Business of Wellness Headlines

Curated by Beth McGroarty, VP Research & Forecasting

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Big hospitality brands invest in nature escapes | Women’s basketball league Unrivaled snags $28M | Psychedelics for when life is ending

December 19, 2024

A sign that sauna aufguss has arrived? WSJ covers it | 2025 wellness trends | Therme raises $355M to buy Europe’s biggest thermal bathing center

December 17, 2024

2024 wellness growth leaders: Pilates, ice skating, body scans | Non-invasive glucose monitor, Liom, raises $25M | Apple’s health moonshot

December 12, 2024

2025 wellness travel trends | Crunch Fitness may be sold for $1.5B+ |  Some wellness amenities sell houses; some don’t

December 10, 2024

The surge in social fitness | 2024: the year of recovery | Fello, a loneliness-fighting platform, raises $10.4M

December 5, 2024

The Pilates boom goes global | Wellness trends for 2025 | Center Parcs reveals $445M Scottish wellness resort

December 3, 2024

Women’s sports funding is on fire; League One Volleyball raises $100M | Breathing research lays path for a ‘yoga pill’ | At-home fitness mirrors get personalized with AI

November 28, 2024

2025 wellness travel trends | Athleisure brand Vuori raises $825M, to reach $5.5B valuation | The sauna surge: Kohler & Klafs partner on high-tech line

November 19, 2024

6 wellness tourism trends | Australia plans ban on social media for kids under 16 | More wellness/fitness brands launch supplement lines

November 12, 2024

The Global Wellness Industry Is Now Worth $6.3T | J Carl Ganter urges industry to play pivotal role in addressing future of global water crisis | Kohler plunges into the world of wellness

November 7, 2024

New wearables target brain to boost sleep | Do people in Blue Zones actually live longer? | AI-driven supplement maker Bioniq hits $82M valuation

October 29, 2024

UK govt. names first Menopause Employment Ambassador | Supplement watchdog app raises $5M | Healthy food and beverage trends for 2025

October 24, 2024

Big shift in travel behavior predicted for 2025 | US fitness memberships hit new record | Ozempic’s promise for alcohol/drug addiction 

October 22, 2024

Gyms beat pubs for Gen Z night out | Startups are tackling addiction| Oat milk out; cow’s milk back in | Melinda Gates’ $250M fund for women’s health

October 17, 2024

Women-focused health startup Maven valued at $1.7B | Non-alcoholic brands see investment | Wellness architecture: Zurich’s staggering new children’s hospital

October 10, 2024

Safer psychedelics ahead? | Big summer for coolcations | “Dognastics” | Manual lands $38M for men’s healthcare

October 8, 2024

Ozempic transforms the gym | Majority stake taken in Pilates brand Solidcore, valuing co. at $600-$700M | Hi-tech selfcare hits home with Kohler x Remedy Place cold plunge

October 3, 2024

China’s plan to increase global healthspan | Pilates on fire and tech is reshaping it | Australian fit-tech co. Evolt raises $20M

October 1, 2024

How did sodas & tonics became ‘medicine’? | Pie, a startup that helps people make friends, raises $11.5M | Connected fitness startup EGYM lands $200M

September 26, 2024

Wellness hits the fashion runways | Pilates is booming | Menopause startup Midi Health raises $63M

September 24, 2024

Are Goop’s best days behind it? | McKinsey: What’s driving luxury travelers in 2024 | French holistic post-cancer care startup Jinko raises $2.2M

September 19, 2024

Sam Nazarian & Tony Robbins launch brand of longevity clubs | Bayer launches ‘healthy aging ecosystem’ | Pure Gym makes $105M bid for Blink Fitness

September 17, 2024

Early puberty linked to chemical in personal care products | YouTube limits teen exposure to fitness & weight videos | Viome raises $25M

September 12, 2024

The Guardian’s top 2024 wellness trends | Goop slashing 18% of workforce | Karmic salons | Hospital-at-home startup Doccla raises $46M

September 10, 2024

Young girls, mad for anti-aging skincare, getting harmed | How wellness is impacting hotel revenues | Human Longevity Inc. raises $40M

September 5, 2024

Mental wellness approaches spawn | British beauty industry grows to $36B | Istanbul’s hammam renaissance | Trend: functional chocolate brands

August 27, 2024

Affluent Chinese women travelers shift to wellness | Wellness brands partner up | High-protein nutrition startup David raises $10M

August 22, 2024

Offices morph into work-wellness resorts | Supplement companies cash in on Ozempic | Dream tourism | Feeling Great app raises $8M

August 20, 2024

The gym-as-clinic trend powers on | Rise of grief-tech | Fitness software startup Hapana raises $17M

August 15, 2024

Under-the-stars travel & wellness | AI will track every bite you take | Indian beauty/wellness platform KindLife raises $8M

August 13, 2024

The evolving, growing spa industry | China’s “lazy health” trend | Mental health platform Spring Health raises $100M

August 8, 2024

“Detox” practices in wellness debunked | High-tech, healthy sugar | 3D fitness training platform Zwift raises $450M

August 6, 2024

Sports tourism: the travel industry gamechanger | Fertility app Flo hits $1B, pivots to menopause | Witchcraft, the controversial wellness trend

August 1, 2024

Massage robots invade hotels | Chinese wellness trends | Young Brits are ‘detoxing’ their social lives | Maurten raises $22M for next-gen energy gels

July 30, 2024

Playcation trend: with Olympics, travelers channel their inner athlete | European locals snap with overtourism crush | Full-body scan startup Q Bio raises $27M

July 25, 2024

Medical care: latest real estate amenity | Longevity clinics hit new territories | Bioniq raises $15M for hyper-personalized supplements

July 23, 2024

AI health coaches rise | Wellness travel trend: cave retreats | Resorts embrace wellness day passes | PT startup Kins raises $7M

July 18, 2024

Pickleball investment surges | China’s big wellness trend? Marathons | Biohacking market: $52B by 2026 | David Beckham’s new wellness brand 

July 16, 2024

The rise of ‘burnout coaches’ | Trend: athlete-focused personal care | Gymdesk raises $32.5M

July 11, 2024

Analog pursuits are booming | Wellness trend: hair loss products | AI fitness app Zing Coach raises $10M

July 2, 2024

Longevity startup Function raises $53M | The Picklr closes $9M round at $59M valuation | Health trends boost sportswear sales

June 27, 2024

UK’s SAVA raises €7.4M to expand health monitoring | Vogue’s Global Spa Guide lists top 100 spas | Social clubs lure Gen Z offline

June 25, 2024

The new market for glucose monitors | Better Health secures $14M in new funding | 2.5M Oura smart rings sold

June 20, 2024

Hotel wellness performance surges | 1 in 6 Americans practice yoga | JPMorgan’s new $500M weight-loss drug fund

June 18, 2024

Young gens investing big in fitness | The new breed of mobile saunas | Sexual wellness platform Arya raises $7.5M

June 13, 2024

Australian social wellness club plans global expansion | Planet Fitness sells $800M in bonds | New obesity drug startups

June 11, 2024

Squared Circles gets $40M to launch wellness brands | Weight-loss drugs changing grocery store aisles | Big problem for psychedelic medicine 

June 6, 2024

How weight-loss drugs are changing the business of travel | Goodbye BMI, hello body composition tests | High-tech ice baths 

June 4, 2024

Natural Cycles raises $55M for hormone-free birth control app | Startups confront the senior care crisis | $120M Canyon Ranch Austin resort to break ground

May 30, 2024

Gym usage rates crush pre-pandemic levels | Nestle launches food line for weight-loss drug-takers | India’s Portl raises $3M for AI-driven fitness

May 28, 2024

Hims undercuts Big Pharma with $199/month weight loss drugs | Connected fitness is adrift | Superpower raises $4M to bring preventative/longevity medicine to masses

May 23, 2024

Wellness real estate: nearly one-trillion-dollar market by 2028 | Social saunas are the new pubs in UK | Next-level bespoke hotel experiences

May 21, 2024

US fitness industry worth $22.4B | Longevity boom fuels Clinique La Prairie’s global expansion | Mainstream hotels embrace wellness travel 

May 14, 2024

Peloton buyout ahead? | Next gold mine: keeping weight off | Longevity clinic Humanaut launches with $8.7M

May 9, 2024

Equinox launching $40K/year longevity program | The ubiquity of IV drips | Femtech pioneer Elvie raises $12M

May 7, 2024

Brands invest big in women’s sports | Meow Wolf creating trippy, futuristic spa concept | Virtual menopause clinic raises $60M

May 2, 2024

Travel industry cashes in on Gen Z’s sleep obsession | US spa industry hits record $21.3 billion | Hyrox: the new fitness craze

April 30, 2024

Massage studios tap recovery, tech trends | Headspace launches mental health coaching | At-home health screening startup Reperio raises $14M

April 25, 2024

Young gens are prioritizing spending on healthy food | London wellness club Surenne opens | Behavioral health company Two Chairs raises $72M

April 23, 2024

Europe’s fitness market is hot, reaches record $32B | Trend: the longevity vacation | Postpartum retreats see explosive growth in Asia

April 18, 2024

Big food hijacks the anti-diet movement | Trend: futuristic medspa bathrooms | Breath-based glucose monitoring device raises $$7.4M

April 16, 2024

Wellness club brand The Well expands to Europe | Needle-free glucose tracker raises $58M | Fitness & wellness trend predictions 

April 11, 2024

Sporting events big driver of travel industry | Trend: sexier fiber supplements | $2.4B company Gympass becomes Wellhub

April 9, 2024

Wellness trend: skin patches | Nucleus democratizing whole genome sequencing | 1 in 8 ski resorts will be snow-less

April 4, 2024

Bachelorette parties get a wellness makeover | Lean times for fitness startups | Telenutrition startup Nourish raises $35M

April 2, 2024

Over-65s embracing adventure travel | Anti-loneliness businesses rise | Postpartum nutrition startup raises $3M

March 28, 2024

Dog longevity startup raises $45M | NYC’s wellness club boom | Scientists unriddling why we age

March 26, 2024

The world’s happiest countries for 2024 | Indian smart ring maker Ultrahuman raises $35M | What Oprah’s special said about the weight-loss industry

March 21, 2024

Microbiome startups accused of ‘questionable practices’| Kids clubs at resorts get sophisticated | Empathy raises $47M to reimagine bereavement process

March 19, 2024

A next frontier: measuring organ age | Spotify CEO backs Europe’s newest longevity club | FitLab raises $65M

March 14, 2024

Purified air is the ‘it’ home amenity | Equinox gets $1.8 billion | Wellness: the top luxury travel trend

March 12, 2024

Sleep tourism goes next level | Microbiome test startup for babies raises $8.5M | Weight-loss drugs shifting spending to wellness?

March 7, 2024

Oprah departs WeightWatchers | Rise of the ‘do nothing’ vacation | ‘Human performance’ supplement co. Momentous raises $32M

March 5, 2024

CBD’s fast fall | Matter Neuroscience raises $26M ‘to cure unhappiness’ | Oregon’s psilocybin experiment

February 29, 2024

100 trends for 2024 | Social bathing & sauna experiences on rise | Beauty booking platform Planity raises $50M

February 27, 2024

Wave of startups solving for loneliness | Investors warm up to hot springs | Neurostimulation wearable first to target period pain/PMS

February 22, 2024

Top new wellness retreats for 2024 | Wellness tech for pets | Longevity startup GlycanAge raises $4.2M

February 21, 2024

Valentine’s Day: chocolates are out, self-care is in | Flood of new weight-loss drugs coming | Full-body MRI startup Ezra raises $21M

February 15, 2024

Fitness trends for 2024 | Are we taking recovery too far? | Functional beverage brand Odyssey raises $6M

February 13, 2024

Is glucose the new gluten? | Padel invades the US | Chronic insomnia app raises $6M

February 8, 2024

10 wellness trends for 2024 | Fitness brands launch companion programs for weight-loss drugs | Longevity company Timeline raises $66M

February 6, 2024

Workplace mental wellness programs show little benefit | McKinsey’s 2024 wellness trends | CES innovations: wellbeing is now just a number

January 18, 2024

No surprise, Bryan Johnson launches longevity product line | Trend: longevity travel | AI ‘death calculators’

January 16, 2024

What’s new in wellness tech at CES? | The mega travel trends for 2024 | Acupuncture/TCM studio WTHN raises $5M

January 11, 2024

New wellness homes boast top fitness, sports & recovery amenities | Weight-loss drugs shipped direct | MAPS raises $100M for MDMA therapy

January 9, 2024

The business of New Year’s resolutions | MIT’s vibrating obesity pill | Fitness & recovery hospitality brand Siro launching

January 4, 2024

2024 wellness trends: “big talk,” badminton & bodycare | 5 health lessons of 2023 | Food-as-medicine startup raises $7M

January 2, 2024

Curated by Beth McGroarty

VP, Research & Forecasting
Beth McGroarty has led research and strategic communications for the Global Wellness Summit for eight years and serves in the same capacity for the Global Wellness Institute. Previously, Beth directed research and communications initiatives for a range of entertainment and technology clients. She also taught for six years in the English department at Stanford University, where she received several dissertation fellowships.