection. Te judges were Professor Marc Cohen
of RMIT, Cathy Chon, CEO of Catchon & Co, Josh McCarter, CEO of SpaBooker and Liz Terry, editor of Spa Business and Spa Opportunities and CEO of Leisure Media. Josh McCarter presented a cheque for
GSWS delegates were given copies of Spa Business magazine Terry and Barnes were reporting live from
the event on the Spa Business website and were also tweeting live from sessions to keep read- ers up to date with the action from New Delhi. Leisure Media is the only global spa pub-
lisher with a live news service. l Click here to view or download the GSWS
edition of Spa Business magazine. l Click here to subscribe to print and digital magazines, ezines and news feeds
Economic impact of wellness tourism is US$1.3tr
Delegates at the inaugural Wellness Tourism Congress, held in New Delhi on 5 October – part of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit – heard that the economic impact of global wellness tour- ism is us$1.3 trillion a year. New research by SRI
International – unveiled at the event – found the current value of the market is us$493bn per annum. SRI forecasts this will grow to us$678bn per annum by 2018 – an average of 9.9 per cent growth a year, which is nearly twice the growth rate of global tourism over- all. Importantly the research found that wellness tourists spend 130 per cent more than the average tourist. SRI examined wellness tourism as a pro-
portion of overall tourism spend and found it currently represents 14 per cent of the mar- ket – an equivalent percentage to eco-tourism. Tis proportion is forecast to grow to 16 per
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us$2,500 to the winner of the first prize, Lori Hutchinson, CEO of Hutchinson Consulting, the management recruitment specialist, for her ‘Five Reasons for a Spa Career’ infographic which promoted the spa industry as a career choice. Te judging was done blind, but the win-
ning entry turned out to be linked strongly to one of the most popular sessions at the GSWS where Hutchinson presented the
results of research into spa employment. l Entries can be viewed on the GSWS App
Josh McCarter with Lori Hutchinson
Jacobs and Bjurstam are co-chairs for 2014 GSWS
SRI’s Ophelia Yeung presents the research findings in New Delhi
cent by 2018. Te research counted all spend- ing, including spa and non-spa expenditure. The study, The Global Wellness Tourism
Economy, which was commissioned by the GSWS, found 12 million people are directly
employed in wellness tourism. l Download the study here:
http://lei.sr?a=c7R5r
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Susie Ellis, CEO and chair of the Global Spa & Wellness Summit, has announced that Neil Jacobs, CEO of global hotel and spa operator Six Senses, and his colleague, Anna Bjurstam, vice president of spa for Six Senses will be the conference co-chairs for the next GSWS which will be held in Marrakech, Morocco in 2014. Te co-chairship of the GSWS is a one-
year honorary post and Jacobs and Bjurstam will take over from 2013 co-chairs Andrew Gibson of Mandarin Oriental and Emanuel ‘Manny’ Berger from the Victoria Jungfrau.
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