Looking for more than just a place to rest their weary heads, today’s sleep-deprived vacationers are after the most restorative trip possible. Enter sleep tourism as the next big offering at hotels, spas, even nightclubs. In Paris, the Zen Bar—“Europe’s first nap bar”—dishes up zero-gravity chairs and massage beds, while rooms at the Hotel Gabriel [...]
Jul 20, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Marketing, Trends | Tags: Grand Resort Bad Ragaz Switzerland, health trends, Hotel Gabriel Paris Marais, insomnia, Milestone Hotel London, nap bar, sleep diagnostics, sleep spa, sleep tourism, sleep vacation, sleeping trends, sound sleep experience, the Zen Bar, travel trends, vacation trends | Leave A Comment »
Babies and young children need 12 to 15 hours of sleep every night, says a new study, but very few enjoy that much shut-eye. (No one does, really.) This varies a bit across the globe; Japanese children tend to stay up late studying, whereas Australian kids log about an hour more sleep than American kids, [...]
Mar 19, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: adult bedtime, Alzheimer's, caffeine, Caffeine Zone, children sleeping, happiness, identity disorder, insomnia, iPhone app, relationship trends, sleep, sleep problems, sleep trends, snoring | Leave A Comment »
Always a hot topic, the problem of insomnia factored heavily in our 2011 American Audit; it turns out people are carrying the problems of their days into their (sleepless and worry-filled) nights. In the U.K., too, one in three is plagued by sleep problems, now the most widely reported mental disorder. Mothers, it seems, are [...]
Jan 31, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Trends | Tags: Ambien, American Audit, children, Conrad Murray, health and wellness trends, insomnia, Lunesta, melatonin, Michael Jackson, motherhood, parenting, propofol, sleep, sleep aid, sleep medication, Tylenol P.M., Xanax | Leave A Comment »
