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Show Clients You Care by Suggesting Wellness Travel
Interest in wellness vacations has gone mainstream, a new survey finds. That gives agents a chance to show clients they care by recommending vacations focused on healthy activities.
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Rethinking Spas to Increase Sales
To capitalize on the growth in spas and changes in spa vacations, travel agents need to think differently -- about the spa experience, the clientele and the best sales approach.
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Medical Travel: Bright Signs for Agents
More people are traveling for medical, surgical, and wellness reasons than ever before – and to more destinations. For travel agents, there are big opportunities in medical travel, says insider David...
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Thailand’s Medical Tourism Growing at Fast Clip
Thailand’s medical tourism industry continues to grow at an impressive rate. That’s in large part due to its expanding network of medical facilities catering to international visitors.
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Booming Wellness Tourism Now a Nearly $495 Billion Industry
A new report sets 2013 worldwide revenues from wellness tourism at a whopping $494 billion. The report was released in the wake of the recent Global Spa & Wellness Summit in Morocco.
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Wellness Is Big Business
Speakers at a recent wellness symposium talked about the wellness industry’s growing influence on Americans -- and American life. There are lessons here for travel agents who may want to tap into this...
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Wellness Travel: Four Trends for 2015
The worldwide wellness tourism industry is a multi-million dollar sector. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Four powerful trends are driving the industry.
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'Cannabusiness'?: It's One of the Top Ten Wellness Trends for 2015
The top ten wellness trends for 2015 include some surprising—and provocative—developments, according to Spafinder Wellness 365’s new forecast. Among them, the legalization of marijuana in several U.S....
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Wellness Travel Is Attracting More Agent Specialists
Although still relatively new, the Well-Being Travel Specialist Program already has a roster of more than 200 travel counselors. The booming wellness travel niche offers growing opportunities for...
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Well-Being Travel Symposium Heads to Canada for Agent Education
Wellness travel is big business for travel professionals, and the second annual Well-Being Travel Symposium is headed to Toronto to bring in-depth education, networking and leading suppliers to agents...
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Specialist Wellness Travel Course: A Path to Selling the Growing Niche
The wellness travel niche is experiencing tremendous growth, presenting travel agents—along with suppliers and destinations—new sales opportunities, says Patty Noonan, an exec with The Travel...
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Wellness Takes Flight: BA’s New Program
It’s unusual for an airline to acknowledge that air travel is stressful – rarer still for an airline to invest in a cure for airborne angst. But this week British Airways unveiled a program passengers...
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Wellness Takes to the Sea
When it comes to wellness vacations, cruising hasn’t always been considered a good bet—but times have changed. Wellness specialist travel agents say cruise lines are introducing more wellness-friendly...
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The ‘Workplace Wellness’ Trend: What Agents Should Know
The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) plans to launch a major global research project on the subject of “workplace wellness.” The trend does have implications for travel—and travel agents should know...
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Survey Reveals Top Worldwide Wellness Destinations
The second annual Worldwide Wellness Destinations survey found Bali, Hawaii and Costa Rica the top three wellness destinations for 2015. Read on to find the others.
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Wellness Agents: How to Break Into the Niche
Wellness travel professionals at the second annual Well-Being Travel Symposium, advised travel agents to specialize in the areas of wellness travel they are most passionate about as a way to carve out...
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Wellness Travel: Discovering Inventory and Clients in an Emerging Market
Despite being responsible for 15% of all tourism spending, wellness tourism is still flying under the radar. With a market that hasn’t fully matured yet, travel agents selling wellness travel have...
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Wellness for the Time-Challenged Exec
“Wellness vacations” are a promising new niche for wellness specialist travel agents with corporate clients. Here are four wellness retreats that cater to time-challenged executives.
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Health and Wellness Travel on Its Mark
Industry insiders see ‘a paradigm shift’ in interest in healthy options.
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Six Big Mistakes Travel Agents Make When Using Social Media
Tammy Levent returns with a column on the right and wrong reasons to use social media.
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