{"id":1332,"date":"2018-04-11T01:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wtm-and-global-wellness-institute-announce-strategic-partnership\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:28:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:28:30","slug":"wtm-and-global-wellness-institute-announce-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/press-room\/press-releases\/wtm-and-global-wellness-institute-announce-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"WTM and Global Wellness Institute Announce Strategic Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<o:AllowPNG\/>\n <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>Media Contact: Beth McGroarty<br \/><a href=\"mailto:beth.mcgroarty@globalwellnessinstitute.org\">beth.mcgroarty@globalwellnessinstitute.org<\/a>&nbsp;\u2022 +1.213.300.0107<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\">WTM and Global Wellness Institute Announce Strategic Partnership<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"text-align-center\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<o:AllowPNG\/>\n <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/h3>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<o:AllowPNG\/>\n <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em><span style=\"\">Agreement kicks off with GWI organizing the Wellness Symposium for Arabian Travel Market <\/span><\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami, FL \u2013 February 28, 2017<\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>The World Travel Market portfolio of events and the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) have agreed upon a strategic partnership, which will start at Arabian Travel Market (April 24-27) in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement will launch with the Global Wellness Institute, the leading global research and educational resource for the wellness industry, organizing a Wellness Symposium at Arabian Travel Market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Symposium will put the spotlight on the growing wellness travel industry in the Middle East\/North Africa, which is now worth $8.3 billion with 8.5 million trips (inbound and domestic combined) taking place in 2015. The United Arab Emirates is by far the largest Middle Eastern market with 1.7 million wellness trips worth $2.7 billion annually. It will also analyze MENA\u2019s thriving domestic (4 million trips) and inbound (4.5 million trips) wellness tourism markets \u2013 as well as trends in outbound wellness travel from the Middle East.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, ATM launched a dedicated Wellness and Spa Lounge, connecting Middle East wellness and spa buyers with international suppliers. The Lounge helped ATM 2016 generate more than $2.5 billion in deals for the region\u2019s travel and tourism industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibitors in this year\u2019s Wellness and Spa Lounge include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Swiss Diamond Hotel, Lugano<br \/>H\u00f4tel Barri\u00e8re Le Royal La Baule<br \/>Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara<br \/>L&#8217; Albereta, Lake Iseo, Brescia<br \/>O.K.A.H. Hungary KFT, Budapest<br \/>Radisson Blu 1835 Hotel &amp; Thalasso, Cannes<br \/>Sparkling Hill Wellness Resort and Spa, Veron, Canada<br \/>The Travel Collection<br \/>Velaa Private Island Maldives<br \/>Atmantan Wellness Resort, Maharashtra, India<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will continue at World Travel Market London \u2013 the leading global event for the travel industry (November 6-8) &#8211; with a focus on the global wellness industry, which has grown to $3.72 trillion. And wellness tourism is one of its fastest-growing sectors, with 691 million wellness trips worth $563.2 billion taking place in 2015. The global wellness travel market is expected to grow another 7.5% each year (to reach $808 billion) by 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WTM London will also host a dedicated Wellness Lounge facilitating deals in the wellness travel and tourism sector. WTM London is responsible for \u00a32.8 billion in agreed industry deals.<\/p>\n<p>World Travel Market London and Arabian Travel Market Senior Director, Simon Press, said: \u201cI am delighted to be able to announce a strategic partnership with the Global Wellness Institute. The wellness tourism sector is one of the fastest growing and most important in the travel industry and the symposiums at both Arabian Travel Market and World Travel Market London will give delegates the vital information they need to take advantage of the popularity of wellness tourism and grow their businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Global Wellness Institute is honoured to partner with the WTM and ATM, two powerful travel industry events that attract more global travel professionals than any other,\u201d said Susie Ellis, chairman and CEO of the GWI. \u201cWellness travel is not only growing twice as fast as tourism overall, it\u2019s evolving in bold new directions, both globally and across the Middle East. Our mission will be to bring together the top experts and latest research and trends in this travel space to ATM and WTM\u2019s tens of thousands of attendees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About World Travel Market:<\/strong> World Travel Market\u2019s (WTM) portfolio is comprised of six leading B2B events across four continents generating more than $7bn of industry deals, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>WTM London<\/strong>, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the must-attend three-day exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism industry. Around 51,500 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international media embark on ExCeL-London every November, generating around \u00a32.8 billion of travel industry contracts. Next event: Nov. 6-8, 2017. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/london.wtm.com\/\">http:\/\/london.wtm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Arabian Travel Market (ATM)<\/strong> is the leading international travel and tourism event in the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. ATM attracts around 40,000 industry professionals, agreeing on deals worth US$2.5bn over the four days. Next event: April 24-27, 2017. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arabiantravelmarket.wtm.com\/\">http:\/\/arabiantravelmarket.wtm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Global Wellness Institute<\/strong>: The Global Wellness Institute (GWI), a non-profit 501(c)(3), is considered the leading global research and educational resource for the global wellness industry, and is known for introducing major industry initiatives and regional events that bring together leaders and visionaries to chart the future. GWI positively impacts global health and wellness by advocating for both public institutions and businesses that are working to help prevent disease, reduce stress, and enhance overall quality of life. Its mission is to empower wellness worldwide. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\">www.globalwellnessinstitute.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Contact: Beth McGroartybeth.mcgroarty@globalwellnessinstitute.org&nbsp;\u2022 +1.213.300.0107 WTM and Global Wellness Institute Announce Strategic Partnership Agreement kicks off with GWI organizing the Wellness Symposium for Arabian Travel Market \u00a0 Miami, FL \u2013 February 28, 2017 \u2013 The World Travel Market portfolio of events and the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) have agreed upon a strategic partnership, which will start at Arabian Travel Market (April 24-27) in Dubai. 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