Industry Research & Trends
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Global Wellness Summit Trends Reports
- 2024 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2023 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2022 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2021 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2020 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2019 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2018 Global Wellness Trends Report
- 2017 8 Wellness Trends for 2017 — and Beyond
- 2015 Global Wellness Summit Identifies Top 10 Future Shifts in Wellness
Global Wellness Institute Commissioned Research Reports
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- 2023 Global Wellness Economy Monitor
- 2023 Wellness Policy Toolkit: Physical Activity
- 2023 Health, Happiness, and the Wellness Economy: An Empirical Analysis
- 2022 Defining Wellness Policy
- 2022 Geography of Wellness: Country Reports
- 2022 Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings
- 2021 The Global Wellness Economy: Looking Beyond COVID
- 2021 Wellness Real Estate: Looking Beyond COVID-19
- 2020 Defining the Mental Wellness Economy
- 2019 Understanding Wellness: Opportunities and Impact of the Wellness Economy for Regional Development
- 2019 Understanding Wellness: Four Global Forces Driving the Growth of the Wellness Economy
- 2019 Move To Be Well: The Global Economy of Physical Activity
- 2018 Global Wellness Tourism Economy Report
- 2018 Global Wellness Economy Monitor
- 2018Build Well to Live Well: Wellness Lifestyle Real Estate and Communities
- 2018Beauty2Wellness
- 2018Wellness 2030: The New Techniques of Happiness Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
- 2017 Global Wellness Economy Monitor
- 2016 The Future of Wellness at Work
- 2015The Global Wellness Tourism Economy: 2013 & 2014
- 2014The Global Spa & Wellness Economy Monitor
- 2013 The Global Wellness Tourism Economy
- 2012 Spa Management Workforce & Education: Addressing Market GapsSRI International
- 2011 Wellness Tourism and Medical Tourism: Where Do Spas Fit?Johnston, Puczkó, Smith & Ellis
- 2010 Spas & the Global Wellness Market: Synergies & OpportunitiesSRI International
- 2008 Global Spa Economy Report SRI International
Global Research
- 2021 IHRSA Media Report
- 2020 WEF Governance of Chatbots in Healthcare 2020
- 2020 Comprehensive Research Report – The Indian Wellness Economy Dr. M, HOTELiVATE
- 2020 Wellness Real Estate Report Resources for Leisure Assets
- 2020 Wellness Innovation Blueprint Welltodo
- 2020 Spa Profitability Handbook Horwath HTL Health & Wellness
- 2019 Global Spa Benchmark Report 2019 By Region Intelligent Spas
- 2019 Global Spas Benchmark Report by Spa Type Intelligent Spas
- 2019-2014 Strategic Studies & Reports, Market Intelligence Reports Health Tourism Worldwide
- 2018 Guide to Hydrothermal Spa Development Standards (Third Edition) Global Wellness Institute
- 2016 Future of Healthy: How to Realize Returns on Health World Economic Forum
- 2016 2016 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa & Wellness Trends Forecast Spafinder Wellness 365™
- 2015 Global Spa Openings to Closures Ratio Calculation Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Water & Health: How water protects and improves health overall FEMTEC
- 2015 2015 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa & Wellness Trends Forecast Spafinder Wellness 365™
- 2015 Making the Case: 4 Reasons to support employee well-being Spafinder Wellness 365™
- 2015 Developing a Competitive Health and Well-being Destination Health and Well-being in Tourism Destination
- 2014 Travel & Tourism Market Research Handbook 2015-2016 Richard K. Miller & Associates
- 2014 The Guide to Selling Wellness Travel Wellness Tourism Worldwide
- 2014 World Travel Market Global Trends 2014 Euromonitor
- 2014 Stress and the Hotel Spa Manager: Outsourced vs Hotel-managed Spas Veronica Waldthausen, Demian Hodari & Michael C. Sturman
- 2014 CBI Product Factsheet: Wellness Tourism from France, Germany, Italy and the UK to Latin America Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries
- 2014 Horwath Health and Wellness White Paper 2014 Horwath HTL
- 2014 2014 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast Health, Wellness and Spa
- 2013 The Workplace Wellness Alliance World Economic Forum
- 2013 The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum
- 2013 Forecast Revisit For The Global Travel and Tourism Industry Euromonitor
- 2013 The Global Luxury Hotels Market-Key Trends and Opportunities to 2017 Timetric
- 2013 Global Hotel Industry Survey 2013: Emerging Trends in Technology, Sustainability, Health and Wellness Tourism Timetric
- 2013 Caribbean Spa and Wellness Sector Strategy LCT Consulting&Associates LTD
- 2013 Travel and Tourism Market Research Handbook (2013-2014) Richard K. Miller&Associates
- 2013 Health, Tourism and Hospitality Melanie Smith, Laszlo Puczko
- 2013 The Truth About Wellness (Executive Summary) McCann Truth Central
- 2013 The New Kinship Economy InterContinental Hotels Group
- 2013 2013 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa and Wellness Trends Forecast SpaFinder Wellness, Inc.
- 2012 WTM Global Travel Trends Report 2012 Euromonitor
- 2012 Blue Paper: Emerging Global Spa Trends Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- 2012 Understanding the Global Consumer for Health and Wellness Euromonitor
- 2012 Data, Dollars and Decisions Smith Travel Research
- 2012 The Truth About Beauty McCann Group
- 2012 Global Report IHRSA
- 2012 Medical Tourism: Treatments, Markets and Health System Implications The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- 2012 What is Medical Tourism? Medical Travel Quality Alliance
- 2012 2012 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa Trends Forecast SpaFinder, Inc.
- 2011 Tourism Towards 2030 Global Overview World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
- 2011 Spa Tourism – International – October 2011 Mintel International
- 2011 Travelling for health: the potential for medical tourism Economist Intelligence Unit
- 2011 4WR: Wellness for Whom, Where and What? Wellness Tourism 2020 Wellness Tourism Worldwide
- 2011 2011 Global Spa Report Coyle Hospitality
- 2011 How Hard Times Are Altering Consumer Mindsets Euromonitor
- 2011 Post Recession Consumer Dynamics – Prepared for the 2011 GSS Euromonitor
- 2011 Global Hotel Market Sentiment Survey 2011 Horwath HTL
- 2011 Global Hotel Performance Smith Travel Research
- 2011 Priorities of Today’s Spa Consumers Coyle Hospitality
- 2011 Fitness Programs and Equipment Trends Report – 2011 IDEA
- 2011 The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report World Economic Forum
- 2011 2011 Trends Report: Top 10 Global Spa Trends Forecast SpaFinder, Inc.
- 2010 IHRSA Global Report – 2011 IHRSA
- 2010 Spa Market USA 2010 Diagonal Reports
- 2010 Fitness Programs and Equipment Trends Report – 2010 IDEA
- 2010 The New Consumer Mindset Euromonitor
- 2009 Spa Sentiment Research Report Coyle Hospitality & WTS Intl
- 2009 The Contribution of Spas to Hotel Operating Performance Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne & Cornell
- 2007 Spa Tourism International Mintel International
- 2004 Spa Financial Benchmark Research Study Health Fitness Dynamics
Asia-Pacific
- 2020 India 2020 Hotel Market Review Horwath HTL
- 2020 Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update Theme Chapter: Wellness in Worrying Times Asian Development Bank
- 2019 Thailand Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2019 Malaysia Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2019 India Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2019 Bali Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2017 White Paper APSWC Roundtable 2017 Asia Pacific Spa & Wellness Coalition
- 2016 Shanghai Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical TourismMalcolm Cooper (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan), Kazem Vafadari (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan) and Mayumi Hieda (St. Luke Clinic, Oita, Japan)
- 2015 Ho Chi Minh City Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Singapore Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2014 Thailand Spa Industry Study Stenden University of Applied Sciences / Rangsit University / Thai Spa Association
- 2014 Single in the City: What Young Chinese Women Want CLSA
- 2014 United Arab Emirates Spa Market Overview Colliers International
- 2013 High End Leisure Property, Hotel and Spa Market Overview (Executive Summary) Colliers International
- 2013 Health and Wellness Market Report India Horwath HTL
- 2013 Thailand Spa Industry Study Stenden Rangsit University / Thai Spa Association
- 2012 Indian Hotel Industry Survey 2011-2012 Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India
- 2012 Reviving the Ancient Medical Manuscripts of Bali Asia Spa
- 2012 Winds of change: The wellness consumer FICCI-PricewaterhouseCoopers
- 2012 Wellness: Riding the growth wave FICCI-PricewaterhouseCoopers
- 2011 Indian Spa Market eprobe Research Pvt. Ltd
- 2011 Asia-Pacific Hotel Yearbook Horwath HTL
Australia
- 2016 Collection of Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Professor Marc Cohen
- 2012 Yoga in Australia Marc Cohen, Sue Jackson, Stephen Penman, Philip Stevens
- 2011 The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy Australian Association of Massage Therapy
Europe
- 2019 Greece Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2016 Austrian Wellness Report FH JOANNEUM Gesellschaft mbH
- 2016 Balkan Wellbeing and Health Tourism Study Budapest Metropolitan University
(view Executive Summaries in Bulgarian, German, Croatian, Romanian, Turkish, Serbian and Greek here) - 2015 Moscow Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2014 Health and Wellness Market Report Germany Horwath HTL
- 2014 Innovations in well-being in the Nordic countries Anne-Mette Hjalager & Arvid Flagestad
- 2014 Overview of Wellness Tourism in Russia Nina Tsymbal
- 2014 Hot Springs, Tourism & Economic Impacts The Tourism Observatory for Health Wellness and Spa
- 2013 Baleno, Spa and Wellness Tourism Bulgaria Travel
- 2009 Health and Wellness Holidays – UK- October 2009 Health and Wellbeing
- 2009 Salons and Spas – UK Health and Wellbeing
- 2008 Health and Wellness – A European consumer obsession? Euromonitor
- 2005 Spa Holidays – UK Mintel International Group
Middle East & Africa
- 2019 Maldives Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2016 GCC Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Oman Spa Development Pipeline Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Saudi Arabia Spa Development Pipeline Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Dubai Spa Development Pipeline Report Intelligent Spas
- 2010 Doha Spa Benchmark Report PricewaterhouseCoopers
- 2010 Spa Benchmark Survey Report Ernst & Young
North & South America
- 2020 18-Hour Cities, Remote Work and More Emerging Trends That Will Shape Real Estate in 2021 Forbes
- 2019 USA Spa Benchmark Report Intelligent Spas
- 2016 Building a National Culture of Health RAND Institute
- 2015 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2015 Trends in Hotel Spa Industry PKF Hospitality Research
- 2015 Miami Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2015 Jamaica Spa Market Overview Report Intelligent Spas
- 2014 The Business of Healthy Employees: A Survey of Workplace Health Priorities Virgin Pulse Papers
- 2014 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2014 La Guia Para Vender Viajes de Salud y Bienestar Wellness Tourism Worldwide
- 2014 Wellness Travel: Shaping America’s Health & Economy Wellness Tourism Worldwide
- 2014 Health & Wellness Spas in the US: Market Research Report IBISWorld
- 2014 Spa & Wellness Compensation Trends Survey Day Spa Association
- 2014 SPAA Trends Report The Spa Association (SPAA)
- 2013 Spa Industry StudyInternational Spa Association
- 2013 U.S. Vacationers: Health, Happiness & Productivity Wellness Tourism Worldwide
- 2013 The Bana Periodical – Fall 2014 – Issue 1 Balneology Association of North America
- 2013 Trends in Hotel Spa Industry PKF Hospitality Research
- 2012 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2012 Trends in Hotel Spa Industry PKF Hospitality Research
- 2011 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2011 Boomer Values Realignment Study Civano Living
- 2011 Trends in Hotel Spa Industry PKF Hospitality Research
- 2011 Fitness Programs and Equipment Trends IDEA
- 2011 Health and Wellness by Prime Positioning: The US Euromonitor
- 2010 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2009 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2009 Medical Tourism: Update and Implications Deloitte
- 2009 Spa Confidential – American Spa Reader Survey American Spa Magazine
- 2009 Spa STAR – Luxury Spa Performance Statistics Smith Travel Research
- 2008 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2008 Medical Tourism: Consumers in Search of Value Deloitte
- 2007 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
- 2007 Marketing Demographics of a Day Spa Goer Day Spa Association & Int. Medical Spa Association
- 2007 Day Spa Benchmark Survey Day Spa Association
- 2007 Spa Services First Research, Inc.
- 2007 Nails Industry Statistics O.P.I.
- 2007 Salon and Day Spa Consumer Trend Report Professional Beauty Association
- 2006 Spa Industry Study International Spa Association
