Wellness

United Polaris business class seat

United partners with Timeshifter app for personalised anti-jet lag plans

30th December 2019

US airline United has partnered with Timeshifter, an app that advises air passengers when to seek and avoid sunshine, sleep and consume caffeine so that they can avoid jet lag

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Linnaean

London’s Linnaean is a medi-spa and restaurant for urbanites

9th December 2019

As city-dwellers desire ever-more curated living, Linnaean fills a gap in the market for a biophilic medi-spa and restaurant that combines healthy eating with microneedle facials

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Seven inspiring wellness travel trends taking off in 2020

22nd November 2019

From DNA profiling to death contemplation retreats, Paul Joseph, founder of Health and Fitness Travel, reveals seven emerging wellness travel trends for the new...

Yosemite national park

Somerton ultra-sport club offers expeditions with elite athletes

20th November 2019

From climbing in Yosemite with Alex Honnold, to skiing with freestyle legend Candide Thovex in the French Alps, Somerton is a new ultra-sport members’ club th...

Forest bathing

Balance Holidays puts nature at the heart of its wellness retreats

15th November 2019

From forest bathing to sound baths, Balance Holidays designs life-enhancing wellbeing retreats that go beyond massages and yoga. Globetrender speaks with founde...

Retreats by SoulCycle

Black Tomato launches Retreats by SoulCycle for spinning addicts

11th November 2019

Luxury travel concierge company Black Tomato has partnered with indoor spinning brand SoulCycle to offer fitness holidays for indoor cycling devotees. Jenny Sou...

Anti wrinkle aesthetic treatment on face

Longevity Health and Wellness medical spa opens in Portugal

4th October 2019

A futuristic medical spa at the Longevity Health and Wellness hotel in Portugal has opened, where guests can be screened for cancer, check into a sleep clinic a...

Fit man

LA’s Beverly Hilton hotel invests in Upgrade Labs biohacking gym

4th October 2019

Guests staying at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles can use Upgrade Labs, a human biohacking clinic that claims to makes peak performance accessible to ev...

Standard Dose, New York

New York’s Standard Dose is a high-design CBD wellness hub

4th October 2019

Online retailer Standard Dose has created a store and wellness retreat in Manhattan’s NoMad district selling CBD-based spa treatments and products. Emily East...

Blue World Voyages

Blue World Voyages designs cruises for fitness junkies in 2021

13th September 2019

Blue World Voyages is a new cruise line dedicated to sport, wellness and 'personal discovery' that will launch in summer 2021, promising holidays for the health...

Lanserhof medical gym The Arts Club

The Arts Club in London opens Lanserhof medical gym

12th September 2019

Complete with cryotherapy chamber, IV drips, ECGs, oxygen therapy, spine lab and MRI scanners, Lanserhof, the German wellness operator, has opened a futuristic ...

Juice

Does NYC’s Equinox Hotel feature the world’s healthiest minibar?

18th August 2019

From kelp jerky to Moon Juice adaptogens, the new Equinox Hotel in New York has reimagined the minibar as a source of super-healthy goodness rather than shamefu...

Bali meditation

Flash Pack launches ‘anti-burnout’ trips to Bali for stressed solo travellers

25th May 2019

Flash Pack, a travel company aimed at solo travellers, has launched 'anti-burnout' trips to Bali. Aimed at 30- to 40-year-old professionals suffering from work-...

Sweatcoin fitness smartphone app

Sweatcoin app motivates people to get fit and earn free trips

22nd May 2019

Not everyone finds it easy to get themselves out of bed and down to the hotel gym, but smartphone app Sweatcoin has been proven to motivate people to get fit. I...

Deplar Farm, Eleven Life

Eleven Life: Deplar Farm creates extreme wellness programme

22nd May 2019

A cutting-edge, extreme wellness programme called Eleven Life has been launched at Deplar Farm in northern Iceland. Designed by luxury, boundary-pushing, advent...

NH Hotel Group launches Mood Room for emotional wellbeing

12th May 2019

Spain's NH Hotel Group has designed a futuristic Mood Room. With a touchscreen tablet, the lighting, music and temperature can all be adjusted to help guests sl...

ASMR

ASMR bedtime videos at Moxy NYC Chelsea hotel

7th May 2019

Ever the trendsetter, Marriott's Moxy brand has been quick to capitalise on the somewhat bizarre growth in popularity for ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Resp...

Weight lifting in gym

Upmarket gym brand Equinox expands into fitness trips and hotels

8th January 2019

Upscale gym company Equinox is branching into travel with the creation of new fitness-focused hotels and trips

Yoga hotel room

Mandarin Oriental taps into hotel room fitness trend

12th July 2018

Luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental has been tapping into the emerging in-room fitness trend by rolling out a library of Grokker workout videos for guests. Vir...

IV drip anti jet lag

Review: The IV Doc anti jet lag treatment

22nd June 2018

Can an IV vitamin drip really cure jet lag? California's new C Magazine chief brand and content officer, Andrew Barker, gets under the skin of this new treatmen...

Jet lag vitamin drip IV Doc

New vitamin drip IV treatment promises to beat jet lag

17th April 2018

A new anti jet-lag treatment in the form of a vitamin drip is now available for people living and working in London. Delivered by America's IV Doc, a leading pr...

Arctic Bath

Three futuristic Scandinavian spa experiences

17th January 2018

From floating saunas to golden eggs, here are three futuristic Scandinavian spa experiences to try in Sweden and Finland, with a little help from Spa Whisperer....

Spa of Unconscious Desires

‘Spa of Unconcious Desires’ comes to Mondrian hotel in London

2nd September 2017

Described as an "immersive, design-focused spa activation", the Spa of Unconscious Desires is coming to the Mondrian London at Sea Containers for a one-night re...

Painting holidays

Why painting holidays are the new wellness retreat

1st September 2017

Artful Retreats is tapping into people’s desire for switching off from the stresses of digital, urban life by providing therapeutic painting holidays overseas...