WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 2: Wake-Up Call: Are Spas Still Relevant? by Adria Lake
After more than a decade of astonishing growth and remarkable success stories, is it possible that the spa industry is losing its relevancy? Do we still matter? It’s a big question that requires more than just honesty but a pause and genuine introspection to answer. Having started her own business during the big spa “boom” in the late 90’s, Adria is now asking the…
WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 3: Building A Low Cost Spa Model—Now Everyone Can Spa! by Trent Munday
The days of ‘Build it, and they will come’ are over for spas. Just as spa consumers are becoming more savvy in terms of spa offerings, so too are spa owners and investors. Whereas once upon a time an investor could be convinced that if he simply built a nice spa, with a high end offering, he would make a nice profit, today this is not the case.…
WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 4: Integrating Personal & Global Wellness: The Future of Luxury by Dr Jem Bendell
The levels of stress many of us feel arise in part from the economic and cultural systems that also create the stresses experienced at a global level, in the world economy, international relations and our planetary biosphere. Our personal need for relaxation, reflection and rejuvenation, mirrors the need at a global level for rejuvenation…
WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 5: Should the Spa Industry Take the Lead in Democratizing Wellness? by Dr Karina Stewart
Defining the true meaning of Wellness and finding the common elements which historically are the essence of Wellness will provide the foundation for the exploration of the opportunities within the Spa industry to lead in the field of Wellness.
1. Definition of Wellness: historically, WHO, and lifestyle
2. Give brief history of my…
WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 6: Full Integration—Proven Models by Andrew Gibson
The core business principle for any hotel is to fill the rooms with paying guests every day of the year. The hotel industry is always seeking the latest trend to attract customers. The spa industry has enjoyed phenomenal growth over the last 10 years because it has become the most attractive facility in the hotel.
Mandarin Oriental is a good example of how the hotel…
WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010, KEYNOTE 7: Does Green Sell In Asia?—The Wellness Context by Adam Horler
There is a growing tribe of consumers in Asia who are better-educated than their peers, earn more money, are more likely to be female and have a family at home. These consumers are the target of all companies wanting to position their goods and services with opinion leaders first, knowing the rest of the market will follow their lead. These consumers are,…
Since its inception in 2005, the summit has provided a galvanising platform that has sought to chart a clear and unifying direction for the burgeoning industry in this much-awaited annual event for the Wellness industry in Asia and the world at-large.
Taking delegates from the informational to the inspirational as well as the practical to the philosophical, WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010 features speakers of renown and industry experts
Since its inception in 2005, the summit has provided a galvanising platform that has sought to chart a clear and unifying direction for the burgeoning industry in this much-awaited annual event for the Wellness industry in Asia and the world at-large.
Taking delegates from the informational to the inspirational as well as the practical to the philosophical, WELLNESS SUMMIT 2010 features speakers of renown and industry experts who have endeavoured to share their insights and spearhead discussions on an eclectic line-up of pertinent topics and issues of concern to the present business environment and beyond.
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