Wellness Business News
Minibar Beauty: Hotels enter the beauty retail game | Indian health and wellness influencers must now display their qualification | Report: Digital health funding reaches $3.4B in first quarter filled with mega-deals | Padel Haus Adds $7.5M to Scale its Indoor Court x Club Concept
Dialogue with Olivia Chan
After Olivia graduated from HKU, she equipped herself in the beauty and marketing scene. Recently she founded BeautyFact, a startup focusing on clean and sustainable beauty. The startup offers a mobile app for users to check their beauty products regarding the cleanness and sustainability information of the beauty brands.
Pre-Natal Training: Benefits and Training Guide
Other than being more empathetic, sensitive and caring, one of the greatest gifts of being a woman is motherhood. As a woman, the pregnancy journey is a bittersweet one. We have to endure the morning sickness, extreme fatigue and stretch marks yetc. However, we also have the unique privilege to connect with our unborn child that no one else can.
Be Well will launch a series of articles on pregnancy. First up, we have Calibrate Studio to walk us through the Physical aspect of this beautiful journey.
Wellness Business News
New Trends for Wellness in Meetings | How a future Apple Watch could monitor blood sugar non-invasively and make the device a must-have for diabetics | Feeling anxious? How getting outdoors and joining Mind Hong Kong’s campaign can boost your physical and mental health | ‘It’s about helping local farmers’: Hong Kong kombucha start-up’s local sourcing of limes, mandarins and other fruit supports growers
Wellness Business News
Sleep Tourism Is Trending in 2023, With A.I.-Equipped Hotel Beds and Glamping Under Dark Skies | Ikea and Marimekko collaborate on a wellness-inspired collection | Fitness as we know it is being transformed by new-age tech. Here's what to watch for. | UK-based Skin + Me secures over €11 million for its personalised prescription-based approach to skincare
Dialogue with Jane Lee
Jane started ski instructing full time in 2018 after spending 5 years in the media industry and had since accumulated over 6 seasons of teaching experience in Japan and New Zealand. She also was one of the expert commentators for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games for RTHK.
Wellness Business News
Has the Gwyneth Paltrow Goop bubble burst? The appetite for celebrity wellness is waning | Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before | Toddlers’ Attention to ‘Motherese’ Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism | How to live longer: 10 diet secrets of people living longest and healthiest – more beans, nuts and sourdough bread, less meat, dairy, eggs and sugar
Top 3 Driving Forces Behind the Growing Industry
There is no doubt that the wellness industry is on the rise. According to the Global Wellness Institute, the global wellness market is worth USD 4.4 trillion in 2020 and is forecast to reach USD 7 trillion by 2025. To put things in perspective, the wellness economy grew by 11% during the pandemic outbreak in 2020, whilst the global GDP declined by 2.8%.
Here are the reasons why.
Wellness Business News
Climate change: Hong Kong to pay 30 per cent more for ESG jobs as companies fight for talent to meet sustainability targets | Real Estate Experts Share ROI Trends Of Wellness Design Home Features | Mindfulness Treatments Are the Latest Global Spa Trend-Here’s Where to Find Them | Oya Femtech Apparel Raises $1.3 Million in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Funding
Wellness Business News
The Dirt on Clean Beauty | Psychedelic medicines are expanding into the public consciousness | A Drug to Treat Aging May Not Be a Pipe Dream | Movano’s new smart ring is focused on women’s health
Dialogue with Rachel Yeung
The one affirmation Rachel lives by is to create a life that takes your breath away.
Rachel loves to turn something seemingly ordinary into something beautiful through content. Her mission is to give the community the tools to put themselves out there in the best light, to share their voice with confidence and to use their brand story to create a memorable and successful business. She is passionate about helping the community to create a life that gives them freedom, where there is an alignment in their personal life and their work life.
For the astrology-inclined, she is an Aquarian! She has always been a free-spirited rebel at heart and it took going through a few years of corporate marketing life for her to realise it. Since leaving that behind, she has been building a business that entirely focuses on serving the community, and building one that stays true to her core values.
Wellness Business News
How TikTok influenced health, wellness in 2022 | The MindSmith Group to Host at Spa Sales Masterclass with Presenter Simon Lewis | The Asian nation where 35% of people say they’ll ‘never travel’ again | The wellness trends we'll be jumping on in 2023, from digestive breath testing to sleep syncing
Wellness Business News
The Biggest Wellness Travel Trends of 2023, From Sound Baths in the Maldives to Recovery Lounges in Napa Valley | Majority of Wealthy Consumers Plan to Spend More on Travel in 2023 | Eating ultra-processed foods like hot dogs and cereal bars may increase your risk of dementia, study finds | Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
Wellness Business News
Brain care is a rising wellness category | Here’s What to Expect in the World of Wellness in 2023 | The growing menopause-at-work market | Therme Group plans US$200m urban wellbeing resort in South Korea
Wellness Business News
Yelp’s 2023 Beauty and Wellness Trends | Beyond Meat’s Very Real Problems: Slumping Sausages, Mounting Losses | Nine foods to prevent memory loss | Alzheimer’s game-changing drug may be available for patients from next year, reveals expert
Wellness Business News
Maven Clinic Raises $90M In Year’s Largest Femtech Round | Hilton Surveys Find Guests Define Wellness More Broadly After Pandemic | Genetically engineered plant cleans air better than 30 air purifiers| Spiritual And Self-Improvement Economies On The Rise In China
Wellness Business News
Femtech Market to Reach $22B by 2028 | V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food | Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for 'operational efficiencies' | Watch Draymond Green discuss investing, media and mental health | People who use cannabis may experience more pain after surgery | Covid vaccine study finding contradicts lockdown rule
Wellness Business News
Femtech Market to Reach $22B by 2028 | V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food | Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for 'operational efficiencies' | Watch Draymond Green discuss investing, media and mental health | People who use cannabis may experience more pain after surgery | Covid vaccine study finding contradicts lockdown rule
Wellness Business News
Still feeling good: The US wellness market continues to boom | American Airlines Rolling Out Wellness Menu | Cycle-focused femtech startup, 28, grabs backing from Thiel Capital | Pinterest updates policy to prohibit ads promoting weight loss.
Product News
Yes, Even Natural Products Can Cause Bad Skin Reactions | Coffee may be better for you than you think: 7 ways it may safeguard your health, from lowering the risk of developing type 2 diabetes to protecting against Alzheimer’s disease