In this series of articles, I talk to a wide range of travel experts, insiders and luxury brands to find out more about the future of travel for next year and beyond. In Part 1, I wrote about the search for authentic travel and how technology can elevate travel experiences. For Part 2, I spoke to Black Tomato about the rise in people wanting to capture special moments through travel experiences. In Part 3, I looked at the rise of sustainable architecture, the return of maximalist hotel design and the quest for the best of sleep science. In Part 4, Cazenove+Loyd x Globetrender revealed their seven key travel trends for 2024. For Part 5, I spoke to wellness experts about the growth in demand for immersive well-being experiences when travelling. Today, for Part 6, and the last article in this Trends series, I write about a return to age-old traditions in the burgeoning wellness industry.
Timeless Traditions
At Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi, director of wellness, Tami Le, has noticed a rising trend for treatments rooted in ancient tradition. “The wellness tourist is increasingly interested in traditional, natural, holistic therapies. In particular, experts with extensive knowledge, skills and many years of experience are preferred. These visiting practitioners, including professional athletes, naturopaths, Ayurveda experts, Reiki masters and energy healers, are indispensable at Waldorf Astoria Maldives. Acupuncture, for example, is the most requested service of all therapies. Carried out by our Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors, they apply acupuncture as an ancient Chinese medical technique to relieve pain, cure diseases and improve overall health.”
Combining community, socialising and wellbeing, a new rise in social wellness clubs is also changing the wellbeing landscape. Gaia Nomaya, in Brooklyn, NYC, is a combination music venue, art gallery, yoga studio, spa and salt cave where visitors can enjoy social events as well as a rich programme of wellness experiences, or both, depending on when you go. The urban retreat offers ancient therapies as well as cutting-edge treatments—thus offering the best of both worlds.
CEO Andrew Goldin has seen a growth of interest in age-old wellness practices, like yoga, breathwork, cacao ceremonies and Japanese Reiki. “These practices have a lot of science and results behind them and, as the ancient world catches up to the future, we now have more tools to understand the results and continue to push boundaries,” he says. “People are really into sound healing and breathwork as key ways to relax and release a lot of stored emotional stress. These therapies help bring the body back to equilibrium and so these trends are growing because people are discovering
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The first major airline deal of the year has been formally confirmed. Taipei-based EVA Air has finalized terms with Airbus for a new fleet of widebody and narrowbody planes. A total of 33 new aircraft will be joining the Taiwanese carrier, comprising 18 A350-1000s and 15 A321neos.
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UNWTO has set the direction of travel, evolving its Programme of Work and moving even closer to its Members on the ground. Now, it’s time to look ahead and build a sector that offers even more for even more people and communities while also focusing on this year’s World Tourism Day Theme: Tourism and Peace.
China’s travel and tourism industry – among the world’s biggest – last year began its recovery from heavy pandemic damage. One beneficiary: Trip.com Group, a global travel service provider that is China’s largest. Revenue in the third quarter of 2023 almost doubled from a year earlier; net profit in the three months to September totaled 4.6 billion yuan (about $637 million), more than 18 times the year-earlier 245 million yuan.
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China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, a senior climate expert said. This year has seen China lurch from some of its hottest temperatures logged since 1850 to a harsh cold snap that froze many parts of the country for close to a fortnight earlier this month.
Merging hospitality with the world’s top Asian destinations, Remote Lands is at the forefront of the luxury travel planning industry. The operator offers itineraries to 38 different countries on the Asian continent, highlighting the cuisine, heritage, and standout features of each. The company has teamed up with hospitality brand Aman to add a personalized element to its trips by jet.
The principals of the innovative London and New York-based travel company Black Tomato made their name by assembling detail-oriented and sometimes very out of the way travel plans for exceedingly curious, adventurous clients. Having surveyed the market to ascertain what their clients are interested in now and the changes they see in the travel landscape, they’ve come up with the ways they see that travel happening in the next year and in what parts of the world those ambitious travelers could be.
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