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Meet the Weekender

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit has launched a new weekend email campaign.  Appropriately titled “The Weekender,” the idea behind this newsletter is to share more Summit resources and information with the industry, and get the conversation going.  We’ve modeled this campaign after our “curated content” series that went out after last year’s Summit in [...]


Details about June 2012 Event in Aspen, Colorado Released

Theme: “Innovation through Imagination” Seven high-profile keynotes confirmed Critical new research from SRI International to be presented Featured discussion: “The Healthy Town of the Future”   The Global Spa and Wellness Summit (GSWS) today shared details about its annual conference to be held in Aspen, Colorado from June 3-6, 2012. This year’s Summit, which will [...]


Words from Philippe Bourguignon

The next Global Spa and Wellness Summit will take place in Aspen, Colorado. This is not a random choice. The Summit has entered into a partnership with the Aspen Institute to attempt to go beyond the day to day of our industry, take a global view at our industry, and relate it to the global [...]


An Innovative Coincidence

As you probably know by now, the theme of our 2012 Global Spa Summit that will be held June 3-6 in Aspen in collaboration with the Aspen Institute is going to be “Innovation Through Imagination.” I am astounded at how many new books have recently been published on this topic. It certainly is timely – [...]


Three Keynote Speakers Announced for 2011 Global Spa Summit

Kate Ancketill (GDR/Global Design Resources), Dave McCaughan (McCann Worldgroup) and Marc Smith (Connected Action) to Provide Insight into Consumer Trends and Technologies Set to Transform the Spa & Wellness Industries   The Global Spa Summit (GSS), the leading annual event for spa and wellness industry executives, today announced three keynote speakers for the international conference [...]


Global Spa Summit Announces Focus, and Participating Universities, for its Third Annual “Student Strategy Challenge”

Four Leading Asian Universities Will Square Off in the 2011 “Profitable Spa Design Competition” The Global Spa Summit (GSS), the leading annual event for spa and wellness industry executives, today announced the unique focus, and participating universities, for its 2011 Student Strategy Challenge taking place in Bali, Indonesia from May 15-18. While the concept and [...]