Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
Travel visionary Jeremy Jauncey to keynote 2025 GWS
Jeremy Jauncey, founder and CEO of Beautiful Destinations, will be a keynote speaker at the 19th annual Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in Dubai, where he will also serve as one of the co-chairs.
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has announced that Jeremy Jauncey will be a keynote speaker at its 19th annual conference, taking place in Dubai, November 18–21, 2025.
Based in Dubai, Jauncey is the founder and CEO of Beautiful Destinations, an entrepreneur, and an investor who has millions of followers on social media; he will also serve as one of this year’s co-chairs for the Summit.
The Financial Times has called him the “world’s most influential traveller”, while Fast Company named Beautiful Destinations one of the most innovative companies in the world.
Jauncey has also appeared on the cover of Condé Nast Middle East as part of the cover feature: “19 People Changing How We Travel.”
Operating at the intersection of travel, media, and the creator economy, Jauncey will speak about the region’s rapidly expanding tourism and wellness economy.
In partnership with the Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Visit Dubai), he recently launched the Beautiful Destinations Academy, Powered by Dubai—an ambitious professional development initiative designed to set new benchmarks for global travel content creation and meet rising demand for marketing talent in the tourism sector.
The first-of-its-kind initiative has set a new standard for innovation in destination marketing, blending education, tourism and digital content creation.
Issam Kazim, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, said that the programme aims “to amplify Dubai’s global appeal and further solidify our position as the best city to visit, live, and work in.”
Jauncey will also host a keynote conversation with Philippe Zuber, CEO of Kerzner International, whose portfolio includes the iconic entertainment destination brand Atlantis Resorts, luxury hospitality brand One&Only, the new fitness-centric SIRO, and Rare Finds, a collection of resorts that celebrate local culture.
Together, Jauncey—who is on Kerzner’s advisory board—and Zuber will explore Kerzner’s trailblazing approach to wellness and how fostering innovation creates unforgettable guest experiences.
“There’s so much happening in wellness and longevity in the UAE, from pioneering wellness real estate communities to the explosion of longevity clinics to the creation of world-class health and wellness hotels like SIRO,” said Jauncey. “I could not be more excited to welcome leaders from around the world to my adopted home, which has made powerful investments in preventative health, longevity, and tourism as part of its national vision. This promises to be one of the most important Summits to date.”
The UAE’s momentum underscores why Dubai is the ideal location for this year’s GWS.
Wellness tourism in the Middle East has been the world’s fastest-growing market, expanding 11.6% annually from 2019–2023—twice the pace of any other global region—to surpass $19 billion.
The UAE stands as the Middle East–North Africa’s largest wellness market ($34 billion) and is the world’s second-fastest-growing wellness tourism market (16.5 per cent annually), just behind China.
Delegates will experience this growth first-hand, as the Summit convenes at the brand-new Mandarin Oriental Downtown Dubai.
Pre- and post-Summit experiences also include a VIP Wellness tour of Dubai, curated and led by Kathryn Moore, founder and CEO of Spa Connectors.
Two options are available immediately before and after the Summit, and will include tours of wellness destinations including SIRO at One Za’abeel, the Longevity Hub by Clinique La Prairie, Next Health, Paus Club, Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab — Talise Spa, Sage, Atlantis The Royal, The AEON Clinic, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray — Talise Ottoman Spa, Brain & Performance Centre, Matcha Club, and PEAQ Wellness.
The Summit’s theme this year is “Longevity Through a Wellness Lens,” and many speakers will spotlight one of the most urgent and fast-moving frontiers in the health and wellness industries: the pursuit of longer, healthier lives. Additional topics to be covered at the Summit include wellness travel, hospitality, beauty, wellness real estate and design, sports, fitness, investing, and more. -TradeArabia News Service