The Leisure Roundup : Designing Belonging at Scale
The social “we” of sports clubs, Proper’s recovery rooms, and Mexico’s community-tourism network show how leisure operators can turn belonging, wellbeing, and local ownership into durable experiences.
A special edition on the psychology of leisure. How art, sport, leadership, design, and community shape attention, connection, recovery, and mental wellness.
The Leisure Roundup: Culture, Fitness and Design, but Sleep is “Layer 0”
This week: Sleep is the first step in hospitality wellness. Also: devolution and arts fundraising, Hyrox-ready gyms, and surf parks as mixed-use destinations.
The Leisure Roundup: Leisure Guilt Intrudes on Personal Time
This week’s Leisure Roundup looks at challenges in enjoying leisure from anti-philosophy biases to leisure guilt, to the burden tourism can place on a local environment.
Luxury hotels as art galleries, wellness retreats, gathering places, and sports clubs. When hotels became cultural worlds, they play a significant role in shaping human lifestyle.
A special end-of-summer edition of our weekly curation, featuring the invention of summer vacation itself, the science of the seasonal mood shift, the business of the shoulder season, and the destinations and communities that come alive as the light turns golden.
The Leisure Roundup: Play, Friendship and Experiential Luxury
This week: how luxury evolves, the health impact of friendship, the rise of alternative sports, longevity-minded wellness retreats, and a sharper focus on healthspan.
The Leisure Roundup: Access, Exchange, and Experience
The hospitality industry enters a new chapter with psychological wellbeing at the forefront. Wellbeing is impacted by access to coastal areas, exposure to natural sensory environments, and diversity and frequency of leisure experiences.
A weekly curation of the most compelling stories across the leisure landscape, including insights on the philosophical implications of a post-work society.
Demand for leisure is at an all-time high, but that doesn't mean it's easy. This week, I talk about why selling leisure is hard and how to make it easier.
This week’s leisure roundup includes Josef Pieper’s enduring case for true rest, new evidence on nature’s performance power, and World Cup-driven momentum across hospitality markets.
‘Leisure Alchemy’ — A New Intelligence Platform for the Leisure Economy
Jeremy McCarthy, a recognized pioneer in luxury hospitality and wellness, today announced the launch of Leisure Alchemy, a new digital media platform and weekly briefing designed specifically for the architects of the leisure experience.
